Promoting decentralization and delegation of power in state management

Promoting decentralization and delegation of authority in state management, the province has issued many documents on decentralization and delegation of authority in state management to local authorities, departments and branches, meeting practical requirements and encouraging dynamism and creativity of units and localities.

Decentralization and delegation of power in state management help localities be more proactive in directing and implementing socio-economic development goals, contributing to building livable localities and cities. Photo: Chu Kieu

To concretize the policies of the Party and State on promoting decentralization, implementing tasks assigned by the Government, and successfully implementing the Resolution of the 17th Provincial Party Congress for the 2020-2025 term, in recent times, the province has promoted decentralization and delegation of authority in state management to local authorities, sectors and fields.

In the period of 2016 - 2022, the Provincial People's Committee issued 21 documents decentralizing to the District People's Committee, Commune People's Committee, and specialized agencies under the Provincial People's Committee for 8 sectors and fields including Home Affairs; Planning and Investment; Agriculture and Rural Development; Construction; Transport; Science and Technology; Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs; Finance.

Of the 21 decentralized documents of the Provincial People's Committee, 10 documents have expired and 11 documents are still valid in accordance with legal regulations for 7 sectors and fields.

Decentralization and delegation of power are clearly demonstrated in the prevention of Covid-19. Many districts and cities in the area have proactively implemented strong epidemic prevention measures, suitable to local conditions.

Recently, the Provincial People's Committee authorized the People's Committees of districts and cities to decide on specific land prices to calculate compensation when the State recovers land; collect land use fees when allocating land for resettlement; calculate land use fees and land rent when the State allocates land, leases land, and changes land use purposes to households and individuals, which has helped districts and cities to be more proactive in compensation and site clearance work. The price determination is also suitable to the actual conditions of the locality, shortening the time for price approval, without affecting the progress of land recovery compensation of projects.

The decentralization of state management in the province is being gradually adjusted according to the requirements of administrative reform (PAR), ensuring the centralized and unified management of the Provincial People's Committee in decentralized areas, promoting autonomy, self-responsibility and exploiting potentials, advantages and resources to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state management.

Simplify and optimize administrative procedures; reduce administrative procedures; shorten processing time, reduce travel time and social costs, create the most favorable conditions for quick and timely resolution of administrative procedures to meet the requirements of individuals, organizations and businesses and enhance the responsibility of leaders, creating proactiveness, creativity and flexibility in management and operation.

The overlapping issues of functions and tasks between specialized agencies under the Provincial People's Committee have been basically resolved, and the authority and responsibility of the People's Committees at district and commune levels and specialized agencies in implementation have been more clearly defined.

Contribute to improving the efficiency of budget management and use, saving public spending and promoting innovation, streamlining the organization of administrative apparatus and public service units to be lean, effective and efficient.

Some areas when implementing decentralization have created initiative and flexibility for agencies, units and localities; effectively promoting state management such as the field of construction order management, the field of job position management (100% of agencies and units have approved job positions, job descriptions, competency frameworks and are implementing according to new regulations of the Government, instructions of Central Ministries and branches)...

Decentralizing state management by sector and field to district-level People's Committees, commune-level People's Committees, and specialized agencies is an important solution contributing to promoting administrative reform and promoting the completion of state management tasks on socio-economic issues in the province.

To reasonably decentralize state management by sector and field of the Provincial People's Committee to the District People's Committee, Commune People's Committee, and specialized agencies under the Provincial People's Committee.

On the basis of clearly defining the functions, tasks, powers and responsibilities of each level and agency in the State administrative organization system, ensuring centralized and unified management, promoting autonomy and self-responsibility of agencies, units and localities.

Maximize potential, advantages, and resources to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state management in sectors and fields, meet the requirements of state administrative reform, build e-government, and integrate internationally.

Recently, the Provincial People's Council issued Resolution No. 39 on approving the Project to promote decentralization for People's Committees of districts, cities; communes, wards, towns and specialized agencies under the Provincial People's Committee.

Accordingly, inheriting the results of the implementation of decentralization in the 2016 - 2022 period, implementing the decentralization contents that are assessed as effective, suitable to the actual conditions of the locality and the provisions of current laws, continuing to promote decentralization of state management for 7 sectors and fields currently implementing decentralization: Home Affairs; Planning and Investment; Agriculture and Rural Development; Construction; Transport; Science and Technology; Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs.

For 7 sectors and fields: Finance; Education and Training; Culture, Sports and Tourism; Natural Resources and Environment; Industry and Trade; Information and Communications and Health, continue to study, amend, supplement or replace, and issue new documents to promote decentralization by sector and field to ensure compliance with specialized laws and the actual state management situation of the locality.

Continue to focus on implementing well Resolution No. 04 of the Government on promoting decentralization and delegation of power in state management. At the same time, regularly update legal regulations on promoting decentralization; promptly amend, supplement, replace, abolish, and issue new decentralization regulations to ensure compliance with legal regulations and meet the practical requirements of state management by sector and field of the locality.

Tran Tinh

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