Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 830 in Riga 2010 (September 7. Nr. 17. § 46) of the Council of national development, regulations Issued under the development planning system of law the first part of article 12 and 15 of the law on regional development the third subparagraph of article i. General questions 1. National Development Council (hereinafter Council) is the Cabinet of Ministers created a collegiate consultative body whose purpose is to assess Latvia's long-term and medium-term strategic opportunities, ensuring the coordination of State and territory development planning and monitoring.
2. the Council operates within the regional development apakšpadom (hereinafter referred to as the apakšpadom). Apakšpadom is designed to promote regional development, territorial development planning and land policy, ensuring the coordination of the national governing body, the planning regions, municipalities and social partners in the organisation of regional development cooperation, territorial development planning and land policy development and implementation.
II. the Council functions, tasks, rights and the composition of the Council 3 has the following functions: to monitor the area 3.1 development planning system by ensuring the coordination of development planning process at the national and regional levels, as well as development planning and budgeting coherence by promoting the country and its territories in a sustainable and balanced development;
3.2. monitoring the national long and medium term planning document for the development of the territory development and implementation process;
3.3. ensuring communication and coordinated action between the institutions of the public administration, regions, business operators, researchers and the public.
4. the Council shall have the following tasks: 4.1. assess with national sustainable development related issues, to monitor and make recommendations to Latvia's sustainable development strategy development and implementation process;
4.2. monitoring national development plan development and implementation, to provide an assessment of medium-term development planning and budgeting coherence to ensure Latvia's sustainable development strategy the development priorities and specific lines of action for the implementation of the medium-term;
4.3. to give proposals to the Cabinet on new development planning documents and legislation, as well as the necessary amendments to the development planning documents and legislation, to the successful implementation of certain strategic objectives and national priorities;
4.4. to provide for the assessment of the Cabinet of Ministers on territorial development planning document coherence at national and regional level;
4.5. to coordinate and monitor national strategic analysis and research system, ensuring the coordination of national and sectoral development planning;
4.6. not less frequently than quarterly to assess the progress achieved in the Latvian economic stabilisation and growth programme implementation and make recommendations to the Cabinet for further action.
5. the Council shall have the following rights: 5.1 build expert working groups to ensure public security and national interests of the State coordination of sustainable development process in the country;
5.2. to propose the matter of apakšpadom;
5.3. to request and to receive through the Secretariat of the Council of State and local authorities to carry out its functions, the necessary information;
5.4. to invite the State, municipal and other officials of the institutions and non-governmental organisations, as well as representatives of the expert working group to participate in the Board meetings in an advisory capacity.
6. The President of the Council is the Prime Minister. Deputy Chairman of the Council's regional development and local Government Minister.
7. the Council shall consist of: 7.1. Minister of Economic Affairs;
7.2. the Minister of finance;
7.3. the Minister of education and science;
7.4. the Minister of culture;
7.5. the Minister of welfare;
7.6. traffic Minister;
7.7. the Minister of health;
7.8. the Minister of environment;
7.9. the Minister of agriculture;
7.10. the Minister for Foreign Affairs;
7.11. the Director of the State Chancellery;
7.12. the Kurzeme Regional Development Council Chairman;
7.13. the planning of Latgale region Development Council Chairman;
7.14. Riga planning region Development Council Chairman;
7.15. the Vidzeme planning region Development Council Chairman;
7.16. Zemgale planning region Development Council Chairman;
7.17. the Chairman of the Union of local authorities;
7.18. the President of the Bank of Latvia;
7.19. The Parliament's education, culture and science in the National development plan of the Commission monitoring the implementation of the Chairman of the Sub-Commission;
7.20. the President of the Academy of Sciences;
7.21. the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and industry President;
7.22. The employers ' Confederation of Latvia's President;
7.23. The Latvian free trade union Chairman;
7.24. the Civil Alliance Director;
7.25. Strategic Analysis Commission President;
7.26. Parliamentary audit of public expenditure and the President of the Commission;
the main IACS components. the financial and capital market Commission's Chairman.
III. Organization of the work of the Council at meetings 8 shall meet not less than four times per year.
9. The work of the Council chaired by the President or in his absence, the Deputy Chairman. The President of the Council shall be convened and chaired by: 9.1 the Council meeting;
9.2. confirms the Council meeting agenda;
9.3. the representative of the Council;
9.4. Council decision on the signature, Council meeting minutes, and other documents.
10. The Council shall be convened by its Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson or at the request of the proposal, more than half of the members of the Council.
11. the Council meetings are open to the public. Board meetings in an advisory capacity attend its Chairman, Vice-Chairman or members of the Council invited (by matching with the Council Chairperson or his alternate), representatives of the institutions and experts.
12. the Council are valid if they are sitting on more than half of its members. If a member of the Council for objective reasons cannot take part in the hearing, he authorizes in writing to participate in other relevant bodies.
13. the Council decision shall be adopted by the majority of the members of the Council, by vote. If the vote splits equal, the Chairman of the Board shall have a casting vote.
14. The decisions of the Council's recommendations.
15. the minutes of the Council meeting and its decision shall be recorded in minutes. The Protocol specifies the meeting agenda, meeting participants, and the people who commented on the matter, and the decisions taken. If a member disagrees with the decision, the Council Member's views, at his request, be recorded in the minutes. The minutes shall be signed by the Chairman and the Registrar.
16. the functions of the Secretariat of the Council shall take the regional development and local government Ministry.
17. Regional development and Municipal Affairs Ministry: 17.1 summarizes the proposals of the Council members on the agenda issues to be included in and prepare the agenda of meetings of the Council and relevant meetings;
17.2. not later than five working days before the Council meeting all its members electronically sends the meeting agendas and related materials;
17.3. not later than five working days after the Council meeting all its members send a record of the proceedings, as well as all concerned bodies and officials – the decisions of the Council;
17.4. following the decision of the Council and the members of the Council regularly informed on the status of implementation of the decision;
17.5. to provide information and documents among Council members, Governments, and other partners involved;
10.9. regularly provides information to the media about the work of the Council and the planned action;
17.7. performs other tasks related to the management of the Council's work and logistic.
IV. tasks of the Apakšpadom, the right and the composition is 18 Apakšpadom following tasks: 18.1. assess policy planning documents, legislation and projects of the national position of the regional policy, spatial planning policy and land policy and provide the responsible authorities of the development of the proposal;
18.2. to evaluate territorial development policies affecting the planning document, the laws and the national position and project authorities proposals for their development;
18.3. to assess the regional territorial development planning documents, facilitating their mutual coherence and coordination with national development planning documents, and give the authorities the proposals to improve it;
18.4. to examine the reports on the regional policy, spatial planning policy and land policy implementation, as well as reports on the regional planning document for the development of the territory and provide authorities with proposals that document and policy development support measures, ensuring coordination between the aid measures;
18.5. to carry out other legislation in certain assignments relating to regional policy, spatial planning policy and land policy.
19. Apakšpadom has the following rights:

19.1. to request and receive the information necessary for the operation of the State Government and local government bodies and non-governmental organizations;
19.2. to decide on policy planning document, legislative and national positions towards regional policy projects, spatial planning policy and land policy issues for consideration by the National Development Council;
19.3. to organize the expert working group to prepare questions before consideration by the meeting of the apakšpadom;
19.4. If necessary, invite to participate in the meetings of the Advisory apakšpadom with the rights of other countries and institutions, municipal officials and representatives of non-governmental organizations.
20. the President of the Apakšpadom is the regional development and local Government Minister. The Vice-Chairman shall be elected by the apakšpadom if the candidacy is supported by at least two thirds of the members of the apakšpadom. Apakšpadom elect the Deputy Chairman of the planning of regional or local representatives.
21. the Apakšpadom consist of: 21.1. a representative of the Ministry of the economy;
21.2. the representative of the Ministry of finance;
21.3. the Ministry of education and science of the representative;
21.4. the representative of the Ministry of culture;
21.5. the representative of the Ministry of Welfare;
21.6. the representative of the Ministry of transport;
21.7. the representative of the Ministry of health;
21.8. the representative of the Ministry of the environment;
13.6. a representative of the Ministry of agriculture;
21.10. the representative of the State Chancellery;
21.11. Kurzeme regional representative;
21.12. planning of Latgale region representative;
21.13. Riga planning region representative;
21.14. Vidzeme planning region representative;
21.15. Zemgale planning region representative;
21.16. two representatives of the Union of the municipalities of Latvia;
21.17. Big City representative of the Association;
21.18. Latvian employers ' Confederation representative;
21.19. Latvian free trade union representative;
21.20. Coastal municipalities of Latvia, the representative of the Association.
22. the participation of the representatives of the institutions in each delegated body apakšpadom.
V. Organization of work of the Apakšpadom 23rd Apakšpadom to meetings shall meet not less than four times per year.
24. the work of the Apakšpadom chaired by the President or in his absence, the Deputy Chairman. The President of the Apakšpadom: 24.1. convene and chair the meetings of the apakšpadom;
24.2. Approves the apakšpadom meeting agenda;
24.3. apakšpadom representative;
15.2. the signature decisions of the apakšpadom of apakšpadom minutes of meetings and other documents.
25. at its Apakšpadom meeting convened by the Chairman or the Deputy Chairman or at the request of the proposal, more than half of the members of the apakšpadom.
26. Apakšpadom meeting are open to the public. Apakšpadom meetings in an advisory capacity attend its Chairman, Vice-Chairman or members of the invited apakšpadom (after checking with apakšpadom or Deputy Chairman) of representatives of the institutions and experts.
27. Apakšpadom are valid if they participate in the hearing not less than 15 members of the Council. If a member of the apakšpadom for objective reasons cannot attend the meeting, the head of the institution concerned are empowered to participate in the writing of other institutions.
28. decisions of the Apakšpadom, an open vote, if it is supported by at least two thirds of the present members of the Council.
29. the decisions of the Apakšpadom's recommendations.
30. the minutes of the proceedings of the Apakšpadom and its decision shall be recorded in minutes. The Protocol specifies the meeting agenda, meeting participants, and the people who commented on the matter, and the decisions taken. If a member of the apakšpadom does not agree with the decision, the members of the apakšpadom views, at his request, be recorded in the minutes. The Protocol signed by the Chairman and apakšpadom Registrar.
31. the secretariat functions of the Apakšpadom take the regional development and local government Ministry.
32. Regional development and Municipal Affairs Ministry: 32.1. collect proposals for the members of the apakšpadom agenda, questions to be included in the apakšpadom meetings and prepares the agenda and relevant meetings;
32.2. not later than five working days before the meeting of the apakšpadom all its members electronically sends the meeting agendas and related materials;
32.3. not later than five working days after the meeting apakšpadom all its members send a record of the proceedings, as well as all concerned bodies and officials-decisions of the apakšpadom;
32.4. following the decision of the apakšpadom and apakšpadom members regularly informed on the status of implementation of the decision;
32.5. provide information and documents among members of apakšpadom, the national regulatory authorities and other partners involved;
32.6. regularly provides information to the media about the work of apakšpadom and the planned action;
32.7. performs other tasks related to the apakšpadom of the work of filing and logistic.
VI. final question 33. Be declared unenforceable: 33.1. Cabinet of Ministers of 13 February 2007 Regulation No 129 "the Statute of the Council of national development," (Journal of Latvia, 2007, 32, 96. no; 2009, 57 no;)
33.2. The Cabinet of Ministers of 28 august 2007 rules no 580 ' of the national regional development Council Charter "(Latvian journal, 2007, no. 144).
Prime Minister v. dombrovsky, regional development and local Government Minister d.-Staķ