Duties, powers:
1. Chair to building for the Ministry submit to the Prime Minister issued directions, strategies, overall planning of developments national urban systems, programs, national key projects of urban development, the target in the field of urban development in the economic-social development task of the country's in each period; implementation orientations, strategies, planning, programs, projects after approved as assigned by the Minister.
2. Chair to building for the Ministry submit to the authority issued or Ministry promulgated under the authority of legal documents, mechanisms and policies for managing urban development investment, policies, solutions manage the urbanization process, the management model of urban development; guide, inspect the implementation on nationwide.
3. Appraising the development of urban areas, investment projects of urban development under the authority of the Prime Minister as prescribed. Draft documents submitted to the Minister consents to the provincial People 's Committee decided to approve investment projects of urban development under the decision of the provincial People 's Committees as prescribed.
4. Drafting documents submitted to the Minister consents to the provincial People 's Committee shall specify the area made the land use right transfer has been investment in infrastructure for local people in housing construction follow detailed planning of the project has been approved.
5. To chair formulate for Ministry submit to the Government to promulgate the regulation of system of evaluation criteria, urban classification at each stage of the process in accordance with the country's overall development; instruction, inspecting and implementation the evaluation and classification of urban annually according to the criteria prescribed by the Government; appraisal fro Ministry submit to the Prime Ministry decision to recognize the kind of urban to urban special, grade I and II or the Minister decided to recognize of urban grade for urban of grade III and grade IV according to the decentralization of government.
6. Guide, inspect investments of urban development follow planning and plan; guide, inspect the implementation the regulation of the law on the management of urban development, upgrading, rehabilitation, maintenance exists, restoration, refurbishment, expansion and reconstruction of urban; guide management order for urban construction.
7. Guide, inspect the local in the planning and implementation of urban development programs; implementation of investment projects in urban development; guide management using of construction land of urban follow planning and plan of urban construction have been approved.
8. Organize activities to promote the construction invesstment and urban development, advocacy, mining, coordination of domestic and foreign resources for investment in the construction and development of the national urban system in assigned by the Minister; collaborative research enhance capacity in the field of urban development.
9. Guide, support enhance capacity of local government in coordinating, management of the implementation of investment projects of urban development (building systems portfolio, identify investment needs and plans to attract and use of funds).
10. Organizations manage investment projects, technical assistance projects or programs related to urban development by the Ministry of Construction is managing agencies or investors (including the areas planning, the urban master plan under the Prime Minister approved; the classification project of urban development; programs of development of national urban; programs to upgrade natuonal urban; investment projects of urban development).
11. Subscribe, synthesis, evaluation and reporting on urban development in the country, building and management system database, providing information on urban development.
12. Organizations drafted for Ministry submit to authority issued or Ministry promulgated under the authority mechanisms, policies to encourage the development of public services in the field of urban development; instruction, inspect organizations perform public services in the field of urban development as prescribed by law.
13. Perform tasks permanent body Vietnam Urban Forum, held executive forums, conferences, scientific seminars at national, international, operations training enhance of capacity, application scientific and technical progress in the field of urban development.
14. Management of organizational structure, staffing, implementation of salary and other policies, emulation, reward and discipline of officers, officials and employees of the the Agency in accordance with law and with the Ministry of Construction.
15. Financial management, properties allocation and implementation of the state budget is allocated, the management of revenue-generating activities in accordance with law and with the Ministry of Construction.
16. Urban Development Agency has right:
16.1. Require agencies and organizations active in the field of state management of the Ministry to provide data and documents necessary for the implementation of the field work of the Agency;
16.2. Signing several administrative documents, instructions of professional services on behalf of the Chief of Agency and used seal as prescribed by law;
16.3. Ministers are authorized to sign several of documents about the field of work of the Agency in accordance with the working regulations of MOC.
17. Perform other duties, powers as assigned by the Minister.
Structure:
1. The units:
1.1. Office;
1.2. Division of Strategy and urban development plans;
1.3. Division of Management Urban Development;
1.4. Division of Assessment projects for urban development;
1.5. Information Center, International Cooperation and Urban Development Consultant;
1.6. Project Management Unit of Urban Development.
Project Management Unit of Urban Development and Information Center, International Cooperation and Urban Development Consultant is the income generating units belong the Agency, have the seal in the prescribed form to the transaction, to open accounts at the State Treasury and the bank by mandate, decentralized financial-accounting management of the Chief of Urban Development Agency and as prescribed by law.
The units belong the Agency have heads, some deputies and officials, professional employees.
The establishment, reorganization, dissolution and appointment, dismissal, demotion Chief of Division belong the Urban Development Agency decided by Minister on the proposal of the Chief of the Urban Development Agency and the Head of Department of the Organization and Personal Department.
2 . Leadership:
2.1. Urban Development Agency has Chief and Deputy Chief;
2.2. Chief and Deputy Chief of Agency appointment, dismissal or demotion by Minister of Construction in accordance with the Party and the law;
2.3. Based on the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Urban Development Agency, the Chief of Agency is responsible for the planning stages, identify staffing needs of the Urban Development Agency, build and working regulations issued by the Urban Development Agency; regulating functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the division; clearly define authority and responsibility of each individual in the Urban Development Agency and report to the Minister.
2.4. Chief of Agency to appoint, dismiss the deputy positions of subordinate units in accordance with the law of the Party, after obtaining the approval of the Minister of Construction;
2.5. Chief of Agency is responsible to the Minister and the law on the entire operation of the Urban Development Agency, Deputy Chief of Agency is responsible to the Chief of Agency and the law on the areas assigned.
Source: Decision 996/QD-BXD.
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