Directorates:

1.        Road Studies Directorate

Tasks and Duties:

·            Studying and designing all types of roads (main, secondary, rural) and conducting surveys and hydrologic, construction, and geo-technical studies on these roads.

·            Reviewing and checking all the technical and engineering studies for road projects that are prepared by consultative offices or that are being surveyed by the Ministry’s directorates in the governorates.

·            Following up on projects until they are implemented.

·            Weighing trucks in order to control axial and total cargo weight and following up on weighing operations in the various centers.

·            Following up on studies and implementation of border centers in terms of what concerns the Directorate.

·            Training graduate engineers.

·            Taking part in conferences, scientific seminars and international gatherings and submitting work papers and technical research.

·            Participating in the preparation of the Ministry’s general budget and preparing future plans for the development of the road network in the Kingdom.

·            Participating in committees to which it is assigned.

2.        Buildings Studies Directorate

Tasks and Duties:

·            Preparing tender documents for various government buildings, that include building, construction, electrical and mechanical plans, and quantity and specifications schedules, so that the plans reflect the Arab Islamic architecture and are in line with the owner’s requirements and the allowances allocated in the state’s general budget.

·            Preparing tender documents for the maintenance of existing government buildings projects.

·            Checking all stages of studies and preparing tender documents for the implementation of projects, whose studies were prepared by consultative offices.

o          Preparing terms of reference for tenders that are released to engineering offices and consultative companies, in order to:

o     Prepare the studies and specifications and the tender documents for projects.

o     Supervise the projects.

o     Sustain maintenance and operation.

·            Supervising the implementation of tender works where the Director of the Buildings Studies Directorate was granted the authorities of an engineer, particularly in projects of interior design and decoration.

·            Participating in the various technical committees for the following purposes:

o          To study the technical and financial offers for buildings tenders before they are awarded.

o          To provide technical advice about ministry buildings and various government departments.

·            Estimating the cost of the various government buildings.

·            Contributing to the development and update of the Jordanian National Construction Codes issues in accordance with the Jordanian National Construction Law no. (7) for the year 1993.

·            Contributing to the development and update of the general technical specifications for buildings, and of legislations related to engineering work and technology transfer in order to keep up with the scientific developments and the new methods of construction.

3.        Buildings Execution Directorate

Tasks and Duties:

The Building Execution Directorate, through its sections and apparatus, undertakes the following work:

·            Directly supervising the implementation of a number of government building projects and following up on all technical, financial and administrative issues of the projects, whose implementation is being supervised by consultancy offices or the Ministry’s directorates in the governorates.

·            Contributing to the preparation and update of legislations and technical specifications related to the buildings sector by participating in the various committees for this purpose.

·            Setting plans with parties concerned to work towards developing the programs and policies related to government buildings projects.

·            Providing technical and engineering advice for various parties in the buildings field.

·            Contributing to the training of engineers and technicians and putting in place special programs in cooperation with various parties.

4.        Buildings Maintenance Directorate

Tasks and Duties:

·            Conducting field surveys for all government buildings, rented and owned, noting their specific data and computerizing them in preparation for setting a comprehensive plan for the maintenance of government buildings, in order to preserve them through preventative and constructive maintenance.

·            Preparing a database and information system to collect all information about government buildings to serves as a reference when maintaining any government building, in addition to collecting information about the maintenance work and their dates.

·            Collecting and sorting the maintenance work information, particularly recurring ones, and making the necessary recommendations to be taken into consideration when preparing tender documents and during the implementation stage in order to save money on maintenance.

·            Preparing the studies and the tender documents for maintenance work and buildings in participation with the Buildings Studies Directorate and the technical apparatus of ministries and government departments and institutions.

·            Directly supervising the implementation of maintenance work for government buildings.

·            Following up on projects during their implementation and participating in the committees of initial and final deliveries and preparing invoices.

5.        Electro-Mechanics Directorate

Tasks and Duties:

The tasks and duties of the Electro-Mechanics Directorate, via the Electronic-Mechanics Section can be summarized in the following:

·            Following up on the implementation of electrical and mechanical works in accordance with specifications and plans described in these items and as they are stated in the bill of quantities.

·            Checking bills of quantities and specifications and plans of electromechanical works and verifying their accuracy, as well as conducting the necessary amendments to comply with the requirements of the work and the desired purpose of implementing them.

·            Preparing the necessary changing orders for electromechanical works.

·            Participating in the technical committees for receiving the work of various tenders.

·            Participating in the technical committees that are formed by other departments and institutions.

·            Supervising the implementation of electromechanical maintenance work for the various maintenance projects.

·            Participating in the preparation of electromechanical studies and supervising their implementation for projects of the Road Studies Directorate and the Road Execution Directorate.

·            Participating in the technical committees of the Greater Amman Municipality, the Housing Corporation and the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and the Environment.

·            Participating and supervising the implementation of electromechanical works for projects of the Royal Works Department.

·            Participating in arbitration committees and dispute settling committees for a number of official and private parties (the Engineers Association and the Contractors Association).

·            Providing technical advice and consultancy to official and private parties.

6.        Building Management Directorate

Tasks and Duties:

·            Following up on the daily operation, sustainability and maintenance of the Ministry’s building and its electromechanical systems.

·            Following up on the periodic and preventative maintenance of the Ministry’s building.

·            Following up on works related to the maintenance and sustainability of systems, office equipment to help maintain the office functions such as photocopiers, computers, communication systems, and calculators.

·            Managing the annual maintenance contracts of the Ministry building, its systems and office equipment, in addition to functioning as a liaison between the maintenance contractors and the Ministry’s directorates and the headquarters directorates.

·            Preparing plans and programs for developing and activating the performance of human and financial resources.

7.        The Laboratory and Research Directorate

Tasks and Duties:

·            Technically supervising the Ministry’s laboratories in the governorates and districts, providing them with the necessary laboratory equipment, following up on their maintenance, training the working technical cadre and following up on their accomplishments.

·            Conducting quality control work on construction materials for all projects for main, secondary and village roads and for buildings projects through the quality control program.

·            Participating in committees formed by the Ministry to study general and specific technical specifications for road and building projects.

·            Holding training seminars for engineers and technicians to develop their skills in the area of construction materials and testing them.

·            Participating in committees to receive road and buildings projects and in committees for the qualification and accreditation of private laboratories.

·            Participating, alongside the Standards and Metrology Corporation and concerned parties, in setting Jordanian standardized specifications, in developing or amending them.

·            Conducting research and studies on construction materials used in road or building projects.

·            Following up on the work of consultancy offices that were awarded tenders to study road or building locations, evaluating their results, and monitoring landslide locations.

·            Participating in the quality control committee for construction materials that is formed by the Prime Ministry.

·            Studying the special technical specifications (for construction materials) for projects and equipment of consultative engineering offices.

·            Working towards qualifying the Ministry’s directorates in the quality systems area ISO9000 and proving administrative counseling in the area of quality.

8.        Workshops Directorate

Tasks and Duties:

·            Fixing and maintaining the vehicles and machines of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in the Directorates’ workshops and in the field.

·            Following up on the maintenance operations of the Ministry’s vehicles and machines in the workshops of the Ministry’s directorates in the governorates.

·            Fixing the equipment and vehicles of other departments and as required.

·            Fixing the equipment and machines used in the Ministry of Public Works and Housing.

·            Storing and issuing spare-parts necessary for the maintenance and the sustainability of the Ministry’s vehicles and machines.

·            Training graduate engineers, university students and students at the Vocational Training Institute.

·            Conducting all the administrative, documentation and financial work related to the Directorate’s work.

·            Conducting the documentation work related to the equipment and vehicles in terms of expenses and maintenance. The following divisions are connected with the Directorate:

o          The Administration and Financial Division.

o          The Maintenance Division.

o          The Warehouse Division.

o          The Follow-Up and Inspection Division.

o          The Statistics, Audit and Cost Division.

9.        The Vehicles and Transport Directorate

Tasks and Duties:

·            Distributing vehicles and cars and equipment to the Ministry’s directorates in the governorates on the basis of work requirements and in accordance with what is available at the Ministry of Public Works and Housing.

·            Following up on the maintenance of machines in their place of work, inspecting them, and giving technical instructions as to the requirements of maintenance and operation.

·            Providing transportation for the Directorate’s employees to perform their official duties; this includes the purchasing committees, the transport of technicians to the field and the transport of the Directorate’s employees from their place of residence to the Department and vice versa.

·            Transporting machines and equipment to project areas in the various governorates.

·            Transporting tar from the Refinery to the Ministry’s directorates.

·            Following up on the documentation and administrative work as related to machines and vehicles, including insurance, licensing and auditing.

·            Participating in committees for amending fuel consumption of government cars.

·            Setting specifications for the Ministry’s machines and vehicles.

The following divisions are connected with this Directorate:

o          The Administration and Financial Division.

o          The Operation and Inspection Division.

o          The Warehouse Division.

o          The Statistics, Audit and Cost Division.

10.   Administrative Services Directorate

Tasks and Duties:

The Administrative Services Directorate provides its services to all the directorates and divisions at the Ministry’s headquarters and its directorates and offices in the governorates and districts through the following tasks and duties:

·            Regulating the work of the Ministry’s Bureau.

·            Organizing typing work for the Ministry’s headquarters.

·            Providing required and necessary services to the directorates by regulating the supplies and providing needs in terms of stationary, furniture, equipment and workshop supplies.

·            Regulating vehicle movements required for the transport of Ministry employees and for the follow-up of projects, ensuring required vehicles, and inspecting government and rented vehicles.

·            Following up on work related to the Ministry’s property and rentals and documenting them per the rules.

·            Studying the Ministry’s needs in terms of furniture and providing the carpentry division with the required supplies.

·            Monitoring working hours of employees.

·            Applying the stipulations of the laws, regulations, notices and instructions related to administrative issues and the supplies regulation and the financial regulation.

·            Providing suggestions with regard to raising and improving the work level and simplifying work procedures.

·            Keeping up with scientific development in the area of administration, and introducing modern technologies in the business, per the availability of allowances.

10.   Personnel Directorate

Tasks and Duties:

·            Cooperating with the decision-makers in the Ministry to set personnel policies, implement them, follow up on them and review them from time to time.

·            Contributing to creating a suitable work environment that helps raise the performance and productivity levels of employees.

·            Participating in the development and implementation of modern methods of personnel administration within a framework of human resources planning, departmental performance evaluation, job classification, and asset management.

·            Following up on personnel procedures such as appointment, promotion, transfer, secondment and others.

·            Preparing job classification schedules for the classified personnel, the budget and the contracts.

·            Preparing the Ministry’s general budget.

·            Preparing lists of promotion by time or recommendation, each in its right time, and following up on them with the Civil Service Bureau.

·            Preparing letters of appointment, transfer, employee wages increase and cadre organization.

·            Registering all transactions incoming to the Ministry, issued by the Ministry, as related to personnel issues.

·            Organizing contracts for engineers, administrators and technicians.

·            Preparing lists to recommend division employees for training courses.

·            Organizing personal and confidential files for the employees of the Ministry and its directorates.

·            Issuing letters of appointment, transfer and employee wage increase and organizing end of service compensation for employees and compensation for retirees.

·            Regulating the employees’ vacations and checking them with the headquarters and the directorates.

·            Distributing the employees’ performance record and the annual reports, checking them and sending them to the Civil Service Bureau.

·            Organizing the wages of employees of the Ministry as well as organizing remuneration documents for trainee engineers at the Ministry and the government institutions.

·            Auditing worker wage schedules that are received by the Ministry from the directorates before disbursing them, as well as organizing workers wage schedules in the Ministry’s headquarters and auditing them.

·            Applying the laws, regulations, notices and instructions related to administrative issues in the civil service, the unified wage increase system, the specialization, the government job classification system, the Labor Law, the financial regulation and the Supplies Regulation.

11.   The Financial Affairs Directorate

Tasks and Duties:

·            Preparing the Ministry’s general budget in coordination with the Ministry’s departments and directorates to allocate the required allowances for projects in accordance with programs set in the General Budget Law.

·            Coordinating and following up on the allocation of the required allowances for ministries, departments and other institutions for which the Ministry implements capital projects.

·            Implementing the General Budget Law after its ratification by disbursing the expenses provided for each of the current and the capital budget for this Ministry in accordance with the laws and regulations.

·            Following up with the other departments, ministries and institutions to transfer their allowances for executed projects and disburse due expenses in accordance with set financial laws and regulations.

·            Preparing and organizing the required financial data and reports, and providing the parties concerned in the Ministry and the other ministries and official departments with the necessary information.

·            Preparing, organizing and providing the Ministry of Finance, the General Budget Department, and the Ministry of Planning with monthly data and summaries in accordance with the financial laws and regulations.

·            Following up on and preparing draw-down requests from loans with each of the foreign lending parties (the World Bank, Japan, the Arab Fund, the Saudi Development Bank, the European Development Bank).

12.   Planning Directorate

Tasks and Duties:

·            Setting the Ministry’s annual plan.

·            Raising the performance level of engineering by updating and developing concerned engineering documents (the general technical specifications for buildings, the specifications for roads and bridges, the Jordanian national construction codes).

·            Preparing and issuing quarterly and annual reports on the Ministry’s accomplishments.

·            Supervising the organization and the sorting of the library and providing it with technical pamphlets, magazines, reports and books, and technically and administratively following up on its affairs.

·            Holding seminars and workshops in technical issues related to the Ministry’s work.

·            Participating in the preparation of the financing program and in the various agreements with the World Bank, setting agreements, and cooperating with scientific institutions.

13.   The Administrative Development and Training Department

Tasks and Duties:

·            Collecting, organizing and updating data and statistics relevant to the Ministry’s work and working to familiarize the employees with the Ministry’s objectives and methods, and informing them of the laws and regulations that govern the Ministry’s work.

·            Studying the organizational structure of the various units in the Department, forms and procedures, ways and methods of work, and making suggestions for their development to parties responsible in the Department.

·            Conducting the necessary studies to determine the employees’ need for training and scholarship per the work requirements and needs, and working on setting a training program for the employees, implementing and evaluating these programs in cooperation with the specialized directorates.

·            Developing the efficiency and performance of workers in the Ministry by sending them on courses and scientific scholarships.

·            Conducting any other tasks related to administrative development in the Department, including conducting studies that would help raise the level of performance in it.

·            Setting training plans and programs for graduate engineers who work in the Ministry, and following up on their training.

·            Conducting studies and administrative surveys necessary for performing the basic administrative development activities, including:

o          Job description and classification.

o          Preparation of the organizational structure.

o          The simplification of work procedures and the study and update of forms used.

o          Review of laws, regulations and instructions and providing suggestions about them in line with the requirements of administrative development.

·            Developing the channels of communication and coordination between the Ministry and its relationship with other government apparatus and coordinating with them directly on issues related to administrative development.

·            Supporting decentralized administrative procedures in the Ministry.

·            Providing the service to the public within the following:

o          Receiving all those who arrive at the Ministry, guiding and assisting them in finalizing their transactions in the shortest time possible.

o          Receiving all transactions incoming to the Ministry, filing and numbering them according to a certain system and following up on their accomplishment with the various Ministry directorates.

o          Receiving all applications for training programs of graduate engineers and handing them a card with a number and the date of the application.

14.   The Information and Computer Directorate

Tasks and Duties:

·            Collecting technical data related to the various road and building projects from all the Ministry’s directorates, checking and itemizing the data and issuing monthly reports.

·            Collecting financial and administrative data for all the directorates, documenting and updating them.

·            Preparing computer programs for data entry and itemization.

·            Entering all the technical, administrative and financial data on the computer on programs prepared for this purpose.

·            Training liaison officers and data-entry personnel in all the Ministry’s directorates on project programs use in order to provide the Directorate with the data.

·            Preparing periodic reports and making notes about the manner of work in all projects.

·            Implementing projects of the electronic government program.

·            Training workers in the Ministry on various computer programs and their engineering applications.

15.   Internal Control Department

Tasks and Duties:

·            Examining, checking and evaluating all forms of activity related to the accuracy and validity of financial transactions and actions and the technical and administrative work procedures.

·            Verifying that the resources were received on due dates and have been documented in the records per the rules and are being used as planned.

·            Examining and verifying compliance with plans, the Ministry’s levels of performance and its set objectives.

·            Verifying that assets, property and the various production elements are owned, purchased, constructed, employed, used or benefited from in accordance with their set specifications, standards and plans.

·            Verifying the availability of all means possible for the safety of the employed production elements, their maintenance, protections and preservation.

·            Verifying that the use of production elements and work procedures are marching in accordance with legislations in effect, and following up on construction projects, in the field and in the office, such as the follow-up of the execution of main, village and agricultural roads, government buildings projects, survey work, appropriation, laboratories, works on machines and equipments owned or rented by the Ministry and other works.

·            Verifying the accuracy and validity of registers, records, documents, and official files.

·            Evaluating performance in all work areas.

·            Participating in committees formed to commission completed projects and to study tenders, claims, complaints and investigations and other issues.

·            Questioning and obtaining data and information within the framework of tasks assigned to the Directorates.

·            Recommending the cancellation or amendment of anything that obstructs or prevents effective performance and effective monitoring.

·            Evaluating administrative decisions and verifying their compliance with legislation in effect.

·            Discovering mistakes and violations as soon as they occur or before they occur in order to rectify the situation and to adopt measures to prevent their occurrence.

In addition to the above, the importance of internal control lies in the fact that it puts the higher administration – the Minister or Secretary General – in the picture of what is really happening in the Ministry in terms of work performance and the performance of tasks and duties, in order to help achieve the principles of efficiency and effectiveness, the commitment to work ethics and duties, and the correct work method, so that the Ministry of Public Works and Housing stays on the right path and so that its work and performance are protected all the way.

16.   Public Relations Directorate

Tasks and Duties:

·            Following up on various media outlets (newspapers, radio, and television) and monitoring all media and news reports published or broadcast about the Ministry.

·            Releasing news items regarding the activities of the Ministry and its various directorates in the media outlets.

·            Receiving representatives of the various media outlets, coordinating with them the coverage of the Ministry’s activities, and facilitating their access to the suitable information for publishing.

·            Attending the meetings of the Minister and the Secretary General and preparing minutes of the meetings.

·            Attending and following up on the activities of the Minister and the Secretary General outside the Ministry.

·            Receiving the high level guests of the Minister.

·            Following up the Minister’s public relations activities, such as telegrams, congratulatory notes and thank-you cards, etc.

·            Accrediting certificates issued by the Engineers Association and the Jordanian Construction Contractors Association and photocopies of certificates issued by the Ministry.

·            Undertaking all the necessary arrangements for the travel of the Minister and the Secretary General.

·            Receiving official delegations and preparing suitable programs for each delegation.

17.   Legal Affairs Directorate

Tasks and Duties:

·            Preparing the required draft laws, regulations and instructions for the Ministry.

·            Exposing shortages and loopholes in the laws, regulations and instructions in effect at the Ministry through their application, and suggesting the necessary amendments.

·            Filing legal suits on behalf of the Ministry against others whether this person is a natural identity or a legal corporate entity (company, institution, bank), by addressing the Ministry of Finance to refer the papers to its legal counselor to review them, and then addressing the Civil General Attorney to file a legal suit in accordance with the Government Legal Suits Law no. (25) for the year 1958.

·            Providing the Civil General Attorney, the Treasury’s legal representative, with everything related to legal cases in terms of written information and personal data available to the Ministry within the legal time period.

·            Providing the District Attorney, being the Treasury’s legal representative, with everything related to criminal cases in terms of written information and personal data available to the Ministry within the legal time period.

·            Providing the Chairman of the Administrative District Attorney with everything related to administrative cases, which are filed before the Court of Higher Justice, in terms of written information and personal data available to the Ministry within the legal time period.

·            Addressing judicial notices through the courts’ Notary Public to contractors who are in remiss of completing the work, as well as responding to notices that are addressed against the Ministry, and following up the notices with the Notary Public.

·            Providing legal counseling in the area of administrative decisions related to employees and the civil service, such as appointments, promotions, transfers, secondments, various leaves, job losses and the granting of authorities.

·            Drafting contracts and agreements reached between the Ministry and other parties, and verifying them from the legal viewpoint.

·            Maintaining and documenting the necessary legal references, such as laws, regulations, instructions, legal encyclopedias and the Official Gazette.

·            Studying the queries of the Accounting Bureau from the legal viewpoint and making the necessary recommendations about them to the specialized parties.

·            Drafting administrative decisions issued by the Ministry in order to be contested before the specialized parties.

·            Completing transactions related to the Legal Department, and registering and documenting them in the Directorate.

·            Heading or participating in investigative committees, as the case may be, for issues related to employees’ violations of conduct or to complaints submitted by them or against them or for issues that the Department sees fit to form an investigative committee to study them.

·            Providing legal counseling for all the directorates in the Ministry’s headquarters and the directorates in the governorates.

·            Executing final rulings issued by the specialized courts.

18.   The Assistant for Governorates Affairs

General description:

This person is connected and answers to the Secretary General with regard to the performance of the Ministry’s directorates and the implementation of their technical, financial and administrative tasks and duties, in addition to any other tasks assigned to him/her by the Minister and the Secretary General.

Tasks and duties:

·            Answers to the Secretary General for the performance of the Ministry’s directorates and for the good implementation of their technical, financial and administrative duties.

·            Financially, administratively and technically supervising the Ministry’s directorates and their work.

·            Following up on the implementation of the Ministry’s general policy towards governorates’ issues in accordance with the laws, regulations and instructions, and performing any tasks assigned to him/her by the Minister and the Secretary General.

·            Participating in the preparation of draft budgets for the Ministry’s directorates on an annual basis in accordance with the priorities and in coordination with parties concerned.

·            Submitting monthly and annual reports to the Secretary General about the progress of the Ministry’s directorates’ work.

·            Coordinating with the directorates of the Ministry’s headquarters and in the governorates.

·            Contributing to setting legislations related to roads and government works, the contracting booklet, and any laws or regulations of concern to the Ministry’s work, and following up on the implementation of these laws and regulations in the Mistry’s directorates.

·            Contributing to the setting and follow-up of training of engineers, technicians and administrators in the Ministry’s directorates, and following up on providing the Ministry’s directorates with their allowances, cadres, equipment, machines and vehicles, and responding to their requests.

·            Conducting recurrent field visits to the Ministry’s directorates and offices to be informed of the projects that were implemented or being supervised, in order to verify the proper management of the available resources, their distribution and independence, the projects’ progress, and its compliance with the allowances and the issued instructions, as well as verifying that the Ministry’s Directorate is performing the tasks and duties assigned to it in the best possible fashion.

·            Adopting the necessary administrative measures against employees of the Ministry’s directorates in accordance with the laws and regulations, and in line with the recommendations of the directors of the Ministry’s directorates in the governorates, and pursuant to authorities granted by the Secretary General to the Assistant for Governorates Affairs.

19.   The Jordanian National Construction Council

The Jordanian National Construction Council is currently in the process of amending the Jordanian National Construction Law no. (7) for the year 1993, which includes the expansion of the Council’s umbrella to prepare codes for all construction work related to buildings, roads and bridges, etc. The final draft of this amendment is in the final stages, and the amendment will primarily include the role of the ministries and the concerned engineering corporations in the implementation of the codes on all stages of the engineering work. It will also determine the responsibility of each party in terms of follow-up and verification, starting with the design stage, through verification and finally the implementation and supervision. In addition, it will link the granting of building licenses to the compliance of engineering plans with the codes’ technical requirements, and the issuance of a compliance certificate for each building, without which an occupancy permit will not be granted.

The Jordanian National Construction Council:

Definition and Tasks:

In order to achieve an industry of advanced construction, and to organize related studies, design, implementation, maintenance and operation (usage), and to enable engineers and technicians to perform their duties in the best form directly and without effort, and to put an end to the problems that arise from differences of opinion of the parties working in the construction sector (the owner, the engineers, the contractor), a unified set of principles were required by which the workers in the building industry and the construction sector can abide by.  Therefore, the Prime Minister issued in 1980, a decision by which a higher committee for the constitution of the Jordanian National Construction was formed under the leadership of the Minister of Public Works and Housing. By the end of 1989, the Ministry of Public Works and Housing issued the Jordanian National Construction Law. This law was issued at the end of 1989 in accordance with the Temporary Law no. (31) for the year 1989, by which the Jordanian National Construction Council was formed, and then it was amended and issued in accordance with the Law no. (7) for the year 1993.

The Council Has the Following Tasks and Duties:

·            Setting the principles and standards for the national construction codes and determining the fields of each one upon the recommendation of the Jordanian National Construction Codes’ Technical Committee.

·            Endorsing the various codes of the Jordanian National Construction and referring them to the Cabinet for approval.

·            Studying the recommendations of the Technical Committee and taking the necessary decisions.

·            Deciding on any objection to the approved codes or any amendment to them in line with the stipulations of this Law.

·            Contracting any scientific party to prepare any new codes or to perform any amendments to any approved codes, and determining the cost of this contract and approving its disbursement.

·            Publishing the approved codes and promoting them.