Annual Report for the Public Administration 2004

■ New Decree of the CoM to be adopted in order to regulate the activities of the Council for
European Communication, in view of the new phase of the relations between Bulgaria and the EU
after the completion of the negotiations and the start of a new phase of the Communication strategy.
In accordance with Article 45 of the Law for the Administration, working groups under
ministers could be created to serve specific purpose – the drafting of a specific normative act or
searching for a solution in relation with the enforcement of a specific normative act. The
determination of the interested parties is not bound to special rules and depends on the subject
treated by the group. The working groups created under the ministers are 37. Seven of them have
been created in the year 2004, 21 have actually had supportive activities and one – the Expert
commission for drafting the law for amendment and supplement of the law for the the physical
training and sport under the Minister of Youth and Sport has completed its activities.
In 2004 five ministers have been assisted by working groups, established under Article 45 of
the Law for the Administration. A Coordination council for information and scientific activity has
been functioning under the Minister of Interior, which has assisted the Minister to define the
priorities and formulation of policies concerning the information and scientific research activities in
the ministry, their financial, material and technical provision, as well as for proposals for different
managerial decisions for priorities and strategies for development of the activities, annual plans for
the scientific research and scientific applied institutes, the draft budget for the development of the
information technologies, drafts of normative acts in the field of the information and scientific
activities, etc.
The Minister of Agriculture and Forests has been assisted by 3 working groups – “Corn and
cereals”, “Milk” and “Poultry and poultry processing”, which has been dealing with problems in the
respective sector and have interacted and coordinated their work with the professional
organizations in the respective field.
The National council for scientific research under the Minister of Education and Science has
been created with view to participation in the drafting of a national strategy for scientific research
and the report for the scientific research and the research activities in the scientific organizations
and the high schools.
The Minister of the Youth and Sport has been assisted by many working groups. Under the
Minister have been created 8 working groups and only one of these has been established in 2004 –
Experts medical commission, created to make medical examinations of elite sportsmen, to prepare
statements, analysis and proposals for treatment abroad, for financial assistance from the Ministry
of youth and sport.
Seven working groups have been functioning in 2004 under the Minister of Defence, 5 of
them being created the same year – Education council, Council for defence acquisition, Expert
technical-and-economic council for armament and equipment, Experts technical-and-economic
council for R&D activities and an Advisory council on R&D activities.
It is only the working group “Corn and cereals” under the Minister of Agriculture and Forests,
the Central licensing commission and the Expert medical commission under the Minister of Youth
and Sport that have not reported their activities in the year 2004.
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