Ordinance on the Terms of Reference of the Planning and Strategy Committee - Objectives

1. The Planning and Strategy Committee serves the cross-directorate coordination for the preparation of strategic planning, as well as its implementation and monitoring of its implementation.

2. The planning documents must be coherent and designed in such a way that their implementation can be verified.

**1. The Planning and Strategy Committee:**

a. is responsible for the analysis tools SWOT analysis, formulation of strategic goals, strategic task analysis (periodically or situationally), development and application of the prioritization method for new projects (annually), and strategic controlling (annually);

b. prepares the strategic information derived from the analysis tools for the government council, integrates the strategic goals into medium and long-term planning documents (policy document "In the Long Term", government program), and is responsible for depicting the relation to strategic planning in annual planning and reporting (annual report);

c. supports the government council in the strategic political governance of a coherent and sustainable policy within the framework of legislative planning;

d. supports the government council in communicating a coherent and sustainable policy;

e. * further develops the strategic political governance system;

f. * may form expert groups on interdepartmental issues;

g. * supports, within its capabilities, the implementation of decisions related to location promotion in the departments.

**2. The tasks and responsibilities are regulated in a manual.**

1. The committee is composed of

a. the 5 Secretaries-General,

b. 1 representative of the State Chancellery,

c. the person responsible for financial planning (FPD).

2. The government council regulates the leadership as follows

The co-leadership is assumed by

a. the financial administrator (FPD) and

b. 1 representative of the Secretary-General of the FPD.

3. The members appoint their deputies.

4. The members may be accompanied by staff members upon notification to the leadership.

1. The Secretaries-General as well as the representatives of the State Chancellery shall each have one vote.

2. The Secretariat shall be managed by the Head Office of the Financial Administrator.

1. The scheduling of meetings is the responsibility of the management.

2. The meeting invitation and the agenda with documents shall be sent to the meeting participants no later than 4 days before the meeting.

3. Each member can request the convening of a meeting.

4. A resolution record shall be maintained.

1. The Planning and Strategy Committee is supported by the working group "Communication 2012 - 2015". This group proposes and develops communication measures related to planning instruments and reporting, as well as the implementation of the strategic planning of the government council. The working group "Communication 2012 - 2015" is appointed by the government council.

1. This regulation shall enter into force on January 1, 2011.

2. The organization and establishment of the Planning and Strategy Committee within the cantonal administration shall be reviewed and adjusted as necessary after each legislative term.