The tasks of the Director General of Communications are laid down in section 49 of the Rules of Procedure of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

The tasks of the Deputy Director General are laid down in section 50 of the Rules of Procedure of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. In addition, the Deputy Director General has the primary responsibility for:

1. the department’s administrative affairs matters relating to the preparation of the Management Group’s meetings
2. issuing opinions on behalf of the department
3. coordinating activities with the Ministry’s other departments
4. In addition, the Deputy Director General takes care of other tasks assigned by the Director General.

An Administrative Services Team functions under the Deputy Director General and serves the whole department. The team is responsible for the department’s administrative tasks and has its own team leader. The team is responsible for:

1. support to the department in human resources and financial administration
2. support to the department in budgetary monitoring
3. assistant services for the management
4. support for organisation of events at departmental level
5. other tasks assigned to the team by the Director General of Communications or the Deputy Director General.