Office of the Minister

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1. The overall aim of the Office of the Minister is to assist the Minister and his deputies, in cooperation with other organizational units, with delivering information policy of the Ministry.

2. The office conducts the affairs related to:
1) attendance of the Minister and his deputies in plenary sessions of the Parliament and related commissions;
2) preparation, consultation and adoption of:
a) operating plan of the Minister,
b) report on the impementation of the operating plan of the Minister,
c) Minister’s statements on management control in government administration,
3) coordination of the tasks performed by heads of units in the field management control statements submitted to the Minister;
4) monitoring the way to organise management control in related units;
5) responses to interpellations, inquiries of national and EU parliamentarians, and desiderata, opinions and addresses of parliamentarian commissions, and also addresses of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister with regard parliamentary issues;
6) responses to addresses of the Office of the President and Chancellery of the Prime Minister;
7) attendance of the Minister and his representatives in the sessions of inter-ministry groups, commissions and committees, councils, social dialogue institutions, governmental and non-governmental organs, and also pertinent records;
8) councils, commissions, and working groups established by the Minister, including their records and periodic performance appraisal;
9) domestic business trips of the Minister and his deputies;
10) handling visits and meetings in the presence of the Minister and his deputies, and foreign delegations;
11) handling meetings, councils, and conferences and other appearances of the Minister and his deputies;
12. sessions of the Minister and his deputies, and monitoring the implementation of objectives set during the sessions;
13. invitations directed to the Minister or to his knowledge;
14) providing secretarial servicing to the Minister and Director of the Political Cabinet.

3. The Office ensures information policy of the Ministry, especially by:
1) offering media service, including answering questions directed to the Office and at general e-mail address of the Ministry, and responding to press critique and drafting corrections;
2) providing public information in oral or written form, or at the request, including in the Public Information Bulletin.
3) handling the matters resulting from the regulation of the council of ministers on spokespersons and their functions in governmental units.

4. The Office also:
1) provides media service to visits and meetings, press conferences, briefings in the presence of the Minister and his deputies;
2) ensures daily record of key press releases for the Minister and his deputies;
3) administers the website of the Ministry;
4) conducts the affairs related to events, i.e. fairs, conferences and seminars, held under the auspices of the Ministry, participation in honorary committees, and drafting Minister’s entries to special publications;
5) communicates notices and announcements of the Minister to the press;
6) drafts publications in the field of transport, construction and maritime economy.

5. The Office keeps record of regulations and decisions issued by the Minister, which do not conclude individual cases.