The Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee and the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department signed a coordination regulation for the 2023-2025 period.

Overview of the conference. Photo: Pham Bang

PROACTIVE, TIMELY, EFFECTIVE COOPERATION

During the 2020-2022 period, the coordination between the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee and the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department achieved many important, comprehensive and complete results in the 9 contents of the Regulation, contributing to promoting socio-economic development and ensuring national defense and security in the area.

The two agencies have coordinated in implementing the study, dissemination, and implementation of directives, resolutions, plans, and projects of the Central and the province related to socio-economic development, and policies and strategies that have a great impact on the province. The implementation methods are increasingly specific, strict, and timely. The coordination process, information work, and exchange are carried out seriously and with quality.

Comrade Tran Quoc Khanh - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department presented a report assessing the results of implementing the Regulations and Program of coordination in the period of 2020-2022 and signing the Regulations on coordination in the period of 2023 - 2025. Photo: Pham Bang

The Party Executive Committee of the Provincial People's Committee and the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department have coordinated to propagate and orientate the implementation of major policies and key projects; coordinated well, grasped information and social opinion, especially hot and complicated issues in the area; provided information and reported to the provincial leaders in a timely manner to have measures and solutions for direction and management.

In addition, orienting information for press agencies to propagate political events, promptly and accurately reflecting the province's activities, important events, and complex issues. Thereby, spreading good models, new ways of doing things, and typical examples; at the same time, detecting limitations and shortcomings to promptly overcome, proactively fighting, and refuting the plots of anti-government forces.

Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the conference. Photo: Pham Bang

The two agencies also coordinated to review and evaluate the current status and needs for construction and repair of facilities serving teaching at district-level political centers; and coordinated in performing tasks in the fields of science, education, culture and society.

In addition to the achieved results, the two agencies also agreed to assess that some coordination contents were of low quality and efficiency. The coordination work in the leadership of the Provincial People's Committee of some branches and units of the science and education sector was sometimes not very effective, lacking in supervision and inspection.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the conference. Photo: Pham Bang

In journalism, there are still some cases of taking advantage of the name of journalism to operate illegally, harassing agencies, businesses, and localities. In 2021, some departments, branches, and units have not promptly handled the issues raised by the press,... leading to many difficulties in directing and orienting press management.

PAY ATTENTION TO POLICY COMMUNICATION TO CREATE CONSENSUS

Speaking at the conference, comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department highly appreciated the direction and implementation of the coordination program between the two agencies in the 2020-2022 period. The two sides promptly and proactively implemented the contents of the coordination program; had positive and clear impacts from the provincial to grassroots levels; contributed to improving the quality of propaganda at all levels...

Comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department spoke at the conference. Photo: Pham Bang

Promoting the achieved results, overcoming shortcomings and limitations, the Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department suggested that in the coordination program between the two agencies in the coming time, it is necessary to deploy press information provision activities more effectively. The two agencies closely follow the regulations, specify the program for the period 2023-2025 each year, assign specific tasks and tasks, and schedule time to coordinate and implement effectively.

On the other hand, the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee directs the Provincial People's Committee, departments and branches to continue to proactively exchange and provide information, closely coordinate so that the two agencies can do a good job of grasping public opinion, disseminating information and orienting information for the press. At the same time, direct the resolution of pressing issues among the people, raised by public opinion and the press.

Concluding the conference, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that in the context of the 2020-2022 period, the effectiveness of the Coordination Regulation between the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and the Provincial People's Committee's Party Committee is even more evident.

In the past 3 years, the province has faced many difficulties and challenges due to the severe impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, complicated developments of the world economic situation, natural disasters... but the results of implementing the tasks of socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security, building the Party and the political system have been very positive. In that result, there is an important contribution from the implementation of the coordination content between the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and the Provincial People's Committee's Party Committee.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee concluded the conference. Photo: Pham Bang

The two agencies have proactively and promptly coordinated well in propaganda work, information orientation, and solving communication and information issues. Thereby, raising awareness, consciousness, and responsibility of agencies, units, cadres, and civil servants in reaching consensus to carry out the tasks of the province.

However, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also assessed that some tasks in the coordination of propaganda work were not timely, such as: Information provision was sometimes slow and not proactive; arising issues were not handled smoothly and effectively; coordination in handling press information was still untimely and ineffective; information control on social networks still had limitations.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung said that the 2023-2025 period is forecasted to have more difficulties and challenges than advantages. However, this is the decisive period for implementing the goals and tasks of the Resolutions of Party Congresses at all levels, especially the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress. Therefore, it is agreed to continue to improve the quality and effectiveness of the coordination between the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and the Provincial People's Committee's Party Committee.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and Comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department signed the coordination regulations for the 2023-2025 period. Photo: Pham Bang

In particular, it is necessary to focus on policy communication work because the Party's policies and guidelines, the State's policies and laws are all aimed at the people, taking the people as the center, how to make people have a better life. On the other hand, it is necessary to pay attention to solving problems that people are concerned about, ensuring the rights and benefits of the people.

Agencies must also be proactive in orienting information, creating consensus in implementing policies and strategies on socio-economic development, implementing major projects and projects in the province in the spirit: People know, people understand, people believe, people follow and people implement together.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also said that in the coming period, the province's development opportunities are very good. Currently, Nghe An is attracting the attention of foreign investors based on the conditions of location, labor, infrastructure... Therefore, when we do a good job of orientation and propaganda to create consensus in implementing projects, the development goals will be achieved.

The coordination regulations between the Provincial People's Committee's Party Committee and the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department include 9 contents. Photo: Pham Bang

On the other hand, the Provincial People's Committee will direct departments, branches, especially leaders to improve their initiative, professionalism, timeliness and quality in providing information. In particular, they must proactively grasp public opinion on "hot", urgent and prominent issues, especially on social networks. From there, proactively provide accurate information and orient information to avoid creating "hot spots".

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung also suggested that in the process of implementing the coordination regulations, it is necessary to enhance the capacity and communication skills of the team of cadres and civil servants, especially the leaders.