Nghe An Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission merged the Committee's Office and the Department of Mass Organizations and Associations.

Leaders of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission inspect mass mobilization work in Yen Thanh. Photo: Archive

On March 11, 2019, the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission issued Notice No. 58-TB/BDVTU on merging the Office of the Committee and the Department of Mass Organizations and Associations into the Department of General Affairs, Mass Organizations and Associations.

The above merger aims to implement Resolution 6 of the 12th Central Committee on "Some issues on continuing to innovate and reorganize the apparatus of the political system to be streamlined and operate effectively and efficiently" andRegulation No. 2683 - QDi/TU dated March 4, 2019 of the Provincial Party Standing Committee on functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee.

Thus, according to Regulation No. 04-QDi/TU dated July 25, 2018 of the Central Secretariat on functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of specialized agencies advising and assisting the provincial and municipal Party Committees, after the merger, the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee has 3 specialized departments (reduced by 1 department).

The number of staff is decided by the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee according to the principle that a focal point (department or equivalent) must have at least 5 people. A department with less than 10 people is assigned a head of department and 1 deputy head of department; a department with 10 people or more is assigned no more than 2 deputy heads of department.