The Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs needs to review and dissolve ineffective vocational secondary schools.

On the afternoon of August 27, the administrative reform inspection team led by Mr. Le Dinh Ly - Deputy Director in charge of the Department of Home Affairs had a working session with the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs. Photo: Thanh Le

Streamlining 8 staff

Reporting to the inspection team, Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Doan Hong Vu affirmed: The Department has implemented forms of collecting opinions and evaluating the level of satisfaction with public services provided by the unit and the implementation results.

In addition, the Department organized inspection teams to enforce discipline and administrative discipline at affiliated units; completed the review of the list of administrative procedures (AP) in the fields of labor, meritorious people and social affairs at the provincial, district and commune levels and submitted 112 APs to the Provincial People's Committee for promulgation.

Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Doan Hong Vu reports on the results of the unit's administrative reform work. Photo: Thanh Le

Implementing Resolution 6 of the Central Committee (term XII), the Department has reviewed and evaluated the performance of tasks of specialized departments and divisions and developed a project to reorganize the apparatus.

Accordingly, the Department has drafted a Project to dissolve the Home for Martyrs' Relatives in Nghe An, solicited comments from relevant departments, branches and units and is completing the submission documents, expected to be submitted to the Provincial People's Committee for approval in October 2019.

At the same time, the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has coordinated with agencies and units to review and rearrange vocational training institutions in the spirit of Resolution 6 of the Central Committee (term XII); Draft a project to merge the Continuing Education Centers of 4 districts and towns into the Secondary Schools under the Department and continue to implement when there is a policy of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee.

Implementing the policy of streamlining staff, in 2018 and 2019, the Department streamlined staff in 8 cases.

Employment Service Center (Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs) advises labor export workers. Photo: Thanh Le

In the first 7 months of 2019, the total number of records received and processed (including those carried over from 2018): 33,103 records; of which 32,633 records were returned on time; there were no overdue records; 470 records are being processed.

Reorganize vocational schools

Through the inspection of the settlement of administrative procedures at the departments and units under the Department, the Inspection Team clearly stated: The review of administrative procedures of some specialized departments and units under the Department has not been timely according to the progress and requirements of regulations; the rate of using official mailboxes is still low; the results of implementing the key tasks of the administrative reform year are not many,...

Concluding the meeting, comrade Le Dinh Ly assessed that the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has focused on leading administrative reform work; at the same time, he requested the Department to continue to pay attention to directing and creating changes in administrative reform work; review and perfect the sector's institutions to strengthen management and operation and perform assigned tasks.

Vocational training at Nghi Loc Economic and Technical College. Photo courtesy of Tien Hung

In particular, the Department needs to focus on leading the key tasks of the Year of Administrative Reform, which are reforming administrative procedures, simplifying and shortening administrative procedures; and preparing conditions for administrative procedures to be resolved at the Provincial Public Administration Service Center.

At the same time, the unit also needs to continue to effectively organize the implementation of the Project on streamlining staff, reorganizing the apparatus, merging continuing education centers; reviewing and dissolving ineffective vocational secondary schools; enhancing public ethics and office culture; enhancing the application of information technology in management, administration, and public service implementation, etc.

Thanh Le