Nghe An announces administrative reform rankings at department, branch and local levels in 2022

On April 18, the People's Committee of Nghe An province issued Decision No. 1048/QD-UBND approving the results of the index and ranking of administrative reforms of provincial departments, branches, and sectors and the People's Committees of districts, cities, and towns in 2022.

This is the second year that the administrative reform ranking has been assessed and ranked according to the set of criteria specified in Decision No. 30/2021/QD-UBND dated September 29, 2021 promulgating the Regulations on assessment and ranking of administrative reforms of agencies and units in Nghe An province (replacing Decision No. 30/2019/QD-UBND dated July 31, 2019).

According to Decision No. 30/2021/QD-UBND, the assessment on a 100-point scale and the criteria for assessing administrative reforms of provincial and central agencies are organized according to the vertical industry system located in the province.

The district-level People's Committee includes: directing and operating administrative reform; building and reviewing legal documents and monitoring law enforcement; reforming administrative procedures, implementing one-stop and inter-connected one-stop mechanisms; reforming the administrative apparatus; building and improving the quality of cadres, civil servants and public employees; reforming public finance; and modernizing administration.

The results of the administrative reform index and ranking are classified into 3 groups: vertical units located in the province; specialized agencies under the Provincial People's Committee and the People's Committees of 21 districts, cities and towns.

The results of the index and ranking of administrative reform of provincial departments, branches, sectors and People's Committees of districts and cities in 2022 for 5 vertical units located in the province, the ranking results show that the Provincial Police ranked first, the Provincial Social Insurance, the Provincial Tax Department, the Provincial State Treasury and the Provincial Customs Department ranked second.

For 21 specialized agencies under the Provincial People's Committee, the top 5 positions are: Department of Finance, Provincial People's Committee Office, Department of Home Affairs, Department of Education and Training and Southeast Economic Zone; the last position is Department of Construction. 2022 is the second year that the Department of Finance holds the leading position in the ranking of administrative reform index of specialized agencies of the province.

For the People's Committees of 21 districts, cities and towns in the whole province, in 2022, Vinh City ranked first; Dien Chau district ranked second; Nghi Loc district ranked third, Quynh Luu district ranked fourth and Hoang Mai town ranked fifth. The last position was Tuong Duong district.

According to the published index results, for many consecutive years Vinh city has held the leading position in the administrative reform index ranking of districts, cities and towns in the province.

Through the ranking results, departments, branches and localities clearly identify strengths and weaknesses in implementing administrative reform, thereby helping departments, branches, districts, cities and towns have solutions to contribute to improving the effectiveness of administrative reform.