Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research.

The Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research shall, in accordance with the law that defines these areas and the Statute, perform the tasks of the provincial administration in the field of higher education and student accommodation, related to the preparation of acts for the Assembly or the Provincial Government which shall: establish scientific institutes and research and development centres and exercise founder’s rights thereof; regulate issues in higher education of significance to the province; propose the member of the National Council for Higher Education; discuss student accommodation issues of significance to the province.
The Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research shall, in accordance with the General Interest Programme of the Republic of Serbia, perform tasks of the provincial administration related to: housing issues of young, academic and scientific workers; promotion of international cooperation and innovation activities; provision of financial means for the co-financing of specific programmes of innovation activities and infrastructure in the territory of AP Vojvodina; co-financing of the programme of the Novi Sad Branch of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Matica Srpska, Matica Slovačka and other institutions that perform scientific and research activities, and are of significance to AP Vojvodina; provision of financial means for the co-financing of basic research programmes and technical development research programmes in AP Vojvodina, for the co-financing of participation of academic and scientific workers and students at scientific and professional development conferences abroad and for the organisation of scientific conferences in the territory of AP Vojvodina.
The Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research shall perform executive, expert and development tasks of the provincial administration within the scope of its competences and monitor, supervise and assist the work of institutions and public services, founded by AP Vojvodina.
The Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research shall, in accordance with the law, perform the conferred tasks of the state administration, in the field of higher education and student accommodation, which were conferred to the authorities of AP Vojvodina, pursuant to the law.
The Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research shall perform other tasks when they are conferred, in accordance with the law, Provincial Assembly decision or another regulation.