59.1. The Executive Directorate of Administration has the following responsibilities:

a) To apply the policies, regulations and procedures for the administration of the f nancial and material resources of the Institute;

b) To organize, manage and control the administration of the material and f nancial resources, as well as the provision of general services in the Institute;

c) To prepare the annual draft budget of the Institute;

d) To establish and operate the administrative systems for the budgetary exercise and control;

e) To prepare the draft of the organization manual and the catalogue of offices and positions in the Institute’s administrative branch, and submit it to the General Executive Board for its approval;

f) To supply the necessary for the appropriate functioning of the administrative branch of the personnel working for the Institute and to submit to the General Executive Board for its consideration the permanent or special training programs and the procedures for the promotion and encouragement of the administrative personnel;

g) To present to the General Executive Board, following agreement with the Executive Director of the National Professional Electoral Service, the procedures for selection, training and promotion which allow the administrative personnel to aspire to be incorporated into the National Professional Electoral Service;

h) To attend to the administrative needs of the bodies of the Institute;

i) To present to the General Council, through the Executive Secretary, an annual report regarding the budget year of the Institute;

j) To agree with the Executive Secretary the matters of its responsibility, and

k) The other responsibilities established by this Law.