The Secretariat General

The Secretary General directs and coordinates all the administrative and technical services of the National Transition Council under the authority of the President.

He ensures the proper application of regulatory texts and the smooth running of procedures.

He defines the performance criteria of the various services and periodically informs the President of the achievement of their missions.

He is assisted by a Deputy Secretary General placed under his authority.

The Secretary General advises the President on procedural matters and assists him in public sitting.

He circulates the instructions of the President and the Bureau and monitors their implementation.

He is responsible for preparing and following up the meetings of the Bureau, the Conference of Presidents and the plenary sittings. He attends these meetings and ensures that their minutes are properly kept.

He monitors the implementation by his services of the legislative directives and instructions of the bodies of the National Transition Council.

He ensures the proper application of regulatory texts and compliance with procedures. He prepares for the President any decision of an administrative nature.

He proposes to the President any administrative decision likely to improve performance or strengthen the safeguards inherent in any internal control system.

The Secretary General organises the coordination meetings of the Directors and Heads of Service, convened at his initiative to examine questions of general interest or likely to have a significant impact on the functioning of the parliamentary Institution.

He assists the President in all matters relating to the institutional functioning of the National Transition Council, in particular in its relations with the public authorities.

He has the status of authorising officer. As such, he takes part in the processes of drawing up and implementing the budget of the National Transition Council.

The administration's operating expenditure is subject to annual programming submitted to the Quaestors.

The Secretary General and the Deputy Secretary General are appointed by the President of the National Transition Council after consulting the Bureau.

The Deputy Secretary General is placed under the authority of the Secretary General and deputises for him in case of absence or unavailability. His specific duties are defined in his instrument of appointment.

In the absence or unavailability of the Secretary General and the Deputy Secretary General, the interim is ensured by the Director of Legislative Services and Parliamentary Oversight or, failing that, respectively by the Director of Administrative and Financial Services, the Director of Communication, Documentation and Information and the Director of Protocol and Inter-parliamentary Cooperation.

The structures under the General Secretariat of the National Transition Council are: the Directorate of Legislative Services and Parliamentary Oversight; the Directorate of Administrative and Financial Services; the Directorate of Communication, Documentation and Information; the Directorate of Protocol and Inter-parliamentary Cooperation.

The attached services are: the Medical and Social Affairs Service, the Technical Support Office, the Reception, Guidance and Mail Office, the Private Office of the Secretary General and the Reprographics Section.