It was decided by the Council of Ministers on 6/1/2006 to put the Regulation on Working Procedures and Principles of Strategy Development Units into effect upon the letter of the Ministry of Finance dated 29/12/2005 and numbered 31281, according to the Article 60 of Public Financial Management and Control Law No. 5018 and the Article 15 of the Law No. 5436 dated 22/12/2005. The following tasks are carried out by the strategy development units:

a) To determine the medium and long-term strategies and policies of the administration within the framework of national development strategies and policies, annual program and government program and to carry out the necessary works in order to establish its objectives.

b) To develop performance and quality criteria on the matters within the administration’s field of duty and to fulfill the other tasks that will be assigned within this scope.

c) To collect, analyze and interpret the information and data about the improvement of services and the performance with the management of the administration.

d) To examine the external factors that will affect the services, to do intra-institutional capacity research, to analyze the effectiveness and satisfaction level of services and to conduct general researches regarding the matters within the administration’s field of duty.

e) To fulfill the services related to the management information systems.

f) To conduct the secretarial services of the Strategy Development Board if established within the administration.

g) To coordinate the preparation of the strategic plan and performance program of the administration and to consolidate the results.

h) To prepare the administration budget, which includes budget estimates for the following two years, in accordance with the strategic plan and annual performance program and to monitor and evaluate the compliance of the activities of the administration with them.

i) To prepare a detailed expenditure program within the budget rules and principles to be determined as per the legislation and to ensure that the appropriation is sent to the relevant units by taking the service requirements into account.

j) To keep the budget records, to collect and evaluate the data regarding the budget implementation results and to prepare the budget final accounts and financial statistics.

k) To have the revenues of the administration accrued within the framework of the relevant legislation, to carry out the follow-up and collection procedures of the revenues and receivables.

l) To carry out accounting services in the administrations falling outside the scope of the general budget.

m) To prepare the activity report of the administration by taking the unit activity reports prepared by the expenditure units into consideration.

n) To coordinate the preparation of the summary charts regarding the movables and immovables owned or used by the administration.

o) To coordinate the preparation of the investment program of the administration, to monitor the implementation results and to prepare the annual investment evaluation report.

p) To conduct and finalize the financial works and transactions of the administration that need to be followed under the supervision of the other administrations.

r) To provide the senior executives and expenditure officials with the consultancy services and the necessary information on the implementation of the other legislation regarding financial laws.

s) To carry out pre-financial control activities.

t) To work on the establishment of internal control system, implementation and development of its standards, to make necessary preparations to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the senior management in terms of internal audit function.

u) To fulfill the other duties assigned by the Minister and/or senior executives.

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