Section 2: Objectives and functions of the Centre.

(1) The Centre shall-
(a) shall serve primarily as a training centre for economic planners, budget and project officers at the Federal, State and Local government levels;
(b) develop and strengthen specific skills, as will enhance the quality of management of the national economy at the micro and sectoral levels;
(c) be a policy laboratory for vigorous and sustained development and promotion of highly specialised skills required for enhancing efficient and effective planning and management of the Nigerian economy;
(d) organise and conduct specialised training courses and programmes designed to strengthen the capability of senior public functionaries in the formulation, analysis, implementation and monitoring of economic development plans, budgets and policies;
(e) organise and conduct courses, workshops and seminars, which address specific aggregate macro, sectoral and micro economic issues of interest and concern to all levels of government and combinations thereof;
(f) undertake, commission and participate in in-depth research, studies and consultancy services in relevant fields to-
(i) improve the quality and coverage of courses and programmes of the Centre;
(ii) enhance the understanding of the workings of the Nigerian economy at macro, sectoral and micro level of analysis;
(iii) cater for national and specific organisational objectives;
(g) issue certificates of merit and attendance to successful participants at the Centre.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, the courses and programme to be organised and conducted by the Centre shall include-
(a) economic planning, including planning techniques, project evaluation and selection, plan implementation and monitoring;
(b) economic policy formulation and analysis, including policy formulation techniques, impact analysis, policy implementation and monitoring; and
(c) the use of high-technology computational facilities in economic planning and management.