28. June 2010 The Ministry of Finance Organization and Jurisdiction Deputy Permanent Secretary Mogens Pedersen
Agenda 1. Danish Public Sector State, Regions and Municipalities 2. The organization of Ministry of Finance 3. The Jurisdiction of Ministry of Finance 2
Danish Public Sector Central Government Local Governments The State 19 departements App. 60 agencies and various 5 Regions 98 Municipalities institutions 3
Danish Central Government Structure 19 ministries and about 200 agencies and other institutions Ministries are divided into core departments, agencies and other institutions A legal and normative principle of sovereign ministerial responsibility - no formal hierarchy of ministries Prime minister decides the overall structure of the central government the number of ministries and the allocation of jurisdiction between them Historically a relatively strong Ministry of Finance 4
Structure of Ministry of Finance Minister of Finance Core departement 226 full-time equivalent The Palaces and Properties Agency 286 full-time equivalent The Agency for Governmental Management 700 full-time equivalent Agency for Governmental IT-services 214 full-time equivalent The State Employer's Authority 118 full-time equivalent The Centre for Development of Human Resources and Quality Management 26 full-time equivalent 5
The core departement Minister Finansminister of Finance Lars Claus Løkke Hjort Rasmussen Frederiksen Secretariat Ledelses- to the Minister og of kommunikationssekretariatet Finance Annemarie Lauritsen Statens Budget International finanser økonomisk policy Dep. Perm. politik Secretary Dep. Perm. Afd. Chef Torben Secretary Torben Afd. Chef Steen Hansen Steen Lohmann Steen Hansen Per Poulsen Callesen Permanent Departementschef Secretary Christian Kettel Thomsen Economic Økonomisk Policy politik Dep. Perm. Secretary Afd. Chef Jakob Hald Administration Administrationspolitik Policy Dep.Perm. Secretary Mogens Afd. Chef Pedersen Mogens Pedersen Kommuneøkonomi og Local governement arb. economics marked Dep. Perm. Secretary JensGordon Afd. Chef Jens Clausen Brøchner Corporate Koncernrevision Auditer Pia Pia Sønderlund Nielsen Companies, Selskaber, Climate and klima og Energy energi Dep. Perm. Secretary Peter Afd. Brixen Chef Peter Brixen Management Ledelse og and kvalitet Quality in the Public Sector Dep. Pem. Afd. Secretary Chef Elisabeth Hvas Division for EU Policy and Budget H. D. Kaare Barslev Division for Justice, Foreign Affairs and Culture H. D. Sune Stampe Sørensen Division for health and health economics H. D. Lise-lotte Teilmand Division for Education and Science H. D. Andreas Berggren Centre for International Economic Coorperation, Taxation and Financial Markets H. D. Niels Kleis Frederiksen H.D. Rasmus Degn Centre for Enviroment, Energy, Climate, Food Production and Defence H. D. Martin Præstegaard H.D. Jakob Buhl Vestergaard Centre for Management, Administration and Human Resources H. D. Karen Marie Olsen H.D. Mikkel Nielsen Østergaard Centre for Labour Market Policy, Distribution and Transfers H. D. Christian Liebing H.D. Peter Schultz-Møller Centre for Quality, Debureaucratization and Leadership H. D. Tine Vedel Kruse H.D. Henrik Rosenberg Seiding Centre for Transport, Business Affairs and Public Companies H. D. Thomas Viggo Lindrum Pedersen H.D. Anders Kragsnæs Balling Service Center Administrative Head og Section Gerner Jesssen Centre for Administrative efficiency and E-government CIO Lars Frelle-Petersen H. D. Peter Steensgaard Mørch Macroeconomic Policy centre H. D. Mads Keiler H.D. Martin Jørgensen H.D. Peter Bach-Mortensen Centre for Expenditure Policy H. D. Sysser Davidsen H.D. Søren Hartmann Hede H.D. Thomas Gregersen 6
Ministry of Finance - Jurisdiction Government coordination: Chairman for The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Control ministries access to the Finance committee during the year Fiscal development and sustainability Administrative policies (formulating the basic frame (standard rules) of administration and accounting as well as recommendations for effectiveness in order to allow for subsequent reviews and control) 7
Ministry of Finance - Coordination The Cabinet Coordination Commitee The Cabinet Economic Commitee The Danish Government consists of 19 ministries Local Government Denmark represents the 98 municipalities Danish Regions represents the 5 regions The Joint Committee for Cross Government Cooperation (STS) Permanent secretaries from 5 ministries: (Finance (chair), Economy, Taxation, Science, Health and Interior), Managing Directors from the Danish Regions and Local Government Denmark 8