33. The Minister may also(1) conduct or commission research on any matter related to civil protection;
(2) document the civil protection situation at the local and regional levels and at the government level, require any person who has information in that regard to communicate it to the Minister, and make public all or part of the above information;
(3) organize civil protection training activities intended for the personnel of municipal and government authorities, or participate in the organization of such activities;
(4) establish an accreditation mechanism with respect to the civil protection training activities offered by bodies or by enterprises and, in the case of professional development activities, by educational institutions;
(5) promote, encourage or recognize civil protection initiatives and projects, in particular by granting awards in recognition of actions carried out by persons, enterprises, municipal or government authorities, or other bodies; and
(6) designate organizations to be responsible for putting in place measures to reinforce and increase the operational capabilities of municipal or government authorities to respond to a disaster or its imminence, and prescribe the terms for deploying such measures.