Ordinance on the Conference of Secretaries General - Principle

1. The Conference of General Secretaries (abbreviated: Conference) serves the cross-directorate coordination of the activities of the cantonal administration.

2. It also serves the government council as an advisory body for strategic issues concerning administrative management.

1. The conference has the following responsibilities in particular

a. It determines whether general administrative measures can be implemented uniformly.

b. It endeavors to ensure the uniform implementation of these measures, insofar as this task is not assigned to another authority.

c. It exchanges information on cross-directorate matters.

d. It forwards suggestions and recommendations made to it to the competent directorate.

e. * It may assign tasks to its working groups and cross-directorate expert committees, including specifically the "Informatics" expert group, the Controller Conference, the Personnel Organization Management, the Information Officers Group, the "Space" Committee, and the "Apprenticeship" Working Group.

1. The conference consists of 1 to 2 members from the leadership of the general secretariats and the state chancellery, as well as 1 representative from the courts.

2. The conference members designate their deputies.

3. They may be accompanied by staff members, with the consent of the chairperson.

1. The Secretary-General of the Directorate of Finance and Church Affairs shall preside over the conference. They have the casting vote.

2. The representatives of the directorates, the state chancellery, and the courts each have 1 vote.

3. The conference is quorate if those present are entitled to cast at least 4 votes.

4. The secretariat of the conference is managed by the General Secretariat of the Directorate of Finance and Church Affairs.

1. As a rule, one regular meeting is held every month.

2. Each conference member may request the convening of an extraordinary meeting from the presiding person.

3. The meeting invitation is generally issued at least 4 working days before the meeting. The invitation must include the agenda along with any necessary documents.

1. Conference members shall communicate their agenda requests to the conference secretariat in a timely manner. They shall submit, if possible, a written document that is ready for discussion.

2. The chairperson shall compile the agenda.

1. The minutes of the meeting are sent to the conference members, the members of the government council, as well as to the presidencies of the supreme court and the administrative court.

2. Participants of the meeting who are not conference members receive an excerpt of the minutes concerning the items on the agenda that pertain to them.

1. The conference members inform their affected employees about the resolutions of the conference.

1. The terms "Director's Secretary" and "Director's Secretary" are replaced by "General Secretary" in the following provisions: ...[2]

1. This regulation shall enter into force on January 1, 2002.