Details on the orientation to arrange and streamline the organization of specialized agencies under the People's Committees at district level in Nghe An

For professional agencies under the People's Committee at the district level, the plan aims to maintain 4 professional departments, including: Department of Justice; Department of Finance - Planning; District Inspectorate (city, town); Office of the People's Council and People's Committee at the district level (except for localities that have merged the Health Department into the Office of the People's Council and People's Committee at the district level).

Merging the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs and the Department of Home Affairs. About the name of the department after the merger: Department of Internal Affairs and Labor.

The Department of Home Affairs and Labor takes over the functions and tasks of the Department of Home Affairs and the functions and tasks of labor, wages; employment; meritorious people; occupational safety and hygiene; social insurance; gender equality from the current Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs.

Establishment of the Department of Economics, Infrastructure and Urban Affairson the basis of receiving the functions and tasks of advising on state management of construction, traffic, industry and trade at the district level from the current Economic Department and Urban Management Department (in cities and towns), and Economic and Infrastructure Department (in districts).

Establishment of the Department of Culture, Science and Informationon the basis of receiving the functions and tasks of advising on state management of the Department of Culture - Information and the functions and tasks of advising on state management of science and technology from the Department of Economy (in cities and towns), the Department of Economy and Infrastructure (in districts) currently in districts, cities and towns.

Establishment of the Department of Agriculture and Environmenton the basis of receiving the functions and tasks of advising on state management of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the functions and tasks of advising on state management of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (at the district) and the functions and tasks of advising on state management of agriculture and rural development from the Department of Economy (at the city, town) currently in the districts, cities, and towns.

Health Department: Make arrangements appropriate to the local situation and characteristics as follows:

For localities with a Health Department: Receive the function of advising on state management in the fields of social protection, children and prevention and control of social evils from the current Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs.

For localities that have merged the Health Department into the Office of the People's Council and People's Committee at the district level: based on the local situation and characteristics, decide to assign the Office to receive the function of advising on state management in the field of social protection, children and prevention and control of social evils from the current Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs or establish a Health Department to perform according to the functions and tasks and receive the function of advising on state management in the field of social protection, children and prevention and control of social evils from the current Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs.

Department of Education and TrainingReceive the functions and tasks of advising on state management of vocational education from the current Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

Ethnic DepartmentReceive the function and task of advising on state management of religion from the Department of Internal Affairs; the task of poverty reduction from the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, change the name to the Department of Ethnicity - Religion.

In case the Ethnic Affairs Department is not established, the function and task of advising on state management of ethnic affairs shall be transferred to the Office of the People's Council and People's Committee at the district level; the function and task of advising on state management of religion and poverty reduction shall continue to be assigned to the Department of Home Affairs and Labor for management or transferred to the Office of the People's Council and People's Committee at the district level for management.

The Provincial People's Committee assigned the Chairmen of the People's Committees of districts, cities and towns to directly direct the arrangement, consolidation and merger of specialized departments, and reorganization of public service units under the District People's Committees according to the direction of the Central Government and the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, ensuring completion according to plan and progress as required by the Central Steering Committee and the Provincial Steering Committee.

At the same time, direct the Department of Home Affairs to preside over and coordinate with specialized departments to develop a project to reorganize specialized agencies under the People's Committee at the district level, and submit it to competent authorities for consideration and decision.

Synthesize plans for merger, consolidation, and dissolution of agencies and units and report to the People's Committee (through the Department of Home Affairs) before December 31, 2024.