Douglas Chapman MP has welcomed a focus on new jobs following the closure of Longannet.
But he has warned Fife House should not dictate plans for the area.
The Dunfermline and West Fife MP met with council officers to highlight the priority of the recovery plan ensuring all former workers find employment.
He welcomed the focus on economic development and transportation link, but urged council bosses to listen to local communities and not impose plans “hatched in Glenrothes”.
Following the meeting with Andrew Sim, project manager for Fife Task Forces, and George Sneddon, economic development service manager, he said: “There are parts of the recovery plan that are already well under way, such as some of the work around resettling former power station employees into work, training or in encouraging them to start new businesses themselves.
“Getting people back into work must be the priority in the short term and many people who walked out the door for the last time a week ago have got some great skills to offer other employers.
“In the medium term, we discussed the role the recently announced £1 billion Regional City Deal could play in strengthening transport links, developing other job creating infrastructure, such as a passenger rail service, and accelerating growth within the west Fife economy.
“There are other funding sources that need to be worked on too.
“This would include the £1 million worth of specific funding Fife Council gets from the Scottish Government to help the council deal with vacant and derelict land that’s money Fife Council could be using right now to help implement the recovery plan.
“I am urging council officers to keep talking to all the communities in the west Fife villages to ensure their needs and ambitions are being met.
“This cannot be a top-down ‘this is what you’re getting’ exercise hatched in Glenrothes,” he said.