Provincial National Assembly delegation supervises the activities of public service units

BTO-On the morning of February 26, the National Assembly Delegation of Binh Thuan province conducted a thematic supervision on "Implementation of policies and laws on innovation of the organizational and management system, improving the quality and efficiency of public service units in the period of 2018 - 2023" at the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism (DTC) of the province.

The monitoring delegation was led by Mr. Nguyen Huu Thong - Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation. Also attending were leaders of departments under the Provincial People's Council, public service units under the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and related departments and branches...

***Director of Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Bui The Nhan reported at the meeting.***

Reporting to the Supervisory Delegation, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Bui The Nhan said: Implementing policies and laws on innovation of the organization and management system, improving the quality and efficiency of public service units in the period of 2018 - 2023, up to now, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has 7 units, reducing 4 affiliated units, the current payroll is 148 people, reducing 29 people. The Department is strictly managing the payroll on the basis of classifying organizations, determining job positions scientifically, in accordance with reality. The implementation of staff streamlining ensures the correct principles and steps. At the district level, the pilot merger of the District Radio and Television Station and the District Culture and Sports Center has been completed.

In addition, implementing the mechanism of autonomy and self-responsibility for performing tasks, organizing the payroll and financial apparatus combined with administrative reform, work processing procedures are gradually standardized, clearly defining the responsibilities of each department and individual, so the quality and efficiency of work are improved, and the time to handle work is shortened...

At the monitoring session, leaders of public service units under the Department and related departments and sectors further clarified the results, as well as current difficulties due to unstable revenue from the units' operations, affecting the ability to increase the autonomy of the units. The current regulations reveal problems such as professional title training courses depending on training schools, therefore not meeting the conditions and standards to participate in exams, recruitment of civil servants and sufficient conditions in the appointment of cadres in the sector. In addition, the revenue from the units' careers has decreased, affecting the ability to increase the autonomy of the units...

The Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism also proposed recommendations that need attention, such as the need to have a roadmap to gradually increase the level of autonomy for public service units and depending on the characteristics of the situation of public service units performing political tasks, there must be a level of assigned targets, not equalizing and increasing the revenue targets of the following year higher than the previous year by 7-10%. At the same time, there must be an appropriate mechanism for public service units to ensure a part of their regular expenditures flexibly in the issue of salary payment from funding sources...

***Mr. Nguyen Huu Thong - Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation gave his assessment at the supervision session.***

After listening to opinions from relevant units and sectors, Mr. Nguyen Huu Thong - Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation highly appreciated the sense of responsibility of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in implementing legal policies on innovation of the organization and management system, improving the quality and efficiency of operations of public service units in the period of 2018 - 2023. During the implementation process, the difficulties and obstacles were promptly handled and lessons learned were assessed through each step. At the same time, he requested the unit to continue improving the quality of the apparatus of public service units in the coming time. Regarding the proposed contents, the Provincial National Assembly Delegation will take note, synthesize and work with the Provincial People's Committee before submitting them to the National Assembly in the coming time.

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