Improve the quality of staff work in drafting and issuing documents on Party building and organization work of the Central Executive Committee, Politburo, and Secretariat.

The work of advising and drafting documents on Party organization and building plays an important role, greatly affecting the leadership and direction decisions of Party committees, leaders and the entire Party organization system. In recent times, the work of advising and drafting documents on Party organization and building has been focused on and implemented synchronously in all areas: Organizational apparatus, personnel work, Party members and internal political protection; contributing to perfecting the institution, serving as an important legal basis for Party committees and organizations in the political system to implement. However, in addition to the achieved results, the work of Party organization and building still has some limitations and shortcomings, in which the quality of advising, drafting and promulgating documents of the Central Executive Committee, Politburo, Secretariat on Party organization and building poses urgent requirements to be improved and improve quality and efficiency in the new situation.

Positive results

Consulting on the development and promulgation of documents on Party building and organization work ensures compliance with the goals and directions set forth by the Party's national congress.

On the basis of closely following the contents of the resolutions of the National Congress of the Party, the Central Executive Committee has advised the Central Executive Committee to issue resolutions on Party building and organization work to specify all areas of Party building and organization work: Party building and rectification work; Party grassroots, Party members; organizational structure, payroll; cadre work; internal political protection and documents on congress preparation and implementation of the Party Charter. According to statistics, from the 11th term to present, the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo , and the Secretariat have issued: 9 documents on Party building and rectification; 23 documents on Party grassroots, Party members; 58 documents on organizational structure, payroll; 66 documents on cadre work; 13 documents on internal political protection...

The contents of the consultation on the development and promulgation of basic documents meet the requirements and tasks of leadership, direction and administration of the Central Executive Committee, Politburo and Secretariat.

On Party building and rectification work

Faced with the urgent requirements of Party building and rectification, since the beginning of the 11th tenure, the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, and the Secretariat have issued many documents of a unified, systematic nature and focused on directing the implementation in a drastic and effective manner. The Central Executive Committee issued 2 resolutions and 1 conclusion on Party building and rectification and the political system; issued regulations on the exemplary responsibility of cadres and party members, first of all members of the Politburo, members of the Secretariat, and members of the Central Executive Committee. The Politburo issued plans to implement the resolutions and conclusions of the Central Committee; issued regulations on a number of tasks that need to be done immediately to strengthen the exemplary role of cadres and party members, promptly rectify the working style, lavish and wasteful lifestyles that cause negative reactions in society, and set an example in implementing a civilized, simple, and frugal lifestyle. The Secretariat has also issued regulations on exemplary responsibility of cadres and party members, especially key leaders at all levels.

The timely consultation and issuance of documents on Party building and rectification has helped cadres and party members to self-reflect, self-correct, self-adjust their behavior, actively practice ethics, lifestyle, and working style; contribute to effectively combating the degradation of political ideology, ethics, lifestyle, and manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" among cadres and party members, especially leaders, managers, and heads of organizations, agencies, and units; build a cadre team with strong political will, pure moral qualities, responsibility, and proper motivation, pioneering, and exemplary in completing assigned tasks well.

On building the organizational structure of the political system

The Central Executive Committee has issued a Conclusion on continuing to innovate and perfect the political system from the Central to the grassroots level, which clearly identifies the viewpoints, goals and solutions to continue to innovate and perfect the political system from the Central to the grassroots level; The Resolution on "Some issues on continuing to innovate and reorganize the apparatus of the political system to be streamlined, effective and efficient" is an important basis for proposing key, practical solutions that are feasible and can be implemented immediately to continue to innovate, reorganize the apparatus and streamline the payroll throughout the political system. On that basis, the Politburo issued a plan and resolutions and conclusions for implementation; at the same time, deploying the preliminary summary of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW of the 6th Central Conference (term XII) on some issues on continuing to innovate and reorganize the apparatus of the political system to be streamlined, effective and efficient. After 5 years of implementation, the goals set by Resolution 18-NQ/TW by 2021 have basically been achieved, especially in the arrangement and consolidation of a number of organizations and internal focal points. The Politburo issued for the first time a Conclusion on continuing to promote streamlining the payroll in the 2022-2026 period; deciding on the total payroll of the political system, providing specific regulations on payroll management, creating an important foundation for innovation in payroll management, ending the assignment of payroll without proper authority, and self-assignment of payroll exceeding the permitted number.

The consultation on the development and promulgation of resolutions, regulations and conclusions of the Party on the organization of the apparatus and staffing has contributed to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the political system; the organization of the political system has been streamlined; the number of focal points, intermediate levels, and leaders and managers have been reduced; decentralization and delegation of power have been promoted, etc., improving the effectiveness and efficiency of operations. A number of new organizational models have been piloted, contributing to streamlining the apparatus, innovating the operating mechanism, leadership, management and administration methods towards greater effectiveness and efficiency. District, commune and village administrative units and residential groups have been merged and rearranged accordingly.

On building grassroots party organizations and improving the quality of party members

At the beginning of the 13th tenure, the Central Executive Committee issued a Resolution “On strengthening and consolidating grassroots party organizations and improving the quality of party members in the new period”. On that basis, the Politburo issued a Plan to implement the Resolution, setting out 5 key tasks and specific tasks for agencies and units; at the same time, issued a number of new policies; reviewed, supplemented, amended and issued regulations on the functions and tasks of a number of types of grassroots party organizations. The Secretariat issued a Directive on reviewing, screening and removing unqualified party members from the Party; guiding the piloting of online party activities at grassroots party committees, party cells with special characteristics or in special circumstances and party activities in party groups in party cells with many party members, contributing to overcoming difficulties in the context of the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic and rapid urbanization.

Through the practical implementation of the Central Committee's documents, the work of building and consolidating grassroots party organizations and improving the quality of party members has received more attention and has had positive changes. The number of party members continues to increase, the number of grassroots party organizations has decreased due to being consolidated in accordance with the arrangement and streamlining of the political system's apparatus.

Personnel work and internal political protection

Identifying personnel work as the “key of keys”, on the basis of summarizing the implementation of a number of resolutions and conclusions of the Central Executive Committee and the Politburo related to personnel work from the 8th Party Congress term to the present, the Central Executive Committee issued a Resolution on “Focusing on building a contingent of cadres at all levels, especially at the strategic level, with sufficient qualities, capacity and prestige, equal to the task”.

The Politburo and the Secretariat have directed the gradual improvement of the institution on personnel work; the development, supplementation, amendment and promulgation of many new regulations and rules on evaluation, planning, rotation, appointment, introduction of candidates and control of power in the direction of standardization, tightening discipline and order, in order to effectively prevent and overcome limitations, weaknesses and loopholes in personnel work; ensure democracy, synchronization, transparency, ease of doing and implementation; promote decentralization and delegation of power along with strengthening inspection, supervision and control of power, and combating the practice of buying and selling positions and power. Specifically, the Politburo issued Plan No. 10-KH/TW, dated June 6, 2018 to implement Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW; Directive No. 35-CT/TW, dated May 30, 2019 on Party congresses at all levels towards the 13th National Congress of the Party; Regulation No. 89-QD/TW, dated August 4, 2017 on the framework of standards for positions and orientations for the framework of criteria for evaluating leaders and managers at all levels; Regulation No. 90-QD/TW, dated August 4, 2017 on standards for positions and criteria for evaluating cadres under the management of the Central Executive Committee, Politburo, and Secretariat (now Regulation No. 214-QD/TW, dated January 2, 2020); Regulation No. 105-QD/TW, dated December 19, 2017 on decentralization of cadre management and appointment and introduction of cadres for election; Regulation No. 205-QD/TW, dated September 23, 2019 on controlling power in personnel work and preventing the abuse of positions and power... Completing regulations and rules on internal political protection is the basis for implementing internal political protection work closely, consistently and synchronously in the entire political system. Timely advising on shifting the focus from grasping the situation and resolving historical political issues to grasping and resolving current political issues to suit the practical situation and requirements of personnel work.

Through the practical implementation of the Party's policies, resolutions and regulations, personnel work has undergone many innovations, received comprehensive and synchronous leadership and direction, and achieved a number of important results; overall, the staff has increasingly met the requirements and tasks in the new situation.

Consulting on the development and promulgation of basic documents accurately reflects objective laws and meets practical requirements.

In the process of advising on the drafting and promulgation of documents, the Central Organizing Committee conducts practical surveys at all levels of Party committees and organizations; solicits opinions from relevant localities, agencies and units; and organizes conferences and scientific seminars to seek opinions from experts and scientists... on that basis, absorbs reasonable opinions with scientific and practical basis to include in the draft project to be submitted to the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo and the Secretariat.

The basic contents of the advisory documents have solved problems arising in practice and removed obstacles for the grassroots. During the advisory process, when inappropriate contents and issues were found, the Politburo and the Secretariat were proactively reported and proposed to be considered and decided to adjust and supplement the issues that needed to be advised appropriately.

The documents consulted and issued reflect the thoughts, aspirations, interests and will of cadres, party members and people.

Documents on Party building and organization issued in recent times have received the consensus and support of a large number of cadres, party members and people, especially documents on Party building and rectification and cadre work such as Regulations on controlling power in cadre work and combating the abuse of positions and power; on dismissal and resignation of cadres; policies on encouraging and protecting dynamic and creative cadres for the common good... contributing to strengthening the people's trust in the Party.

In addition to the achieved results, the work of advising and drafting documents still has some issues that need attention. The number of advisory documents issued among the fields is not uniform, focusing on issuing many documents on personnel work and organizational structure and payroll. Not all the problems arising in practice have been resolved. There are provisions that are not specific and unclear, leading to confusion for localities and units in the implementation process. According to statistics from 2016 to present, on average each year, the Central Organizing Committee coordinates with the Ministry of Home Affairs to exchange and respond to nearly 300 proposals and recommendations from localities and units; in which, there are many obstacles and difficulties in the implementation of the Central documents on Party organization and building. The work of summarizing practices and researching theories on Party organization and building has not been given due attention and has not kept up with the practical situation. There are still limitations in providing a scientific basis for planning the Party's guidelines on Party building and organization work suitable to the new situation.

Some solutions in the future

First, improve the quality of leadership and direction in drafting documents on Party building and organization work.

The Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, and the Secretariat need to pay attention to leading and directing the development and promulgation of documents in general and documents on Party building and organization in particular in the spirit of the Resolution of the 6th Central Conference (13th tenure) on continuing to innovate the Party's leadership and governance methods over the political system, which is "Innovating and improving the quality of developing and promulgating Party documents in a synchronous, comprehensive, focused, key, highly predictive, and closely following reality. Only issue new documents when really necessary". Resolutions, directives, conclusions, etc. need to be concise, stating directly the viewpoints, goals, tasks, and solutions that need to be implemented, easy to understand and remember. At the same time, direct agencies to periodically review the institutionalization of assigned contents in resolutions, directives, conclusions, and regulations, etc. of the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, and the Secretariat to avoid missing content and issues that need to be promulgated.

Second, innovate the content, methods, and procedures for consulting on drafting documents on Party building and organization work.

Innovate the work of advising, proposing, synthesizing, reviewing and approving the entire working program of the Central Executive Committee, the annual working program of the Politburo and the Secretariat. It is necessary to prioritize the selection of issues with major orientation, importance, strategic breakthroughs, review documents issued long ago, the content is no longer suitable and new issues arise; determine a reasonable time to issue documents (avoid the situation of urgent consulting time, low quality); reduce the issuance of many resolutions and regulations in one term or frequent changes in regulations, leading to localities and units having difficulty implementing, not clearly understanding the content, and low implementation efficiency.

Focus on summarizing practices and scientific research. For important issues that need to be studied, together with the advisory body, conduct a summary of practices and simultaneously assign an independent research group to evaluate and propose opinions for the jointly researched issue. Thus, the results of research, investigation, and multi-dimensional reporting will be compared, discussed, debated, and come to objective conclusions, helping the advisory body make correct proposals and helping the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, and the Secretariat issue appropriate documents.

Innovate survey methods. It is necessary to develop a specific survey plan, select a survey location that is suitable and representative; carefully prepare the survey content, and develop questionnaires and survey forms to collect complete and accurate information. In addition, information technology can be applied to conduct surveys, ensuring quickness, efficiency and savings.

Improve the quality of collecting opinions on projects. Innovate the organization of conferences to collect opinions by sending drafts in advance so that delegates have time to study, reduce the time spent reading reports and discussions, increase the time for delegates to speak, and create a democratic and open atmosphere. Research and expand the consultation with experts, scientists, veteran cadres, and affected and affected areas. Promote the application of information technology in analyzing, compiling statistics, and synthesizing comments from party members and people. At the same time, send comments to Politburo members and Secretariat members to complete the drafts and send the dossiers to the Central Party Office. Sending comments in writing will ensure time for leaders to research and contribute many specific comments.

Strict requirements for assessing the feasibility of the project. To improve the quality of the document and ensure that it is consistent with the practical situation, the drafting agency must research and fully and accurately assess the influencing factors in order to propose solutions and solutions to avoid causing frustration for the affected subjects. For projects related to organizations and cadres, it is necessary to request a report assessing the feasibility of the project with documents submitted to the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, and the Secretariat.

Third, improve the quality of staff doing staff work and drafting documents on Party building and organization.

Each agency must develop a plan for training and developing staff annually and in each phase. In particular, it is important to focus on training theory combined with practice so that staff members do not stray from practice or vice versa. Focus on in-depth training in document consulting skills; consulting skills and processes, and project development, especially for staff and civil servants directly involved in research and consulting on document issuance. There should be specific regulations on the transfer and rotation of staff and civil servants to provide both staff with practical experience for the Central Government and staff with strategic consulting experience for localities.

Clearly define standards and criteria for strategic-level staff; framework for the number of staff participating in steering committees and editorial teams. To accurately assess the capacity of staff, it is necessary to study and innovate the assessment and classification of staff and civil servants in general, including developing a set of criteria to assess the quality of staff in particular, especially staff in drafting and issuing documents, focusing on the following criteria: Capacity to detect staff issues; ability to grasp information, analyze and process information; skills in editing documents and criticizing issues.

We need to pay more attention to the position and role of cadres and civil servants doing strategic advisory work in order to have plans to create resources, training, and appropriate remuneration policies to not only truly attract virtuous and talented people but also retain good people and people who are dedicated to striving for the cause of Party organization and building.

Fourth, ensure conditions and other resources to serve the work of advising on drafting documents on Party building and organization work.

Continue to complete basic statistics on Party building and organization work. Pay attention to digitizing archives, building an electronic database of documents to facilitate storage, exploitation and research. It is necessary to increase funding for projects submitted to the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, the Secretariat to the same level as the funding for developing projects and topics at the State and ministerial levels... to ensure the quality and effectiveness of the process of advising on the development and promulgation of documents, especially the process of organizing research, surveys, summarizing practices; organizing conferences, seminars, and discussions, seeking opinions from departments, ministries, branches, localities, experts, and scientists.

Improving the quality of the work of advising on the development and promulgation of documents on Party building and organization by the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, and the Secretariat in the current period is a very necessary content, requiring the attention of the leadership and direction of the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, the Secretariat, the Party committees and organizations directly under the Central Committee, the agencies and units at the Central level; with the efforts of the collective of cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers in the agencies doing the work of Party building and organization, building the political system, and organizing cadres at all levels.

Binh Duyen (According to xaydungdang.org.vn)

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