Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ The Gen­er­al Sec­ret­ari­at sup­ports the head of de­part­ment in the plan­ning, or­gan­isa­tion and co­ordin­a­tion of the de­part­ment’s activ­it­ies and in the de­cisions that he or she is re­quired to make.

² It plays a su­per­vis­ory role as in­struc­ted by the head of de­part­ment.

³ It en­sures that the plan­ning and activ­it­ies of the de­part­ment are co­ordin­ated with those of the oth­er de­part­ments and of the Fed­er­al Coun­cil.

⁴ It sup­ports the head of de­part­ment in pre­par­ing Fed­er­al Coun­cil dis­cus­sions.