The Department for Project Management and Strategic Planning in the energy sector performs activities related to: planning, preparation, implementation and monitoring of the implementation of projects financed from European Union funds within the scope of the Ministry and their audit; preparation of reports on the preparation, implementation and monitoring of the implementation of projects financed from European Union funds; preparation of strategic documents within the scope of the Ministry and their revision; coordination of activities necessary to ensure the necessary co-financing of projects; checking the fulfillment of preconditions for the implementation of projects and contracts; implementation of the rules and principles necessary for the establishment, functioning and sustainability of the system of decentralized management of European Union funds in accordance with the procedures; preparation and drafting of energy policy, ie Energy Development Strategy, Program for realization of the Strategy, Energy Balance, as well as other planning documents and reports in the field of energy at the national and local level; monitoring the implementation of the Energy Development Strategy, the Strategy Implementation Program, the Energy Balance and other strategic and planning documents; preparation of expert bases for drafting laws, draft bylaws and harmonization of regulations with European Union regulations; drafting regulations in this area, as well as analyzing the effects of the application of those regulations; preparation of opinions on draft laws, bylaws, strategic, planning and other documents submitted for opinion by other authorized proposers; cooperation with international institutions and organizations in the country and abroad; participation in international projects and activities related to strategic planning and energy statistics; monitoring the work of local energy; preparation and proposing of domestic and international projects in the field of strategic planning and local energy; activities to improve the work of local energy systems, as well as other activities within the scope of the Department.
The following internal units are being formed in the Department for Project Management and Strategic Planning in Energy:
- Project Management Department;
- Department of Strategic Planning in Energy.