Nghe An 'finalizes' the completion of streamlining specialized agencies under the Provincial People's Committee and District People's Committees before February 10, 2025

Plan 1022, dated December 19, issued by the People's Committee of Nghe An province on reorganizing and streamlining the organization of the government apparatus, emphasized the purpose of reorganizing and streamlining the organization of specialized agencies under the People's Committee of the province.District People's CommitteeUnify with the arrangement and streamlining of the Government's apparatus, ensuring synchronization, unity and connectivity in state management of sectors and fields from the central to district level.

At the same time, implement internal reduction arrangements associated with staff reduction, restructuring and improving the quality of civil servants and public employees, with reasonable quantity and structure, qualities and capacities, meeting the requirements and tasks of each agency, organization and unit in the new period.

Continue to improve the functions, tasks, powers and consolidate the organizational structure of the government apparatus to ensure streamlining, effective and efficient operations on the basis of rationally organizing specialized agencies under the Provincial People's Committee and District People's Committees to manage multiple sectors and fields; fully promote the position, role, functions, tasks and powers of the Provincial People's Committee and District People's Committees as prescribed by the Constitution to build a democratic, professional, modern, clean, strong, open, transparent government serving the people, strengthen smooth management from the Central to local levels, on the basis of reasonable decentralization and delegation of powers, meeting the requirements of building and perfecting the Socialist Republic of Vietnam's rule of law state.

On the principle of streamlining the organization of the government apparatus,Nghe An Provincial People's Committee pointed out: Closely follow the arrangement orientation according to the requirements of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW of the Central Steering Committee, the Provincial Steering Committee and the Provincial Party Standing Committee on the orientation of arrangement and streamlining of the apparatus organization.

Reasonable organization of specialized agencies for multi-sectoral and multi-field management, implementing the principle of one agency performing many tasks and one task being assigned to only one agency to preside over and take primary responsibility; implementing the arrangement and streamlining of the organizational apparatus, reducing at least 15% of internal organizational units of all departments and branches (excluding organizations subject to consolidation and merger due to overlapping functions and tasks when implementing the plan to consolidate departments and branches) in accordance with the Central Government's orientation. Improving the effectiveness and efficiency of state management activities of the government sector after being arranged and streamlined.

Basically end the model of Sub-Departments and equivalents in specialized agencies under the Provincial People's Committee. Reorganize Sub-Departments and equivalents (except for the Forest Protection Sub-Department and the Market Management Sub-Department) into specialized departments under the Department, transfer public service tasks (currently undertaken by Sub-Departments) to similar public service units.

For organizations within departments, branches, sectors, and district-level People's Committees that have too few tasks and are difficult to arrange staff according to regulations on standards for establishing departments, they should be arranged and merged reasonably and in accordance with practice.

The arrangement and adjustment of functions and tasks are based on the management objects of each agency and unit; ensuring to avoid overlap and omission of functions and tasks between departments, branches, sectors, and between internal organizations of the unit.

Review and rearrange state management functions between levels, avoid overlap but still ensure convenience for management and professional guidance from provincial level to district level; eliminate intermediate steps, reduce service departments to unify under one focal point, rearrange shared job positions to ensure avoiding waste of staff.

For professional and technical departments: Review and propose the following quantity to be arranged according to the principle of streamlining. For public service units and affiliated branches: In the immediate future, hand over and receive the status quo and continue to review to ensure that for each group of public service services there is only one public service unit providing, "resolutely eliminate intermediary organizations".

Arrange public service units with the same functions and tasks to improve effectiveness and efficiency. Streamline unnecessary public service units that operate ineffectively. Proactively review units and predict units that will cease operations or have their tasks reduced in the near future.

The arrangement and assignment of cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers must be carried out seriously, carefully, scientifically and strictly; ensuring democracy, publicity, transparency, with specific principles and criteria, suitable to the practical situation and task requirements of each agency and unit.

Nghe An Provincial People's Committee requeststhe implementing agenciesReview and streamline support and shared departments after the merger, specifically: Organize 1 Office, 1 Inspectorate, 1 Department performing the Finance - Planning - Investment function, 1 Department performing the Personnel Organization function (if this organization previously existed at 2 Departments).

For specialized departments under the merged departments, on the basis of receiving the original status, review the functions and tasks to arrange them according to the principle of ensuring no omissions or duplication of functions and tasks; encourage the reorganization of multi-task, multi-field management departments and ensure the minimum criteria of 06 civil servants.

For departments and branches that have transferred and received part of their functions and tasks: Review and transfer specialized units corresponding to their functions and tasks and transfer part of the support and shared units corresponding to the volume of specialized tasks transferred.

Nghe An Provincial People's Committee requests: Agencies and units to complete the organization of specialized agencies under the Provincial People's Committee, District People's Committees, and public service units before February 10, 2025 and report the results to the Department of Home Affairs before February 15, 2025 for synthesis and consultation with the Provincial Steering Committee to report to the Central Steering Committee.