Promoting district-level resources to invest in the fields of culture and education

(QNO) - Preparing content for the 20th session of the 10th Provincial People's Council (scheduled to take place on January 23), this afternoon, January 11, the Economic - Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council worked with the Department of Planning and Investment regarding a number of contents to be presented at the session.

At the meeting, the Department of Planning and Investment reported on the implementation of Resolution No. 12 dated November 20, 2020 of the Provincial People's Council on regulations on decentralization of development investment expenditure tasks between the provincial budget and district-level budgets in the province for the period 2021 - 2025. Specifically assessing the results achieved, advantages, difficulties, limitations and contents that need to be amended and supplemented in Resolution No. 12.

According to the Department of Planning and Investment, Resolution No. 12 was issued to ensure publicity and transparency in public investment; improve the efficiency and effectiveness of state management of investment capital expenditure between the provincial and district levels through clearly decentralizing spending objects in each specific sector and field. However, in the process of implementing Resolution No. 12, there were some difficulties and obstacles.

Accordingly, some national and provincial relics in the area have been degraded and need to be invested in for restoration and embellishment; some commune-level health stations need to be invested in for repair to serve the needs of medical examination and treatment; some items (multi-purpose halls, gyms, physical education areas...) of high schools in the area need to be invested in to serve the needs of teaching and learning.

However, according to the provisions of Resolution No. 12, investment in national monuments, provincial monuments, commune-level health stations, and high schools is the expenditure task of the provincial budget. Therefore, although some localities wish to use district-level investment sources to invest in the above-mentioned projects, they cannot do so because they are not in accordance with the expenditure decentralization as prescribed in Resolution No. 12.

From these problems, the Department of Planning and Investment advised the Provincial People's Committee to submit to the Provincial People's Council to amend and supplement Resolution No. 12 to create conditions for the district level to use resources to invest in a number of cultural andeducational fields. Specifically, amend and supplement Clause 1, Article 3; amend and supplement Article 5 on decentralization in the fields of education - training and vocational training; culture, sports, tourism, information technology and broadcasting.

At the meeting, members of the Economic - Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council commented on the contents of the report and draft resolution advised by the Department of Planning and Investment. Mr. Nguyen Duc - Head of the Economic - Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council highly appreciated the preparation of the report content by the Department of Planning and Investment and supported the addition and amendment of Resolution No. 12. Mr. Duc requested the advisory agency to receive comments and supplement relevant documents and procedures to send to the Provincial People's Committee to submit to the Provincial People's Council.

* At the meeting, the Economic - Budget Committee of the Provincial People's Council also heard a report related to adjusting the investment policy of the Tra Dinh bridge project (Que Phu commune, Que Son district).

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