Strengthening Coordination of Activities Between Management Entities in State Management of Urban Construction

The strict implementation of legal regulations on inspection, examination, handling of law violations, and settlement of complaints and denunciations in state management of urban construction simultaneously requires the implementation of breakthrough solutions to create positive and effective changes from both sides: the management object and the management subject. From this perspective, it can be seen that it is necessary to promote the role, political and legal responsibility of the heads of agencies and organizations at the central level and local authorities. It is necessary to link the violations of both sides (state agencies, civil servants and individuals, organizations) with the implementation of duties, tasks and powers of the heads of state agencies and party organizations. Accordingly, the requirement for state management of urban construction is that it is unacceptable that agencies, organizations or localities whose heads are responsible for management allow serious, complicated and prolonged violations to occur. The head of that agency, unit or locality will have to resign or be removed from office if he/she fails to fulfill his/her management responsibilities.

4.2.3. Strengthening coordination of activities between management entities in state management of urban construction

Urban construction is a socio-economic activity with a large scope, related to many socio-economic sectors and fields, so one of the outstanding features of state management of urban construction is that it is carried out by many entities including state management agencies from the central to the grassroots level. The situation of violations of construction laws, especially in large cities, is quite common and has many complicated manifestations, proving that the coordination of management between state agencies and responsible units is not good and has not achieved the expected results. Obviously, the State has had many regulations and great efforts in implementing coordination of management to ensure that urban construction activities take place in an orderly and disciplined manner. In particular, the People's Committees at the provincial level in most provinces and centrally-run cities nationwide have developed, promulgated and organized the implementation of regulations.

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coordination in management, ensuring construction order in the area, but violations of the law on urban construction still occur frequently, leaving many consequences for the appearance and development of urban areas, causing frustration and dissatisfaction in public opinion. In a state of law, the division of functions, tasks and powers between state management agencies aims to carry out specialization, enhance professionalism and is the basis for controlling power, but it is also a requirement to ensure the unity and effectiveness of power in state management. This further emphasizes the need to strengthen coordination between agencies in the implementation of functions, tasks and powers in state management of urban construction. However, the problem is that if we keep the organizational model, with the old method of operation but demand effective coordination in management, we will stagnate. The solution here is to innovate and more reasonably define the functions, tasks and powers of each central and local government agency in the direction of enhancing decentralization and decentralization, building a government organization model suitable to the characteristics and development requirements in urban areas. On that basis, we will determine the coordination mechanism between central and local government agencies in state management of urban construction, ensuring close combination between sectoral management and local and territorial management, combining the role of specialized agencies with the role of local state administrative agencies, especially promoting the role of autonomy and self-responsibility of urban government levels. The requirement is that the management coordination between agencies, organizations, and competent persons in urban construction management must also ensure comprehensive and unified coordination in four closely related management content areas, including: management of urban planning and architecture, management of urban construction investment projects; management of urban construction quality; management of safety, environmental protection, and response to climate change in urban construction.

In recent times, in large cities, especially in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the role of state management in urban construction has been demonstrated by many entities such as the City People's Committee, Department of Construction, Department of Planning and Architecture; District People's Committees, Urban Departments, Construction Order Management Teams under District People's Committees; Ward People's Committees... Therefore, in many cases, it has led to overlapping and shirking of responsibilities. The number of construction department inspectors is often quite large, even thousands of people, making it difficult to manage. Moreover, the connection and coordination between the construction department inspectors and district authorities and the district construction order management team are not guaranteed. Therefore, the solution to overcome the breakdown in the coordination mechanism for implementing functions, tasks, and powers between agencies, units, and individuals in state management of urban construction that needs to be implemented here is to thoroughly grasp the principle of coordination between the role of specialized agencies and the role of local state administrative agencies, more clearly demonstrate the mechanism of decentralization and delegation of powers in state management of urban construction, further strengthen the role and responsibility of urban authorities in districts, towns, provincial cities or cities under centrally-run cities (if any). The heads of agencies and organizations at each level of government must bear political and legal responsibility for violations of the law on urban construction in the areas they are assigned to manage. The study of establishing a specialized construction inspectorate (or construction-traffic, transportation) as the core in implementing inspections, examinations, and handling of administrative violations in urban construction activities such as: violations of regulations on urban planning and architecture, violations of regulations on management of construction investment projects in districts, towns, provincial cities or cities under centrally run cities in centrally run cities should be considered the most notable solution at present. The results of implementing this solution are considered one of the bases

The most important basis for designing an effective coordination model between entities in state management of urban construction.

On the other hand, to be able to determine an effective coordination mechanism in state management of urban construction, it is necessary to change the concept of construction order. Construction order is the object of state management of urban construction activities (not the management object as currently conceived). State management of urban construction is the impact of the State on the entire scope of activities of the urban construction process, not simply the sequence of steps in the construction phase of urban works. With this concept, we will design a coordination management mechanism on the basis that management agencies and units can perform multiple functions and multiple fields. For example, construction inspectors (or construction-transport inspectors) in urban authorities in districts, towns, provincial cities, and centrally-run cities are multidisciplinary inspectors, not only inspecting and handling administrative violations in urban construction (such as construction without a permit or in violation of a construction permit) but also inspecting and handling administrative violations in urban planning and architecture, other violations in construction investment projects, ensuring the quality of construction works, violations in ensuring national defense, security, social safety, environmental protection, and responding to climate change in urban construction.

In state management of urban construction, it is necessary to ensure effective management coordination of management agencies in related fields such as finance, planning-investment; natural resources, environment, internal affairs, military, public security... The coordination mechanism between agencies, organizations, and competent persons in state management of urban construction needs to be improved on a comprehensive level, combining horizontal coordination relationships (ministries, ministerial-level agencies) and vertical coordination (central - local, superior - subordinate) rather than simply

is just coordination within a territory, usually at the unit level.

provincial administration as it is today.

4.2.4. Pay attention to popularizing and educating the law to raise legal awareness on urban construction and state management of urban construction.

Legal awareness has a great influence on state management in general, and state management of urban construction in particular. Dissemination and legal education activities to raise legal awareness of urban construction and state management of urban construction need to be carried out regularly, continuously, synchronously and effectively in both basic aspects, related to both management subjects and management objects, contributing to raising both people's knowledge and officials' knowledge.

Firstly , innovate the content, form, and method of disseminating and educating the law to raise awareness of the law on urban construction and state management of urban construction for people, communities, organizations, units, and enterprises participating in urban construction activities. The focus of disseminating and educating the law for this group of people is to raise awareness and understanding of human rights and civil rights in urban construction activities. Thereby, raising the awareness of self-compliance with and compliance with the law, respecting the rules of social life of the subjects, and improving the ability to self-restrain from committing violations of the law on urban construction. On the basis of awareness of human rights and civil rights, all people, organizations, units and communities will be proactive and active in monitoring the implementation of tasks, fighting to prevent and detect wrongdoings and violations of the law by anyone, especially manifestations of abuse of power, lack of responsibility or corruption by state agencies, officials and civil servants in state management of urban construction. Forms and methods of disseminating and educating about urban construction law need to be improved in a practical and flexible direction, avoiding constraints, one-way or dogmatic, imposition.

It is necessary to proactively implement the regime of publicity and transparency in state management of urban construction at all stages and stages of the urban construction process. In particular, the dissemination and education of laws on urban construction and state management in this field must originate from an approach based on the rights and legitimate interests of the people, and must be carried out in accordance with the conditions of the remarkable advances of modern science and technology. Distorted and incorrect information must be proactively and promptly refuted in an objective and fair manner. In addition, it is necessary to increase the provision of official and quality information to meet the right to know, to be educated about the law and to enforce the law, to clarify the truth, to orient public opinion, and to form correct awareness of the people. Dissemination and education of laws on urban construction are not simply propaganda and provision of information on newly promulgated legal contents, but must also be fully implemented in the entire process of building and promulgating legal documents, the results of receiving social criticism, and participating in people's opinions to bring about common awareness and social consensus on the legal system. This activity not only aims to raise social awareness of legal regulations but also to raise people's understanding of the implementation of the law. Dissemination and education of laws by setting examples of good people, good deeds, criticizing wrongdoings and bad things under the perspective of the rule of law is a method that needs to be widely replicated and promoted regularly. Dissemination and education of laws on urban construction and state management of urban construction need to be carried out in a scientific and methodical manner with appropriate educational content and programs for each type of different subject. Good awareness of the law and law enforcement not only ensure compliance with the law, contribute to strengthening social order and discipline, and raise people's self-awareness of human rights and civil rights, but also form a solid foundation for them to proactively perform their role in participating in governance.

State management, social management, supervision of activities of state agencies, organizations, cadres and civil servants in state management of urban construction.

Second , focus on disseminating and educating the law to raise awareness of the law on urban construction and state management of urban construction for cadres and civil servants in the political system, especially in the state management apparatus of urban construction. In a socialist rule of law state, the principle requirement is that not only all citizens but also all state agencies, organizations, cadres and civil servants must strictly comply with the law, no one is above or outside the law, the State and the people are equal before the law, there are no forbidden areas or exceptions in handling violations of the law. For state agencies, organizations, cadres and civil servants, legal awareness is a condition for them to perform their roles in two closely related aspects: (i) legal awareness is a condition for them to perform their duties and tasks in state management of urban construction, or in other words, this is a necessary condition for them to perform their management tasks for urban construction activities. In this case, the law is a management tool that they need to firmly grasp and apply appropriately to the requirements in order to achieve the goals and bring about effective state management. At the same time, legal awareness is also the basis for forming in them trust and affection for the State and the law, a spirit and attitude of positivity, initiative and creativity in state management; (ii) Legal awareness is a must for them to perform and act within the scope of their duties, responsibilities and powers, and to raise awareness of law compliance in state management of urban construction. In this case, legal awareness is a mandatory requirement that they must have in order to clearly understand the boundaries and scope of activities, to restrain themselves, to avoid abuse, to exceed limits, and to respect the authority of the subjects.

other in state management, respect, protect, ensure human rights, civil rights.

Third , carry out the dissemination and education of laws on urban construction and state management of urban construction in a comprehensive, profound and practical manner. The fields of law on urban construction and state management of urban construction such as planning, urban construction architecture, urban construction investment projects, urban construction quality, safety, environmental protection and response to climate change in urban construction are closely related to each other, so they must all be focused on dissemination and education in the spirit of updating new issues, focusing on key points applied to different types of subjects. People, agencies, organizations as well as state officials and civil servants directly involved in the implementation of activities or having interests in urban construction activities all need to be promptly disseminated, appropriately and effectively educated on the laws on urban construction and state management of urban construction.

4.2.5. Perfecting the management apparatus, improving the quality of cadres and civil servants in state management of urban construction

First of all, the issue of perfecting the state management organization of urban construction needs to be placed in relation to the overall issues of innovation in the organization of the state apparatus, the political system, innovation in the organization of the state administrative management apparatus, from central agencies to agencies under local governments. State management in general, state management of urban construction in the current conditions needs to be strongly strengthened in terms of decentralization and delegation with the support of advances in science and technology. In that condition, the state management apparatus also needs to be innovated in terms of structure, organization, and operation methods, not only requiring subordinate agencies and local governments to improve their capacity to be able to receive and implement the decentralization mechanism well.

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