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Mandate

Meaning in public administration, with examples

/ˈmændeɪt/nounCommon term

In public administration, mandate means: The official authority and set of tasks given to an institution or person, usually by law, which define what it may and must do.

In Turkish: görev alanı, yetki, görev tanımı

How it is used

Agencies act within their mandate, and tasks outside it are beyond their mandate. Mandates are given, set out in law, extended or expanded. In politics, a mandate also means the authority voters give a winning party.

Example sentences

  1. Consumer complaints about banks fall outside our mandate, so we forwarded the letter to the regulator.

  2. The new law expanded the agency's mandate to include cybersecurity.

Common collocations

  • within its mandate
  • legal mandate
  • expand the mandate
  • beyond its mandate
  • clear mandate
  • government agencyA public organization set up to carry out a specific task, such as collecting taxes, issuing licences or managing roads, often with some independence from the ministry above it.
  • jurisdictionThe official power to make decisions or enforce rules in a particular area, subject or territory; also the area within which that power applies.
  • regulatorA public body that sets rules for a particular sector, such as energy, banking or telecommunications, and checks that companies follow them.
  • delegation of authorityThe formal transfer of the power to make certain decisions from a senior official to a more junior one or to another unit, usually in writing and within set limits.

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