Streamline the apparatus to have a team of talented and elite staff

VStreamlining the apparatus is always associated with restructuring and improving the quality of the staff and civil servants, ensuring that it does not affect work efficiency. That is also an important requirement of General Secretary To Lam when he affirmed that this is a "revolution" to prepare a team of elite staff for the management and operation apparatus when the country enters a new era.

As of the post: "Lean - Compact - Strong - Efficient - Effective - Effective" by General Secretary To Lam has been announced for exactly 3 months - a very short period of time for a major policy of the Party to come into life. However, what is happening shows that the political system is determined to comprehensively and thoroughly change the organizational model of the country's management and administration apparatus, when that policy has quickly transformed into decisive and specific action plans at each level, sector, and locality, which have been made public to the people of the whole country.

“Revolution” means change. The country is about to enter a new era, it needs a new administrative apparatus from appearance to leadership style and working spirit of each individual. The inadequacies and overlaps in the functions and tasks of agencies and organizations in the political system - which have existed for decades - must be reviewed and rearranged. Especially when that cumbersome apparatus has used up to 70% of the country's regular expenditure budget.

The leader of our Party believes that the country has enough power and strength; enough will and determination to change. Now is the time to summarize, learn from experience and implement effectively.Resolution 18-NQ/TW2017 of the 12th Central Executive Committee to make the political system apparatus not only "compact" but also "refined". Compact and light to fly high and far; elite to be of better quality and more sustainable on the journey to conquer the goal of a rich people, a strong, prosperous and powerful country.

In the spirit of the Central Government setting an example and localities responding, up to now, the project to streamline the apparatus of Party Committees, Mass Fronts, the Government, and the National Assembly has basically been completed, with the roadmap and the number of units at the Committee, Ministry, Department, Division, and Institute levels that must be merged and streamlined have been publicly announced.

Localities also do not wait for superiors, do not look to other provinces, all proactively build projects to streamline the apparatus; each province reduces an average of 5-7 departments, branches and many agencies and units belonging to the Party - Front and mass organizations; at the same time, significantly reduce intermediary organizations, in order to streamline leadership personnel, reduce levels, overcome the situation of unclear functions and tasks, overlap in management and operation...

For example, Nghe An province will merge the Propaganda Department and the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Department; end the activities of the Provincial Agencies Party Committee, the Provincial Enterprises Party Committee; end the activities of 11 Party delegations, Party Executive Committees of provincial agencies and units, and the Provincial Cadre Health Care Committee. Regarding the government sector, Nghe An will merge from 12 to 6 departments; at the same time, end the activities of the Provincial Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion Center, transferring this function to the new departments after the merger.

Or like Khanh Hoa, it is expected to merge and streamline 7 departments and 1 provincial Project Management Board (reducing more than 1/3 of the number of agencies and administrative units under the Provincial People's Committee). Regarding the Party, Fatherland Front and political and social organizations, the province will end the operation of 16 agencies including Party delegations, Party Executive Committees, Steering Committees; dissolve 2 party committees: the Provincial Agencies Party Committee and the Provincial Enterprises Party Committee... At the same time, merge the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department with the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Department; study the merger of Khanh Hoa Radio and Television Station with Khanh Hoa Newspaper...

Here are some examples to show that when the mind is clear and the will is determined, everything can be smoothly coordinated. The revolution to streamline the apparatus has been moving strongly and will definitely succeed.

However, the ultimate goal of this revolution is to drastically change the quality of operations. Adjustments to the organizational apparatus are only necessary conditions, while the sufficient condition for the complete success of the revolution is to improve the quality of human resources and the working spirit of the cadres and civil servants in their role of serving the Fatherland and the people. These are also the basic requirements that General Secretary To Lam and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh have repeatedly stated when directing the recent summary of the implementation of Resolution 18.

To do this, the evaluation and selection of cadres must be "correct and accurate", ensuring publicity, transparency, impartiality, based on the performance, skills, and ability to contribute of each individual. The cadres who "go to work in the morning and come back in the evening" must be eliminated from the apparatus; priority must be given to those whovoluntarily leave work earlyMake way for younger, more capable officials; Attract talented people to work in the State apparatus with reasonable incentive mechanisms, not only superior in salary and bonus regimes but more importantly, create a working environment and dedication for them that is appropriate to their abilities and strengths. The Government's recent issuance of three decrees 177, 178 and 179/ND-CP in a short time is to serve this policy.

The conditions are sufficient, the opportunity is ripe, we cannot hesitate or delay, causing us to miss the opportunity to rebuild a streamlined, effective and efficient national management and administration apparatus.

More than ever, each individual and collective in the leadership apparatus from the Central to the local level; each cadre and party member, especially the heads of agencies and units, need to promote their exemplary pioneering role, have enough courage and responsibility to overcome themselves, which in essence means putting personal interests aside, to work towards a professional, modern, effective and efficient governance; a more open and favorable production, business and investment environment, for a rich and powerful Vietnam in the new era.