Minister of Home Affairs: Quickly classify, regulate more appropriate organization and staffing at commune level

(Chinhphu.vn) - Although the commune level is expected to have 26 - 28 job positions, the number of staff working will be flexibly allocated based on the population size, area and socio-economic conditions of each place, instead of applying a fixed number.

Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra discussed the issue of organizational structure and staffing at the meeting - Photo: VGP

Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra emphasized the above at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Government Party Committee and the Government to assess the situation after 2 months of operating the 2-level government.

Sharing the issue of organizational structure and staffing that is of interest to localities, Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that in the first phase, we will implement it in a "mechanical" direction, that is, adjusting the staffing from the district level to the commune level according to temporary guidelines. Accordingly, each commune-level administrative unit will have at least about 60 officials and civil servants.

However, in reality, there are places with up to 200 officials and civil servants, and places with only about 50 people. There is a situation of "both excess and shortage", with a surplus in some positions, but a shortage of human resources in important areas such as land, justice, accounting, finance, etc.

According to the Minister, after the reorganization, the goal of streamlining has achieved significant results. When the operation of the two-level local government has initially stabilized, it is now necessary to calculate scientifically and carefully to determine the number of staff based on job positions.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is advising and reporting to the Government Party Committee to submit to the Politburo strict principles in determining the payroll, based on the following criteria: Population size, natural area and socio-economic scale of commune-level administrative units (communes, wards, towns).

Currently, the Ministry of Home Affairs and related units are urgently working day and night to soon complete the standards of administrative units and classify administrative units. From the classification of administrative units, the appropriate job positions, payroll, and organizational structure will be determined.

"In the future, there may be wards with large population and economic scale, needing more specialized departments, not just 2 economic and social departments as at present. Different population scale, different economic scale cannot wear the same shirt", the Minister gave an example.

According to Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra, it is expected that there will be about 26 - 28 job positions at the commune level, but the number of employees will depend on the population, area, and socio-economic characteristics of each place.

Officials and civil servants need to be more proactive, self-study, and self-improve their capacity.

Regarding decentralization, Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra also frankly said that decentralization was implemented quickly in a short period of time, so many localities were still confused when receiving new tasks. There were contents that had been decentralized but had not yet been implemented.

Therefore, the Minister suggested that ministries, especially those managing key areas such as Agriculture and Environment, Finance, etc., need to strengthen guidance and support for localities to ensure decentralization and delegation of power in practice.

Notably, the Minister of Home Affairs also emphasized the requirement for self-study and self-improvement of capacity of each officer.

"The Ministry of Home Affairs has organized training many times; at the same time, localities and individuals must be proactive and self-study," the Minister stated.

Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that in the coming time, the work of evaluating and screening cadres will be carried out strictly based on specific tools and criteria, linked to work efficiency. This requires each cadre to make more efforts to meet the requirements of the task in the new situation.

Currently, the Ministry of Home Affairs is focusing on developing and completing nearly 10 new decrees to submit to the Standing Committee of the Government Party Committee and the Politburo to serve as a basis for continuing to effectively implement the two-level local government model, while overcoming difficulties and obstacles in the organization, staffing and operation of local governments.

“The initial results achieved in operating the two-level local government have demonstrated the great efforts of the entire system. We cannot be perfectionist when the model is still new. No matter how difficult or stuck, we will continue to remove them, operating and perfecting at the same time,” the Minister emphasized.

Thu Giang

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