SECTION 10

The Secretariat General shall be under the authority of a Secretary General who shall be the main assistant of the Minister. He shall administer the affairs of the Ministry. He shall receive the necessary delegations of signature from the Minister. In this capacity, he shall: - coordinate the activities of the services of the Central Administration and the decentralized services and shall, to this end, hold coordination meetings, the minutes of which he shall forward to the Minister; - define and codify the internal procedures of the Ministry; - ensure the in-service training of personnel and organize, under the authority of the Minister, seminars and refresher, further training or specialization courses; - monitor the activities of related services, the action programmes of which he shall approve and receive progress reports thereof, under the authority of the Minister; - ensure celerity in the processing of files, centralize records and manage documents. (2) Where the Secretary General is absent or unable to perform his duties, the Minister shall designate the most senior Director in the higher scale to deputize for him.