Meeting of the Council of Ministers of february 12, 2020
Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Eighth Constitutional Government
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Press Release
Meeting of the Council of Ministers of February 12, 2020
The Council of Ministers met at the Government Palace in Dili and approved two legislative projects related to the process of administrative decentralization, presented by the Acting Minister of State Administration, Abílio José Caetano.
The first draft Decree-Law concerns the second amendment to Decree-Law No. 3/2016 of March 16, which approves the Statute of Municipal Administrations, Municipal Authorities and the Interministerial Technical Group for Administrative Decentralization. With this amendment, a set of concrete measures are taken to implement processes of deconcentration and administrative decentralisation, particularly regarding the creation and establishment of local authorities, in particular the revision of the legal framework for the organisation and functioning of municipal authorities and municipal administrations.
The second legislative project refers to the Government Decree for the creation of the Municipal Portal and the establishment of its legal regime, operation and management. The Municipal Portal aims to provide public municipal information, and thus support municipal progress and development in social, economic, infrastructure and cultural terms. The Portal is also a central information collection instrument in a coherent, centralised and transparent manner on each of the municipalities for the production of statistical information in several areas, namely education, health, safety, public works and transport, water, basic sanitation and environment, agriculture, market management and tourism, social action, civil protection, natural disaster management, records, notaries and registration services and support to non-governmental, government and community organizations.
The Council of Ministers approved the budget, with a value of 511,250 US dollars, presented by the Minister of Education, Youth and Sport, Dulce de Jesus Soares and the Secretary of State for Youth and Sport, Nélio Isaac Sarmento, for the organization of the preparatory meeting of directors general of CPLP countries and the XII Sports Games of the CPLP, a multi-sport event for athletes under the age of 16 representing all member countries of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries. The official music of the event, sung by national artists Maria Vitória and Gerson de Oliveira, was also presented to the Council of Ministers. ENDS
