CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION AND DATA

LEADER OF THE CENTER

  HEADS OF DIVISIONS OF THE CENTER

 INTRODUCTION OF THE CENTER 

I. Role and function

1. The Center for Environment Information and Documentation is a non-productive and public service entity under the VEA that is responsible for its regular business expenditure; assists the General Director to carry out the duties: design, integrate, process, manage, store, total up, preserve, exploit and develop databases, documentations and national environment information system for state and community management; supports to develop the applications of information technology, databases and environment information system for common use of the offices, departments under the VEA and the environment state-management agencies of the provinces, cities.

2. The Center for Environment Information and Documentation has got legal status, its own seal and is allowed to open its limit savings account at the State Treasury as well as the bank account in accordance with the applicable regulations.

II. Duty and authority

1.   Collect, design, store, total up, manage, update, exploit, process and develop IT infrastructure, documentations, databases, e-library, national environment information system for the environment state-management duty of the Ministries, industries and localities.

2.   Synthesize, regularly update and provide the environment information, documentation in accordance with the provisions of the law and the assignment of the General Director.

3.   Make national environment reports, professional reports on environment in line with the regulations; make quick reports on environment status quo and changes, and assess the development trends of environment resources; guide and supervise the making of the reports on environment status quo of the industries, localities as assigned by the General Director.

4.   Design and develop environment data and database standards; set up strategies, development planning, annual, 5-year and long-term plans for the development of the environment databases, information systems and documentations of the VEA.

5.   Act as the focal point assisting the General Director to set up overall strategy, policy and planning for environment information and documentation system; collect, store and consistently manage environment information survey documents, data and records, the reports on the projects implementation out-put and the duty of the VEA; manage the normal library and e-library of the VEA; guide the construction, procedures, standards and supervise the implementation of environment information and documentation-related programs, projects throughout Vietnam.

6.     Organize the connections of the environment information and documentation networks of the offices, departments of the VEA and localities, secure connection information; act as the focal point to provide services, organize the technical training courses on environment information and documentation; provide professional instructions to the environment state-management agencies in the localities and VEA.

7.   Carry out and work with other offices, departments of the VEA to establish eco-technical regulations, standards in the fields of information, documentation, environment data storage; take part in the assessment of the database and IT projects within the management and control of the VEA.

8.   Take part in investigating, surveying, totaling up and evaluating the environment, forecasting the state quo and loading resistance of environment elements; provide the information about the impact of environmental pollution and degradation upon the human beings, biology; study basic scientific, legal and practical grounds for the issue of legal documents, policies, strategy, programs, planning, national plans of area and regional environment protection throughout national territory as assigned by the General Director.

9.   Take part in investigating, studying basic scientific, legal and practical grounds for the issue of legal documents, policies, strategy, programs, planning, national plans of environment protection as assigned by the General Director.

10.  Carry out technological - scientific applications and research works, projects and programs in the field of environment information and documentation as assigned by the General Director.

11.  Promote international cooperation in the field of environment information and documentation and other areas as assigned by the General Director.

12.  Apply GIS and remote sensor technology to establish Atlas, different maps and specialized databases; organize information classes for environment state-management duty of the Ministries, industries and localities.

13.  Sign and carry out the production, consultancy, transfer and training services in the areas of environment, remote sensor technology, GIS technology, information technology, design of database, environment information and documentation systems for organizations, individuals in and outside Vietnam in line with the provisions of the law.

14. Provide technical and professional support to other offices, departments of the Administration by sending consultant specialists and detaching suitable officials to carry out certain duty of the Administration.

15. Organize the implementation of administrative reform in line with the administrative program, plan of the Administration.

16. Manage and control the finance and assets of the Center; fulfill the duty of a Class III financial entity of the Administration in accordance with the provisions of the law.

17. Administer the organization, personnel, officials and employees in line with applicable regulations.

18. Synthesize, report unscheduled and regularly practical results of assignment implementation.

19. Carry out other duties assigned by the General Director.

III. Organizational structure:

1. Management board of the Center:

The management board of the Center for Environment Information and Documentation consists of: Director and no more than 3 Deputy Directors.

The Director directs and manages every business of the Center in line with the assigned function, duty and according to the assignment of the Administrator; is responsible to the Administrator and to the law for the organization and operation of the Center; sets out and issues the working regulations; regulates the function, duty, authority and organization of dependent units of the Center.

The Deputy Directors assist the Director; are assigned by the Director to be in charge of specific business areas and responsible to the Director and to the law for the assigned business areas.

2. Support apparatus:

a) General Administrative Division.

b)  Environment Information Division.

c)   Environment Documentation Division.

d)  Remote Sensor Technology Application Division.

g) HCMC Branch of the Center for Environment Information and Documentation.

HCMC Branch of the Center for Environment Information and Documentation is a productive unit; is responsible for its regular operation expenses under the Center for Environment Information and Documentation; has got its own seal; is allowed to open savings account at the State Treasury and Bank in line with the provisions of the law.