Article 5 of Decree-Law No. 15 of 1979 concerning the Civil Service

The Council shall be competent in the following matters: 1 - Establishing general policies relating to administrative development in government entities so as to ensure their organisation and the planning and development of their workforce, as well as the development of employment systems and other areas of the civil service. 2 - Working to develop the State’s administrative organisation and expressing opinions on defining the objectives, powers and organisation of ministries and general departments and the means of coordination among them. 3 - Proposing the general policy for salaries and wages so as to ensure coordination among government entities, public authorities and institutions, and companies in which the State contributes more than half the capital. 4 - Proposing draft laws and regulations concerning the civil service and expressing opinions on those proposed. 5 - Proposing the establishment of public authorities and institutions and expressing opinions on proposals for their establishment. 6 - Issuing interpretations binding on government entities concerning civil service legislation. 7 - Proposing systems for monitoring performance, following up its results and identifying its obstacles. 8 - Regulating recourse to consultancy firms specialised in the fields of organisation and administration, 1( Amended pursuant to Law No. 19 of 2000. liaising with scientific bodies and encouraging research and studies in these fields. 9 - Considering such workforce and civil service matters as the Council of Ministers considers referring to it. 10 - Establishing policies for employing the national workforce in the various entities and monitoring their implementation so as to achieve equality and equal opportunities among all citizens. 11 - Establishing systems encouraging non-governmental sectors to employ the national workforce and determining appropriate incentives to attract that workforce to those entities, so as to ensure coordination of the benefits and rights received by the workforce in all entities. 12 - Taking measures leading to coordination between the outputs of educational and training institutions and employment opportunities available in the various entities. 13 - Establishing a system for appointing employment affairs controllers in ministries, government departments and attached entities, affiliated with the Civil Service Bureau. 14 - Proposing policies relating to adjusting the composition of the workforce so as to implement plans to replace expatriate labour with national labour to the extent implementation possibilities permit. This is in addition to the other powers conferred upon it pursuant to this Law and the Civil Service Regulations referred to in Article One. Organisational Provisions )1(