Discussing solutions to improve Nghe An's PAPI score

On the afternoon of April 19, the delegation of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics had a working session with the Department of Home Affairs on solutions to improve the Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI). Photo: Thanh Le

Speaking to the delegation of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Director of the Department of Home Affairs Dau Van Thanh said: In 2018, Nghe An made a breakthrough, ranking 4th nationwide in the PAPI Index. However, through analysis of the component indexes, it shows that even in the content axes where Nghe An scored high, there are still component contents with low scores.

Furthermore, the 2018 results are just the beginning. Without positive solutions to promote the achieved results, the sustainability of those results will be difficult to maintain.

Associate Professor, Dr. Le Van Chien - Director of the Institute of Leadership Studies, Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Le

“Therefore, the question is how Nghe An can ensure that its PAPI ranking and relative assessment are more stable in the coming time. At the same time, how to continuously improve Nghe An’s absolute PAPI score and ensure that the absolute score achieved in 2018 will continue to be maintained and promoted in the following years,” the head of the Nghe An province’s Department of Home Affairs wondered.

Officials from the Department of Home Affairs inspect the compliance with administrative discipline in Hoa Binh town, Tuong Duong district. Illustrative photo Thanh Le

The Director of the Department of Home Affairs said that in 2018, two new content axes were included in the assessment, namely "Environmental Management" and "E-Governance" with many new issues requiring high updating and knowledge supplementation.

At the meeting, delegates focused on exchanging and discussing the assessment of factors affecting the effectiveness of public administration. From there, they studied feasible solutions to achieve the goal of improving the effectiveness of public administration.

Director of the Department of Home Affairs Dau Van Thanh concluded the meeting. Photo: Thanh Le

In particular, the focus is on creating fundamental changes in awareness and improving skills for government officials at all levels, especially at the grassroots level, to increase people's satisfaction with government activities at all levels in the coming years; contributing to building a modern, professional, transparent, and effective public administration system to serve the people better and better.