Pilot merger of 3 offices of National Assembly, People's Council, and People's Committee at provincial level

Merge the Office of the National Assembly Delegation, the Office of the People's Council and the Office of the Provincial People's Committee into one general advisory and assistance office.

That is one of the notable contents in the Resolution on continuing to reform the organization of the state administrative apparatus to be streamlined and operate effectively and efficiently, which was just passed by the National Assembly this afternoon (November 24) with 464/468 votes in favor (accounting for 94.5% of the total number of delegates).

National Assembly delegates voted to pass many resolutions on the afternoon of November 24.

Reduce deputy andDo not convert departments into bureaus or general departments

The Resolution emphasizes the need to continue streamlining the organizational structure of agencies in the state administrative apparatus with specific criteria. The model and scale of the apparatus must be consistent with the nature, characteristics, functions and tasks of each type of agency, unit and locality.

Research and develop a Project on the organizational structure of the Government for the 15th National Assembly term (2021 - 2026), including reasonable adjustments to the sectors and management fields between ministries and ministerial-level agencies to reasonably determine the number of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and government agencies.

Clearly define the criteria for establishing departments, divisions, bureaus, general departments and equivalent units under ministries and ministerial-level agencies based on the position, function, task, working relationship, number of job positions and the minimum number of civil servants and affiliated focal points required for each type of unit.

Rearrange the internal organizational structure to minimize intermediate levels, reduce focal points, reduce staff, reduce the number of deputy leaders and those holding leadership and management titles; rearrange the organizational apparatus in a number of vertical organizational fields or decentralized to local management.

The resolution also requiresDo not convert departments into bureaus or general departments; do not establish new divisions in the staff department of ministries or ministerial-level agencies; in special cases, they must meet specific criteria prescribed by the Government. Decisions on establishing organizations, recruiting and appointing cadres, civil servants and public employees that do not meet criteria and standards must be revoked and cancelled.

Pilot study on merging some agencies

According to the Resolution, the local administrative apparatus will be reorganized in the direction of reducing focal points, reducing intermediate levels, and strengthening multi-sectoral and multi-field management. It is not necessary that the superior level has an agency or organization, the subordinate level will have the same agency or organization and vice versa. Agencies and units at the same level in different localities do not necessarily have the same organizational model.

Based on the Government's framework regulations and specific conditions, local authorities shall review and rearrange the internal organization of specialized agencies under the People's Committees at provincial and district levels in the direction of resolutely reducing focal points.

Conduct a pilot study on the merger of a number of agencies with similar tasks at the provincial and district levels where conditions permit. Conduct a pilot merger of the Office of the National Assembly Delegation, the Office of the People's Council and the Office of the Provincial People's Committee into a single advisory and support office to provide a basis for amending and supplementing laws before general application.

Along with that, review and reduce the number of steering committees and inter-sectoral coordination organizations at both the central and local levels; dissolve inactive or ineffective organizations. Rearrange specialized units and offices to assist steering committees and inter-sectoral coordination organizations; only maintain existing specialized support units if really necessary but must ensure streamlining and efficiency.

From 2018, when establishing new steering committees, inter-sectoral organizations must specifically determine the duration of operation. Resolutely not establish new steering committees and inter-sectoral coordination organizations that create specialized departments, increase staffing...

In addition, gradually merge and adjust the boundaries of district- and commune-level administrative units to ensure compliance with prescribed criteria; innovate the classification of administrative units to serve as a basis for determining the organizational structure and staffing appropriate to the scale and characteristics of each type of administrative unit.

Implement streamlining of staff to ensure a 10% reduction by 2021 compared to the staff assigned in 2015.

"Promote the responsibility of leaders in streamlining the payroll and rearranging the staff, civil servants and public employees according to the job position project, ensuring strict implementation of the Central Committee's requirements on this issue; consider this a criterion to evaluate the level of task completion of the heads of agencies, organizations and units" - the Resolution clearly stated./.

According to VOV