Close coordination of responsibilities in investment promotion and support

(Baonghean) - Nghe An Newspaper reporter interviewed comrade Le Tien Tri - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Provincial Investment Promotion and Support Center about investment promotion and support activities in the coming time.

PV:Dear comrade, it is known that the Provincial People's Committee has just issued a regulation on coordination of activities between the Investment Promotion and Support Center and provincial departments, branches, and People's Committees of districts, cities, and towns. So, could you please tell us about the importance of this coordination?

Transaction at the one-stop shop of Nghe An Department of Planning and Investment. Photo: Quang An

Comrade Le Tien Tri: The Provincial Investment Promotion and Support Center assumes the function of a focal point, connecting and coordinating with provincial departments, branches, sectors and People's Committees of districts, cities and towns to advise the Provincial People's Committee on leading and directing the implementation of investment promotion work, supporting investors; is the focal point for receiving, monitoring the processing and returning results of administrative procedures on investment under the One-Stop-Shop mechanism (abbreviated as MCLT).

Accordingly, the important issues raised are: building, promoting and introducing the province's investment and business environment to domestic and foreign investors; truly accompanying, promptly and fully grasping the needs of investors, difficulties and obstacles in the process of accessing and implementing the project of investors to propose to the Provincial People's Committee and relevant agencies to resolve; publicizing and being transparent about the order, procedures, responsibilities of functional agencies and time to resolve administrative procedures so that investors know, implement, the MCLT department guides, receives documents, transfers for processing and returns the final results to investors.

These issues, when implemented responsibly, legally and effectively by relevant authorities, will satisfy investors' expectations.

In order to effectively perform the above functions and requirements, it is necessary to strengthen the responsibility and effectiveness of coordination between the Provincial Investment Promotion and Support Center and the provincial Departments, branches, and People's Committees of districts, cities, and towns in the province; and the Provincial People's Committee has issued the Coordination Regulations attached to Decision No. 4926/QD-UBND dated October 19, 2017.

PV:So what are the principles and methods of coordination, comrade?

Comrade Le Tien Tri:Agencies and units shall proactively coordinate to ensure their proper functions, tasks and powers in accordance with the principles of proper administrative procedures (hereinafter referred to as TTHC) and legal regulations.

Departments, branches and sectors in charge of processing records do not accept and return results for administrative procedures under the responsibility of the MCLT Department.

Contact with investors to receive, guide, request amendments, supplements to documents, and return results of administrative procedures is only carried out uniformly through the MCLT Department.

The method of coordination is to obtain written opinions, directly work to organize meetings or other appropriate forms according to the provisions of law.

The Investment Promotion and Support Center is the focal point, coordinating with departments, branches, sectors, and district-level People's Committees to perform the following tasks:

Advise the Provincial People's Committee to resolve issues related to investment promotion and investment support consulting.

Responsible for coordinating and supporting investors (assigned by the Provincial People's Committee or requested by investors) to work with departments, branches, district-level People's Committees and other relevant units on investment promotion and investment support consulting.

Guidance, reception and return of results of handling administrative procedures are prescribed in Article 4, Decision No. 2575/QD-UBND dated June 15, 2017 of the Provincial People's Committee promulgating the Regulation on the operation of the Reception and Return of Results Department according to the MCLT mechanism on investment for investment projects outside economic zones and industrial parks.

The Center is the sole contact point to return the results of handling administrative procedures (received through the MCLT department) to investors, including administrative procedures under the decision-making authority of the Provincial People's Committee and under the settlement authority of Departments, branches and sectors.

In case the administrative procedure cannot be resolved on time, the presiding agency must notify the Center (via the MCLT Department) in writing at least 3 days before the deadline for returning the results, to respond to the investor. The notice must clearly state the reason for the delay, clearly identify the responsibilities of the presiding agency, the coordinating agency, and the next time for returning the results.

Monitor, urge, and synthesize the situation of handling administrative procedures in the investment field of departments, branches, sectors, and district-level People's Committees; report to the Provincial People's Committee periodically every month, quarter, and year, or suddenly (when requested); and at the same time send to the Department of Home Affairs to synthesize into the report on administrative reform work of the province.

Customers transact at the one-stop-shop department of the Provincial Investment Promotion and Support Center. Photo: Chau Lan

PV: What is the responsibility of the Investment Promotion and Support Center for MCLT activities, sir?

Comrade Le Tien Tri:The Investment Promotion and Support Center presides over and publicizes the list, processes, and administrative procedures implemented at the Provincial MCLT Department for investors to know and implement.

Preside over monitoring, urging and synthesizing the processing of records of agencies and units at the MCLT Department; periodically or suddenly report to the Provincial People's Committee, the Chairman and Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee, and at the same time send to the Department of Home Affairs for monitoring;

Preside over the research, synthesis and reporting of shortcomings in the process of handling administrative procedures according to the MCLT mechanism; promptly advise the Provincial People's Committee on solutions to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of receiving, processing and returning results of handling administrative procedures;

On behalf of the agency in charge of handling administrative procedures, send a notice of apology to individuals and organizations for the delay in handling administrative procedures compared to the appointment slip for returning results (if any). The notice clearly states the reason for the delay, the responsibility of the coordinating agency causing the delay, the next time to return results; report to the Provincial People's Committee for each specific file.

In case the administrative procedure must be submitted to the Provincial Party Committee for consideration and approval before the Provincial People's Committee decides: Preside with the MCLT Department to complete the dossier (coordinate with the Provincial People's Committee Office and the Provincial Party Committee Office) to submit to the Provincial Party Committee; receive the document from the Provincial Party Committee for comments on the content of the administrative procedure to transfer to the Provincial People's Committee Office to submit to the Provincial People's Committee for consideration and resolution; receive the results of the administrative procedure resolution from the Provincial People's Committee Office to return to the investor.

Preside and coordinate with relevant departments and branches through civil servants working concurrently at the MCLT Department to collect fees and charges (if any) according to regulations;

Coordinate with Departments and branches to manage, evaluate and comment on cadres, civil servants and public employees working concurrently at the MCLT Department;

Preside and coordinate with relevant agencies at the MCLT Department to evaluate and learn from experience in coordinating activities.

PV:So what are the responsibilities of the departments: Planning and Investment, Construction, Natural Resources and Environment; Provincial Fire Prevention and Fighting Police at MCLT?

Comrade Le Tien Tri:The above-mentioned departments and branches shall take the lead in providing a set of administrative procedures on investment fields under the authority of the agency, so that the MCLT Department can advise, guide and support investors.

Assign officers and civil servants with qualities, capacities and professional qualifications meeting job requirements to work directly at the MCLT Department;

Preside and coordinate with the Center for Management of cadres and civil servants working concurrently at the MCLT Department according to the Operating Regulations of the MCLT Department;

Preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies and units to resolve administrative procedures (transferred by the MCLT Department) under the responsibility of the agency or unit as prescribed in Point a, Clause 1, Article 4 of this Regulation.

Coordinate with MCLT department to collect fees and investment appraisal fees (if any):

Departments and branches send appraisal documents with related documents and notices of fee and charge collection to the MCLT department; the MCLT department notifies investors of the fees and charges to be paid and collects fees and charges before returning the results of administrative procedure settlement to investors.

PV:Thank you, comrade!

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