President

Based on the Constitution

As approved by the People's Assembly at its meeting held in 231-1432 A.H., 29-12-2010,

The following are issued:

Chapter I: Definitions

Article I: The following terms are referred to as the following concepts:

Commission: Planning and International Cooperation Organization

Chair: Chair of the Planning and International Cooperation Organization

Associate Head of the Entity: Associate President of the Planning and International Cooperation Organization

Council: Higher Council for Economic and Social Planning

Fund: Funding Fund for outstanding studies and use of expertise

Chapter II: Planning body

International cooperation

Article II: A body called the Authority for Planning and International Cooperation, which is directly linked to the Prime Minister, is a technical body of the Council to enable it to exercise its functions and is headed by the President of the Board.

Article III: The Authority shall:

1 study and analysis of the economic, social and environmental conditions in the Syrian Arab Republic, highlight the weaknesses and strengths, follow regional and international developments, and recognize the direction of those developments and their reflection on the Syrian economy, to adopt measures and programmes By addressing its negative effects.

2. Preparation of future studies on various issues to predict the developments of the Syrian economy and trends in the development of the world economy, and the statement of possible options and the benefits and burdens of each option.

3. Proposing visions, general objectives, long, medium and short plans for economic and social development at the national and regional levels in the Syrian Arab Republic, preparing and proposing the basic directions of economic sectors, and establishing the lines The main strategy for development in cooperation with stakeholders.

4. Propose appropriate economic policies in light of the signals sent by the market, to take the necessary measures to address market imbalances when they occur.

5 Estimate of basic macroeconomic balances (resources and uses, savings, investment and consumption, export and import, deficit or surplus in external balance, incomes and prices ..), as well as general economic rates (interest rates, exchange rate, liquidity) To ensure sustainable development and a balanced economic environment, the inflation rate and the proposal of macroeconomic, financial and monetary policies in cooperation with the relevant Syrian authorities are to ensure sustainable development and a balanced economic environment.

6. Engagement with stakeholders in the identification of sectoral programmes and investments necessary to achieve social objectives with regard to government services in health, education, infrastructure and public goods.

7. Participation in the proposal of consumer programmes to provide employment opportunities to reduce unemployment, combat poverty, address poor distribution of income and wealth, and expand opportunities for citizens to improve their living standards.

8. Propose policies that encourage research, development and innovation to attract and settle advanced technologies, and ensure a creative investment environment for the private sector to work with high and competitive productivity that will allow the Syrian economy to face global competition.

9. Develop methodologies and documents for the preparation of various national, sectoral, regional and local, long -, medium-and short-term plans, in coordination with the relevant stakeholders.

10. Monitor and follow up on the implementation of various plans, assess their contribution to the achievement of general and specific development goals, and prepare periodic reports on them.

11. Planning and international cooperation is the official window between the Syrian Arab Republic and the outside world, the reference adopted in all matters relating to non-political, security and military cooperation, with States and regional groups, and regional financial organizations and institutions International, and the only communication channel through which Arab and foreign States and regional and international groups are addressed and correspondent for obtaining loans, grants and technical assistance to finance development, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other stakeholders, and based on this practice Special:

1. To manage financial assistance and technical assistance for optimal utilization and coordination between the external donors and the Syrian beneficiaries so that they can meet their needs.

2. To propose economic, technical and scientific cooperation plans and programmes with external actors in cooperation with the Syrian authorities concerned.

3. To determine the basis of external economic relations and foreign borrowing priorities for projects and programmes in the light of economic and technical feasibility studies, the importance of the project and the repercussions of borrowing on foreign debt.

4. To represent the Government in negotiating with all donors, conclude agreements on securing technical and financial aid to various Syrian bodies and take all measures to put them into action and follow up on their projects and programmes.

5. Preparation for meetings of the senior and ministerial joint committees in cooperation with the Syrian stakeholders, chairing the technical side, proposing the formation of delegations to the Prime Minister, and following up on the implementation of the resulting resolutions, projects and programmes and reporting to the President of the Council Ministers.

6. Participation in the preparation of appropriate instruments for the ratification of conventions, treaties, memorandums of understanding and other documents.

7. Representation of the Syrian Arab Republic in regional and international bodies, organizations and institutions whose purposes correspond to the functions of the Commission.

Article IV: The President shall be appointed by decree, and shall be treated by the Minister in terms of powers, rights, duties, salaries, retirement and compensation provided for in laws and regulations in force, and shall perform the following functions:

1. Oversee the preparation and coordination of economic and social development plans at the national and regional levels.

2 Contribute to the development and identification of economic, technical, sectoral and regional policies.

3. Participation in defining the programmes of ministries and bodies and coordinating their work in all matters related to economic and social planning and international cooperation. In so doing, it should invite the ministries to meetings to discuss the issues of planning and international cooperation related to their ministries, as well as the formation of committees. To research, study and coordinate and determine their tasks.

4. Oversee the operation of the Authority and carry out its duties and exercise control over its activities, activities and performance.

5 Release of the rules of procedure of the Board

6 Delegation of some of its powers to employees of the entity from the rank of director and higher.

7. Contract with non-employee experience holders, within the limits of budget allocations.

8 appointment of one or more advisors, following the approval of the Prime Minister.

9. Identification of the powers and working methods of the Advisory Board of the Board and its plan.

10 Appointment, elevation, transfer and reassignment of personnel within the confines of laws and regulations in force.

Article V: The head of the body, in his or her work, is assisted by an associate or more, appointed by a decision issued by the Prime Minister on the proposal of the President of the Authority and paid the representation compensation awarded to the deputy ministers.

Article VI: The Advisory Board shall consist of:

President of the Commission

Associate President of the Commission Members

Chancellery of the President

Managers of the Central Directorates

Experts and technicians nominated by the President of the Board

The Board operates under a plan established by the President of the Board.

Article VII: The Commission shall consist of:

1. Central administration directorates.

2 directorates in the governorates.

3 Training institutes under the President of the Authority:

4. Planning Institute for Economic and Social Development.

5. English Language Training Institute.

6 French Language Training Institute.

Article VIII: The duties of the directorates in sections (1) and (2) of Article VII of this Law shall be determined by decisions made by the President of the Commission.

Chapter III: Supreme Council of Planning

Economic and social

Article IX: A council called the Supreme Council for Economic and Social Planning consists of:

The Prime Minister is President.

Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Deputy to the President

Minister of Finance Member

Minister of Education is a member

Minister of Tourism Member

Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Member

Minister of Industry, Member

Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources Member

Electricity minister is a member.

Minister of Social Affairs and Labour Member

Minister of Transport is a member

Minister of Communications and Union Member

Minister of Housing and Construction Member

Minister of Local Administration Member

Minister of Economy and Trade Member

Minister of State for Environmental Affairs Member

Minister of Irrigation is a member

Head of the Planning and International Cooperation Authority Member

Governor of the Central Bank of Syria.

Head of the Regional Planning Authority Member

The President of the Confederation of Workers

President of the Peasants Union member

President of the General Women's Union member.

Chief of the Confederation of Artisans

The bar captain is a member

The doctor captain is a member

Chief Engineer Captain.

Captain Agricultural Engineers is a member.

President of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce

Head of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Industry

Head of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Agriculture

President of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Tourism

The Director General of the Central Bureau of Statistics is a member of the right to vote.

The Director General of the Investment Authority is a member without a vote.

Experts are being named by a decision of the cabinet, members without a vote.

Article X: The Board shall perform the following functions:

1. Discuss and endorse sectoral, regional and local status reports.

2 study and make recommendations on issues that have an impact on the economic, financial and monetary situation in the Syrian Arab Republic.

3. Setting general frameworks for economic and social objectives at the macro, regional and local levels.

4. Discuss future projections of the basic variables and possible routes of the Syrian economy, their implications for production, employment, consumption, investment, import and export forecasts, and make recommendations thereon.

5. Identification of long-term goals and overall, sectoral and regional general objectives.

6 Discussion of economic, financial and monetary policies, and making recommendations on them.

7. Discuss and make recommendations on economic performance reports at the macro, sectoral and regional levels.

8 study of the draft state budget prepared in coordination between the Ministry of Finance and the Authority.

Article XI: The President of the Council shall be entitled to invite other ministers, governors and heads of governmental, economic and technical organs whenever there is a need to attend the meetings of the Council without the right to vote.

Article XII: The Council can set up permanent or temporary committees in which ministries and relevant governmental and private institutions are represented in the study of development programmes and projects in the economic, social and other sectors to prepare, coordinate and evaluate them.

Article XIII: The Board, as the technical body of the Board, prepares studies, research, reports and proposes policies and measures to enable it to carry out its mandated tasks.

Article XIV: The Council shall issue its rules of procedure and the resolutions and instructions necessary to implement the provisions of this Law.

Chapter IV: Planning

International cooperation

Article XV: In every ministry, institution or economic establishment, a mechanism for international planning and cooperation shall take place and shall replace the competent organs currently in place, issued by a decision of the competent minister or the competent general manager.

Article XVI: The tasks of international planning and cooperation bodies in ministries, institutions and economic establishments shall be determined by a decision issued by the Prime Minister on the proposal of the President of the Authority.

Article XVII: The body is associated with the technical body of all international planning and cooperation bodies in the state, which approves its plan of action jointly with the competent authority, with which it maintains direct relations, and trains its employees to increase their efficiency.

Article XVIII: Under the decision of the Prime Minister, the system of principles and general rules for international planning and cooperation, which should be adhered to in the planning and international cooperation process, should be adhered to at all levels of planning and international cooperation.

Chapter V: Funding Fund

Distinguished studies and use of expertise

Article XIX: The Authority has a fund called the Fund for Distinguished Studies and the use of expertise, which relates to the President of the Board

1. The Fund shall annually monitor the amounts necessary in the budget of the Authority to cover its expenses.

2. The Fund provides dedicated support funds for the recruitment of local and external experts with high-quality and specialized competencies to benefit from their expertise and studies required by UN-Women, as well as to provide financial rewards to the staff of the Board or other public bodies for studies And the outstanding research assigned to them by the head of the body.

3. The Authority, in coordination with the Ministry of Finance, is a standard system issued by a decision of the Prime Minister which sets out together and the quality of the expertise, research and studies required, and the amounts and rewards granted by the Fund.

4 The head of the Board shall be the order of disbursement for all expenses of the Fund.

Chapter VI: Transitional provisions

Article XX: The updated body shall replace the State Planning Commission with all its rights and obligations under this Act.

Article XXI: The numerical owners of the State Planning Authority are the numerical owners of the body updated under this Act, pending the issuance of new owners.

-Article XXII: The employees of the State Planning Authority are transferred to the body updated by this law and retain their wages, mattresses, feet and functions.

Article XXIII: The President of the Authority may issue instructions, rules of procedure and administrative decisions in all that has to do with the formations and functions of the updated body, and in all its respect for the implementation of this law.

-Article XXIV: The provisions of Legislative Decree No. 81 of 1968, Legislative Decree No. 86 of 1968 and amendments shall be terminated, and the instructions and rules of procedure adopted on the basis of Legislative Decree 86 shall remain in force and shall not be contrary to the provisions of this Law until such time as they have been replaced or repealed.

Article XXV: This law is published in the Official Journal.

Damascus at 30-1-1432 A.H., 15 -2011

President

Bashar al-Assad

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