§5.7. Duties of the Director General a) The Director General shall be the Chief Executive Officer of LIPO and head of the central administration. He or she shall perform the following duties: i. be responsible for the day-to-day administration of LIPO; ii. issue regulations pertaining to intellectual property law with the approval of the Board; iii. develop a national policy on intellectual property; iv. coordinate all activities affecting bilateral and multilateral agreements relating to intellectual property; v. establish a national public outreach and other programs within LIPO to enhance the protection of intellectual property rights and the development of intellectual property in Liberia, as well as cooperation with international competent authorities responsible for administration of intellectual property; vi. appoint staff as deemed necessary to assist LIPO in the performance of its functions; vii. oversee recruitment, retirement, promotions, dismissal of personnel in keeping with human resource policies. supervise departments, and oversee divisions, sections and units of LIPO in order to ensure effective and efficient performance of their respective functions and duties, and that they are in line with international best practices; viii. ix. ensure implementation of administrative instructions relating to procedures under intellectual property administration and protection; x. authorize the correction of any error of translation or transcription, clerical error or mistake in any application, document or recording filed with the Registrar, as well as the extension of time for doing any act or taking any action mandated this Act by regulation thereunder; xi. perform such other functions relating to intellectual property as are incidental to the position of a director of an intellectual property office. b) The Director General shall discharge his duties, in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, the Liberia Revenue Authority and other relevant agencies of the Government consistent with the Governments‟ inter­ agency coordination. 13