On May 17, 2019, the Ministry of Planning and Investment issued Circular 08/2019/TT-BKHĐT guiding the norms for planning activities. This Circular will take effect on July 1, 2019.
Accordingly, Circular 08/2019 / TT-BKHĐT gave some important changes in the norms for planning activities. In Article 5 of Circular 08/2019 / TT-BKHĐT, the norms for planning activities are clearly defined in two phases, including:
– Phase 1: Norms for activities of formulation, appraisal and approval of planning tasks;
– Phase 2: Norms for making, appraising, deciding or approving, announcing and adjusting plannings.
Specifically:
Norms for activities of elaboration, appraisal and approval of planning tasks include:
• Norms for direct operation;
• Norms for indirect activities.
Norms for making, appraising, deciding or approving, announcing and adjusting plannings include:
• Norms for direct operation;
• Norms for indirect activities;
• Norms for setting up planning components, proposed contents;
• Norms for strategic environmental assessment activities.
In addition, the Circular also lists each type of norms, from Article 6 to Article 10 of the Circular. Specifically: Norms for direct operations, Norms for indirect activities; Norms for formulation of planning components, formulation of proposed contents into planning; Norms for strategic environmental assessment activities; Norms for planning adjustment activities.
This is a new regulation because in the past Circular No. 01/2012 / TT-BKHĐT instructed to determine the cost level for making, appraising and announcing the socio-economic development master plan; Major sector, sector and product development plans are not regulated in this regard.