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interministerial

interministerial

1 7.6
Used when two or more government departments work together
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntərˈmɪnɪstəriəl/
  • Formal
: interministerial
  • As the Nigerians had done earlier, the new government set up an interministerial committee to decide how to move forward the stalled privatization plan.

Examples

  • In a related development, President Fernando Henrique Cardoso has created an interministerial working group to develop public policies to improve the situation of blacks.

    Academic text (1998)
  • This illegal procedure provided the basis for a court action, initiated on 12 October 1988, by sixteen Brazilian environmental and human rights groups against the PGC Interministerial Council and federal and state environmental agencies (IAJP 1989).

    Academic text (2000)
  • The 1979 recession produced a sharply diverging interministerial coalition and power balance.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Furthermore, the JDA was heavily colonized by outside ministries and locked into a tight web of interministerial coordination that served to further restrict its ability to emerge as an independent political actor.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The product of the military-dominated National Security Council and a high-level interministerial working group, the project intended to secure the country's hold on its northern Amazon marches (Sanders 1987-88).

    Academic text (1992)
  • Conabio is an interministerial commission mainly dedicated to conforming and maintaining updates to the National System of Biodiversity Information (SNIB), to support projects and studies focused on the knowledge and sustainable use of biodiversity, and to advise governmental institutions and other sectors.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The dualistic role that the EPB assumed in economic policymaking—a resource for presidential goals and a self-willing policymaker—argues for an analytic focus on interministerial dynamics.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The government formed an interministerial team to address environmental issues collaboratively.

  • To tackle healthcare reform, the president convened an interministerial meeting with officials from various departments.

  • An interministerial committee has been established to streamline the coordination of public transportation services.

Synonyms

interagency
vsinterministerial
  • Formal
10 4.8

Two or more agencies work together on the same task

is narrower and focuses on relations between government ministries
interdepartmental
vsinterministerial
2 5.8

Work between departments in the same organization

is about relations across government ministries rather than internal departments
intragovernmental
vsinterministerial
  • Formal
1 7.3

Happening within a government between its departments or agencies

focuses specifically on relations between separate ministries

How Many

interministerial
  • Formal
1 7.6
ministerial
  • Formal
7 7.0

Surface Forms

interministerial positive

Morphology

interministerial = ministerial (transparent) = inter + minister + ial

Formed by productive prefix 'inter-' + the adjective 'ministerial', yielding a clear meaning 'between or among ministries'.

Etymology

The word interministerial joins inter- meaning 'between' and ministerial, which comes from minister meaning 'a government leader'. So an interministerial meeting or agreement is one 'between' ministers or ministries and involves two or more government departments.