Additional funding for community supervision

(Baonghean.vn)- Voters of Nghe An province recommend: The Government amends and supplements Decision No. 80/2005/QD-TTg on promulgating regulations on community investment supervision; adding more funding for community supervision regime payments so that community supervision work at the grassroots level can be more effective.

Regarding this issue, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front responded as follows:

On September 30, 2015, the Government issued Decree No. 84/2015/ND-CP on investment supervision and evaluation, replacing Decree No. 113/2009/ND-CP dated December 15, 2009 of the Government. On that basis, issues related to community investment supervision in Decision No. 80/2005/QD-TTg and Joint Circular No. 04/2006/TTLT/BKH-UBTUMTTQVN-BTC have also been adjusted and supplemented.

Reinforcing intra-field canals in Nghia Khanh commune, Nghia Dan. Photo courtesy

According to Decree No. 84/2015/ND-CP mentioned above, the norms, contents and cost management work to support community investment supervision have been regulated in detail, specifically as follows:

1. Costs and funding sources for community investment monitoring:

Point d Clause 2 Article 52 stipulates: “The cost of supporting community investment supervision is used from the state budget according to the annual plan of the Fatherland Front Committee at the commune level, guaranteed by the commune-level budget.”

2. Content of costs to support community investment monitoring:

Clause 6, Article 53 stipulates: “a) Costs of purchasing stationery; information and communication for community investment supervision; b) Costs of photocopying, typing, sending documents and reports on community investment supervision; c) Administrative costs for meetings and conferences on community investment supervision; d) Costs of organizing training courses and instructions on community investment supervision; e) Responsibility remuneration for members of the Community Investment Supervision Board.”

3. Regarding the norms and use of costs: Clause 5, Article 54 stipulates:

a) The cost of supporting community investment supervision at the commune level is balanced in the expenditure estimate of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee at the commune level and is guaranteed by the commune budget. The level of funding to support community investment supervision at the commune level is arranged in accordance with the community investment supervision activity plan decided by the People's Council of the commune and ensures a minimum funding level of VND 5 million/year.

Building rural roads in Nam Kim (Nam Dan). Photo archive

The preparation of estimates, allocation, payment and settlement of funds for the Community Investment Supervision Board shall comply with regulations on commune-level budget management and other commune-level financial activities;

b) Expenses for supporting propaganda work, organizing training courses, instructions, interim and final summaries on community investment supervision at district and provincial levels are balanced in the expenditure estimates of the Fatherland Front Committees at district and provincial levels and are guaranteed by the district and provincial budgets.”

Gia Huy

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