Presidential Decree No. 24/18 approving the Statute of the Ministry of Energy and Water (MINEA).

This Presidential Decree approves the Statute of the Ministry of Energy and Water (MINEA). The Statute, consisting of 25 articles divided into four Chapters and three Annexes, establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the MINEA, as an auxiliary Ministerial Department of the President of the Republic. Its main purpose is to propose the formulation, conduct, execution and control of the Executive's policy in the fields of energy and water. In addition, the Ministry shall: propose and promote the implementation of the policy to be pursued by the energy and water sectors; establish strategies, promote and coordinate the use and rational use of energy and water resources, ensuring their sustainable development; draw up, within the overall planning of the country's economic and social development, the sectoral plans related to its areas of activity; promote the national policy of electrification, the general use of water resources, their protection and conservation, etc.