Government approval document

This is the government approval document for the 2009 budget year for the Swedish National Institute of Public Health (Ministry of Health and Social Affairs S2008/10663/SK (partial)). The following shall remain in effect during the 2009 budget year including the named appropriations.

In accordance with the new structure for governing of agencies, the Swedish National Institute of Public Health (SNIPH) shall report back to the ministry, according to the institute’s instructions, all of the institute’s activities in addition to that which pertains to this document and other decisions that may arise.

The SNIPH shall educate all its employees in agency administration and governance, with special emphasis on the changes in the structure for governing the agencies stated in the 2009 budget proposition, volume 1, and all other regulations applied to governing of agencies.

Assignments:

• Alcohol, Narcotic, Doping and Tobacco (ANDT) assignments
• Monitoring of the Committee on Alcohol’s projects
• Health of persons with disabilities
• Urban development
• EU’s Health Program and Public Health Politics