Government Decree No. 29/2008. (II. 19.) on the Powers and Competences of the Minister Heading the Prime Minister s Office

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1 Government Decree No. 29/2008. (II. 19.) on the Powers and Competences of the Minister Heading the Prime Minister s Office Acting pursuant to Paragraph 3 Article 28 of Act LVII of 2006 on the Central Administration Bodies and the Legal Status of the Members of the Government and State Secretaries; and within its remit stipulated by Points a) and c), Paragraph 1, Article 35 of the Constitution; and pursuant to its legislative powers laid down in Paragraph 2, Article 35 of the Constitution, the Government decrees the following: Article 1: The Minister heading the Prime Minister's Office (hereinafter referred to as "the Minister") shall be a member of the Government responsible for the following: a) coordination of the governmental activity; b) performing the administrative tasks related to the decisions of the Prime Minister; c) coordination of the social relations of the Government; d) quality and human resource policy in public administration; e) audiovisual policy; f) national policy; g) minority policy; h) IT in public administration. Article 2: Within his/her responsibilities stipulated in this decree, other regulations and legislation of the Government, the Minister shall: a) draw up proposals for the public policy of the Government; b) prepare draft laws and government decrees; c) prepare the resolutions of the Government and those of the President; d) promulgate ministerial decrees on the basis of an authorization to this end; e) initiate and prepare international agreements, and conclude ministry agreements that are not considered to be international agreements; f) represent the Government in international relations and international organizations, on the basis of an authorization to this end; g) ensure the preparation of the Government s position to be stated in the decision-making and decision preparation activity of the institutions of the European Union operating with the participation of the governments of the Member States, as well as the representation thereof in the decision preparatory forums operating with the participation of the governments of the Member States, in accordance with the order set out in the relevant Resolution of the Government; h) represent the Government in the Council of the European Union in accordance with the order set out in the relevant Resolution of the Government i) ensure, pursuant to the provisions of the Act on Statistics, the establishment, operation and development of the information system related to his/her powers and competences; j) participate in the preparation and monitoring of the National Development Plan related to the domestic use of the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund; k) determine the professional implementation requirements of national defence tasks, falling within his/her competences and shall implement the sectoral tasks of national defence training.

2 Article 3: The Minister shall a) prepare, within his/her scope of responsibility the coordination of the governmental activity, in particular the legislation aa) of the legal status of central administration bodies and senior state officials; ab) related to the operation and structure of the Government; ac) of official journals and official collections of legislation; ad) related to the operation of cooperatives, with the exception of school cooperatives that have a public education institution as their member; b) prepare within his/her scope of responsibility the quality and human resource policy in public administration, in particular legislation related to the rights and obligations, and the selection, qualification, training, continuing training, classification, performance evaluation, promotion, and remuneration and responsibility systems of civil servants thereof; c) prepare within his/her scope of responsibility the audiovisual policy, in particular legislation related to audiovisual media, and the switchover to digital broadcasting; d) prepare within his/her scope of responsibility the national policy, in particular legislation on Hungarians living abroad; e) prepare within his/her scope of responsibility the minority policy, in particular legislation on the situation and rights of national and ethnic minorities; f) prepare the statues associated with IT in public administration, and in particular legislation on the electronic identification, payment and public procurement schemes of public administration, and shall issue ministerial decrees in these fields, pursuant to the authorisation provided by laws or Government Decrees. Article 4: (1) Within his/her scope of responsibility to coordinate governmental activity, the Minister shall be responsible for a) the strategic management of the implementation of the Government s program; b) the planning the work of the Government; c) the communicating between the Government and the Parliament; d) the promulgation and publication of legislations and other legal acts. (2) Within his/her scope of responsibility to coordinate governmental activity, the Minister shall enforce the position of the Government in the course of preparing governmental decisions, governmental coordination related to the decision-making activity of the European Union and preparing for the 2011 EU Presidency as well as the execution of decisions of the Government; and to this end he/she shall organize and operate the single process of decision preparation and implementation, and, if necessary, he/she shall initiate measures to be taken by the competent Minister or by the Government. (3) Within his/her scope of responsibility to coordinate governmental activity, the Minister shall a) operate professional policy negotiations and enforce the position reached in the course of the decision preparation process; b) coordinate public administration negotiations, in the course of which he/she shall ensure that the requirements set out in the decisions of the Government are enforced, and he/she shall verify whether the conditions of implementing the proposed decision can be fully ensured; c) provide an opinion on draft ministerial decrees; d) submit recommendations and proposals for the Governmental Cabinet and the Government on issues requiring a comprehensive approach; initiate and organize the harmonized activities of the ministers concerned; initiate other ministers to draw up professional policy proposals and reports; and recommend the launching of a common governmental project;

3 e) organize, manage and coordinate the State Secretaries' meeting; enforce the conclusions drawn thereby in public administrative preparation and implementation, f) propose the agenda of sessions of the Government; g) draw up a complex expert opinion regarding the proposals on the Government's agenda, related to constitutional, legal, as well as social and economic policy related issues; h) write down the decisions of the Government and forward them for signing; i) prepare and sign the summary minutes of the Government's Sessions; j) execute any subsequent negotiations and consultations requested by the Government, and enforce the decision of the Government in the course thereof; k) plan and operate the IT system supporting governmental decision preparation, and monitor its implementation and development from an IT aspect. (4) Within his/her scope of responsibility to coordinate governmental activity, the Minister shall organize, coordinate and monitor the implementation of the decisions of the Governmental Cabinet and the Government; within this framework the Minister may request that the competent minister provide him/her with information, or submit a relevant proposal; the Minister may also draft a schedule, hold meetings, and make a proposal on the mode of cooperation in issues requiring the cooperation of a number of ministries. The Minister shall also monitor the implementation of fixed term and continuous tasks; participate in the evaluation of the implementation of decisions; and he/she may also provide information regarding the progress of implementation to the bodies directly concerned. (5) Within his/her scope of responsibility to coordinate governmental activity, the Minister shall draw up and enforce a single frame of reference regarding a) the draft legislation on the powers and competences of ministers and central offices; b) the Rules of Organization and Operation of ministries and offices of the Government, and the Minister shall also forward the Rules of Organization and Operation of the ministries and offices of the Governments for approval by the Prime Minister. (6) Within his/her scope of responsibility to coordinate governmental activity with regard to monitoring implementation, the Minister shall take the measures necessary for a) the implementation of the Government s work plan; b) the implementation of the Government s legislative program; c) the performance of overdue legal harmonization tasks; d) the implementation of governmental tasks arising as a result of the decisions of Parliament and the committees thereof, the decisions of the Constitutional Court, and the inquires launched by the National Court of Auditors and the ombudsmen. (7) Within his/her scope of responsibility to coordinate governmental activity, the Minister shall a) ensure the human resource, material and IT conditions required for governmental document management; b) arrange for an on-duty governmental unit and ensure that the on-duty unit of the Prime Minister s Office continues to operate after working hours as well; c) provide for the economic and technical conditions necessary for the operation of the Government and the bodies thereof; arrange for the institutional healthcare, and vacations within Hungary as well as abroad of members of the Government, State Secretaries, Government Commissioners, Sectoral Secretaries, or any other persons eligible pursuant to the provisions of a separate legislation. (8) Within his/her scope of responsibility to coordinate governmental activity, the Minister shall facilitate cooperation within the coalition.

4 Article 5: Within his/her scope of responsibility to coordinate the social relations of the Government, the Minister shall a) submit proposals on the Government s program for negotiations with social partners; b) harmonize the formation of the position of the Government represented in the various schemes of institutions and forums of social dialogue; c) liaise and coordinate with cooperative associations. Article 6, (1): Within his/her scope of responsibility to strategically manage the implementation of the Government s program, the Minister shall a) initiate that the competent minister submit a Government Proposal (report) or other measures; b) initiate and conduct ministerial-level negotiations; c) participate in the Government s strategic social policy-making tasks, and furthermore participate in the organization of the implementation of common governmental level tasks of social policy in the manner determined by the Prime Minister; d) harmonize, in the manner determined by the Prime Minister, the activities of the members of the Government during the preparation and realization of governmental programs and development objectives requiring inter-ministry cooperation and having a significant impact on the development of the economy, or on society; e) organize the conceptual harmonization of strategy-making and action, in the manner determined by the Prime Minister, and, furthermore, participate in the implementation of common governmental level tasks in the areas of foreign policy, security policy and national policy; f) constantly monitor the relevant social and economic trends in cooperation with the strategic analytical and planning bodies of the ministries concerned; participate in the conceptual drafting of the budget and the drawing up of proposals for decisions carrying national economy level significance. (2) In the context of planning the work of the Government, the Minister shall a) submit proposals on the Government's work plan and the programming and work organising decisions; b) submit proposals on the legislative program of the Government in cooperation with the Minister of Justice and Law Enforcement; c) participate in the definition of the tasks of the Government arising as a result of the decisions of Parliament and the committees thereof, decisions of the Constitutional Court, and the inquires launched by the National Court of Auditors and the ombudsmen. (3) Within his/her scope of responsibility to liaise with Parliament on behalf of the Government, the Minister shall a) assist the Prime Minister s work in Parliament; b) ensure that the parliamentary contacts of the Government are harmonized; liaise with groups of representatives of the government parties; represent the Government in the House Committee of Parliament; c) perform the tasks associated with preparing for sessions of Parliament, and propose the convening of extraordinary sessions and meeting of Parliament for the Government;, d) monitor the agenda and sessions of Parliament and participate in the forums designed to prepare for such sessions; e) provide for the submission of the legislative program adopted by the Government, draft legislation and resolutions of Parliament as well as statements, information notes and reports;

5 f) monitor the progress of submitted materials and assist in the enforcement of the legislative program in Parliament; g) coordinate negotiations between governmental bodies, and the government party fractions of Parliament, participate in the negotiations; h) perform the tasks related to responding to out of agenda speeches, MP s interpellations, questions, and immediate questions; propose a person to respond to these questions and pursuant to the endorsement of the Prime Minister, designate the responding person; i) monitor the committee and MP recommendations requiring Government action; participate in the drafting of necessary measures. (4) In the context of the promulgation and publication of legislation and other legal acts the Minister shall a) provide for the ready-to-print publication of Government Decrees, Government Resolutions, Prime Ministerial Decrees and Resolutions, Ministerial Decrees, and legislation consolidated with the amendments thereof, in a format that complies with the text of the legislation in force, and which is authentic in terms of its content, and is in compliance with the provisions of the Act on legislation and the rules of editing legislation; b) edit the Hungarian Official Journal and the Collection of Resolutions; c) designate the members of the board of editors and the senior editor of the Hungarian Official Journal and the Collection of Resolutions, d) edit the Official Collection of Acts and Decrees and the Collection of Legislation in Force jointly with the Minister of Justice and Law Enforcement; e) register the decrees and resolutions of the Government and the Prime Minister. Article 7: Within his/her scope of responsibility to perform management tasks related to Decrees of the Prime Minister, the Minister shall a) conduct activities aimed at preparing the decisions of the Prime Minister, assist the governmental management related professional activity of the Prime Minister; b) assist the Prime Minister with social policy related tasks; organize any related coordination; c) assist the Prime Minister in foreign policy, security policy and national policy issues; organize any necessary coordination; d) inform the ministers and the governmental bodies of the ad-hoc decisions of the Prime Minister; e) request expert materials, data supply, and expert participation for the Prime Minister and draft governmental compilations; f) prepare appointment, dismissal and other human resources related proposals and documents falling within the competences of the Government, the Prime Minister, the Government Commissioners, and other Government Officials commissioned by the Government; g) draft the proposals on honours and awards granted by the President, the Government, and the Prime Minister, and other honourable mentions awarded by the Government and the Prime Minister; h) ensure that reports, recommendations and complaints of public interest sent to the Prime Minister are investigated; maintain relations with the citizens; i) provide for the submission of the proposals of the Prime Minister falling under the competences of the President; j) manage the personal file of Members of the Government, State Secretaries, Government Commissioners, Sectoral Secretaries, Heads of Government Offices, and civil servants, who have been appointed (commissioned) by the President, the Government, or the Prime Minister; keep the register of state officials;

6 k) issue state cards to head officials defined by the relevant separate legislation; certify eligibility for state officials benefits pursuant to the provisions of a separate legislation; l) perform the human resources tasks determined by the Prime Minister; m) prepare the decrees and resolutions of the Prime Minister; n) perform any other tasks determined by the Prime Minister from time to time. Article 8: Within his/her scope of responsibility to ensure the quality policy and human resources policy of public administration, the Minister shall a) draw up and enforce the public administration human resources policy of the Government; b) operate the interest reconciliation forums of civil servants, and furthermore represent the Government in the course of national civil service interest reconciliation; c) provide for the definition of the basic objectives, directions, and schedules of implementation of international grant programs related to the training, further training and retraining of civil servants; d) prepare the decisions related to determining the number of staff of central administration bodies, and the regional and local bodies thereof; e) perform the tasks related to launching a common governmental project serving strategic governmental objectives as well as to requesting project bonuses. Article 9: Within his/her scope of responsibility for audiovisual policy, the Minister shall be responsible for issues related to audiovisual media and to the switch-over to digital broadcasting. Article 10: Within his/her scope of responsibility for national policy, the Minister shall be responsible for the governmental tasks related to Hungarians living abroad, and he/she shall coordinate the related activities of the ministries and central administration bodies. Article 11: Within his/her scope of responsibility for minority policy, the Minister shall a) coordinate the governmental tasks related to national and ethnic minorities; b) cooperate with the Minister of Local Self-Government and Regional Development in the professional management of public administration offices with regard to verifying the legality of minority self-governments. Article 12: Within his/her scope of responsibility for IT in public administration, the Minister shall a) prepare the public administration IT strategy necessary for creating a service providing state, and coordinate the implementation of the strategy; b) coordinate the development and accomplishment of a single public administration electronic development and service policy; c) supervise the central electronic service system and the closed networks defined by a separate legislation; d) coordinate the use of funds allocated for the development of electronic public administration; e) define, organize and implement the IT tasks of protection management effecting public administration bodies. Article 13: The minister shall direct a) the Directorate-General of Central Services; b) the Governmental Human Resources Services and Public Administration Training Centre; c) the Central Office of Public Administration and Electronic Public Services; d) the ECOSTAT Government Institute for Strategic Research of Economy and Society. Article 14: The Minister shall perform all tasks related to the Prime Minister chapter of the budget, with the exception of titles set out in the Act on the National budget, which are delegated by the relevant legislation to the competences of the managing bodies of each chapter.

7 Article 15: The Minister shall substitute the Minister of Finance in the event stipulated in Paragraph 2, Article 31 of Act LVII of 2006 on the Status of Members of the Government and State Secretaries. Article 16: This decree shall enter into force on the day it is published. Article 17: (1) Paragraph 6, Article 3 of Government Decree No. 177/2007 (VII. 1.) on the Powers and Competences of the Minister Without Portfolio in Charge of Civil National Security Services, shall be replaced by the following: (6) In the cases specified by Paragraph 2, Article 31 of the Ksztv. the minister shall be substituted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. (2) The following shall be repealed a) Government Decree No. 176/2007. (VII. 1.) on the Prime Minister s Office, and the Powers and Competences of the Minister in Charge of the Prime Minister s Office; b) Government Decree No. 160/2006. (VII. 28.) on the Prime Minister s Office, and the Powers and Competences of the Minister in Charge of the Prime Minister s Office, and Government Decree No. 279/2006. (XII. 23.) on amending other government decrees; c) Government Decree No. 252/2007. (X. 1.) on the Amendment of Government Decree No. 176/2007. (VII. 1.) on the Prime Minister s Office, and the Powers and Competences of the Minister in Charge of the Prime Minister s Office; d) Government Decree No. 178/2007. (VII. 1.) on the Powers and Competences of the Minister Without Portfolio in Charge of Harmonizing Governmental Management; e) Paragraph (5), Article 3 of Government Decree No. 177/2007. (VII. 1.) on the Powers and Competences of the Minister Without Portfolio in Charge of Civil National Security Services; f) Article 13 of Government Decree No. 246/2007. (IX. 26.) on the Common Governmental Project. (3) The article shall be repealed on the day following its entry into force.