User:RufusLV/Ministry of environmental protection and regional development. (Latvia

Ministry of environmental protection and regional development is a ministry in the Republic of Latvia. The ministry is the leading public administration institution in the field of environmental protection, regional development planning and coordination, local government development and supervision, spatial development planning and land management, implementation of the one-stop shop principle in access to state and local government services, as well as e-government, information society and information technology in public administration. At the political level, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development is headed by the Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development.

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development was created in 1993. After the reorganization of the ministry, in 2011 it got its current name.

Operational objectives
It's function and tasks are determined by regulations. The work of the Ministry is also headed by the Secretary of State. The main tasks of the State Secretary are to organize the development of sectoral policies and strategies, to implement sectoral policies, to manage the administrative work of the institution and to organize the performance of ministerial functions.

Subordinate institutions
Public administration institutions and capital companies subordinate to the Ministry, in which the Ministry is a holder of state capital shares:


 * Nature Protection Board
 * Latvian Museum of Natural History
 * Latvian environmental protection fond administration
 * State Regional Development Agency
 * State environmental service
 * State Environmental Monitoring Bureau
 * National Botanic Garden of Latvia.
 * Latvian Institute of Hydroecology

Ministry of environmental protection and regional development is holder of state capital shares:


 * Environmental Investment Fund
 * Latvian Center for Environment, Geology and Meteorology

Other links.

 * Ministry of environmental protection and regional development Official website