Nghe An: Training operational skills for provincial People's Council delegates

Conference scene. Photo: Mai Hoa

Attending the conference were members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee: Nguyen Nam Dinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Le Hong Vinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Phan Duc Dong - Secretary of the Vinh City Party Committee. Also attending the conference were comrade Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee and delegates of the 18th Provincial People's Council.

Comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council delivered the opening speech at the conference. Photo: Mai Hoa

Speaking at the opening of the conference, comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice ChairmanProvincial People's Councilsaid: After nearly 2 years of operation of the 2021 - 2026 term, despite the complicated developments of the COVID-19 epidemic, the Provincial People's Council delegates have actively and proactively improved their professionalism and appliedinformation technologyin the preparation and organization of the meeting.

At the same time, the work of meeting voters, synthesizing and classifying opinions and recommendationsvotersRegular and specialized monitoring activities; citizen reception, handling of petitions, complaints and denunciations of citizens... are continued to be strengthened and enhanced by the Provincial People's Council, contributing to the overall development of the province.

Provincial leaders and the National Assembly Delegate Training Center attended the conference. Photo: Mai Hoa

In addition, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also frankly pointed out some difficulties in implementing some activities of the Provincial People's Council delegates such as reviewing and approving resolutions on local socio-economic development; discussing and deciding on social policies; deciding on investment policies, programs and projects at all levels in the locality; applying science and technology in supervising the implementation of local budgets, supervising judicial activities, supervising environmental protection work, etc.

Provincial leaders attending the conference. Photo: Mai Hoa

Therefore, organizing a conference to improve the operational skills of the Provincial People's Council delegates is extremely necessary, in order to promote the implementation of the tasks of the delegates and the Provincial People's Council more effectively in the coming time; requesting the Provincial People's Council delegates to focus on absorbing the information conveyed at the conference, at the same time, frankly exchange and discuss the contents raised from practice to find solutions through this conference.

At the conference, delegates listened to Dr. Nguyen Si Dung - former Deputy Head of the National Assembly Office deliver a presentation on the topic "Skills in collecting and processing information in the activities of People's Council delegates".

Accordingly, delegates are provided with and clarified the importance of information, which is one of the important factors that determine the quality of the activities of reviewing draft reports and draft resolutions submitted by the Provincial People's Committee, avoiding formalities in reviewing; in monitoring, surveying, explaining, questioning, and voting to decide on important issues of the province...

Dr. Nguyen Si Dung - former Deputy Head of the National Assembly Office delivered a presentation on "Skills in collecting and processing information in the activities of People's Council delegates". Photo: Mai Hoa

Regarding information gathering skills, in addition to the initiative and methods of each delegate, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council can further support delegates by assigning the Office of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council to request agencies, units, departments, branches and localities to provide information upon request of delegates.

Information collection will be carried out through many channels, such as the internet, social networks, newspapers, electronic information portals; consulting the public, voters, experts, especially those affected. Along with collection, it is important to process information to serve activities, ensuring the accuracy, legitimacy, and feasibility of policies...

Provincial People's Council delegates attending the conference. Photo: Mai Hoa

The conference took place in 1 day with other topics including: Discussion, debate and questioning skills at the Provincial People's Council session; the process of building and promulgating resolutions of the People's Council and the roles of parties in the process; skills of reviewing and approving resolutions of the People's Council on local socio-economic development.