The mark of streamlining the apparatus in Hai Duong

Resolutely direct and implement

Before the Central Committee issued Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW dated October 25, 2017 on a number of issues regarding continuing to innovate and reorganize the political system to be streamlined and operate effectively and efficiently, right after the 16th Hai Duong Provincial Party Congress, the Provincial Party Executive Committee proactively directed the development of two projects.

These are Project No. 01-DA/TU, dated August 29, 2016 of the Provincial Party Committee on rearranging, perfecting the organization and apparatus, improving the quality of operations of the political system in communes, wards and towns in the period of 2016-2020; Project No. 03-DA/TU, dated April 28, 2017 of the Provincial Party Committee on rearranging the organization and apparatus associated with streamlining the payroll in public service units in the province in the period of 2016-2021. The Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 2769/QD-UBND, dated September 12, 2017, along with the implementation plan of Project 03-DA/TU, dated April 28, 2017 of the Provincial Party Committee.

To seriously and effectively implement Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, the Provincial Party Standing Committee directed the Party Executive Committee of the Provincial People's Committee, the Party Delegation of the Provincial People's Council, Party committees at all levels, and Party organizations under the Provincial Party Committee to develop specific plans to disseminate and implement the resolution in accordance with the realities of localities, agencies, and units.

Party committees, party organizations, and authorities at all levels have promptly received, completed, and issued implementation plans. In particular, the Provincial Party Standing Committee has issued 3 projects, 4 plans, 1 announcement, and 4 instructions for implementing the resolution. The plans, action programs, and projects closely follow the goals and roadmap of the Central Committee on continuing to innovate and reorganize the apparatus of the political system to be streamlined, operate effectively and efficiently, and associated with streamlining the payroll.

Organizations, agencies and units assigned according to the province's plan proactively implement tasks and solutions to ensure quality, efficiency and progress. Clearly promote the role of the Standing Committee member in charge of the area; regularly urge and monitor the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW for district Party Committees, town Party Committees, city Party Committees, affiliated Party Committees, departments, branches, sectors, the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations in the province.

Synchronous and specific solutions

Implementing Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, Party committees at all levels in the province have closely and synchronously led and directed with high determination, great efforts and drastic actions, in which the role and responsibility of the leaders have been highly promoted.

Based on the resolutions, plans and conclusions of the Central Committee, Party committees at all levels have proactively concretized them into specific programs and tasks and organized their implementation. In the process of implementing the arrangement, targets for arranging administrative units, streamlining the apparatus, and streamlining the payroll have been assigned through decisions, plans and linked to the responsibilities of the heads. There are annual assessments, linked to responsibilities reviews, and suggestions for year-end reviews in the slow arrangement of the apparatus, and the failure to streamline the number of deputies... according to regulations.

Hai Duong has implemented both the organization and the streamlining of the number of deputies according to the plan and roadmap. Developed specific guidelines on the process of organization and staff arrangement, staff assignment and policy implementation for staff. The implementation process is synchronous, public, democratic, transparent, cautious and humane. The organization is streamlined but does not affect the general operations of agencies and units; at the same time, sufficient resources are allocated and there are appropriate mechanisms and policies for those directly affected in the process of organization and staff arrangement.

Outstanding results

Along with regular solutions and tasks, according to the roadmap, Hai Duong has focused on implementing specific tasks to arrange and streamline the apparatus.

The Provincial Party Standing Committee has issued a project and decided to end the activities of the Provincial Business Bloc Party Committee from January 1, 2019; transfer 81 grassroots party organizations under the Provincial Business Bloc Party Committee to the Provincial Agencies Bloc Party Committee and district and city areas.

The Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee has issued 6 regulations on the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the advisory and support agencies of the Provincial Party Committee. On that basis, the advisory and support agencies of the Provincial Party Committee have completed the arrangement and reorganization of the focal points under the agencies and units in accordance with regulations.

For local authorities, the internal organization of focal points has been reorganized, reducing the number of focal points under departments, branches, sectors, the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations of the province, provincial agencies and units, and the internal organization of each affiliated organization such as branches, centers, departments, offices, etc. Piloting the holding of a number of leadership and management positions and implementing a number of new models of organization and apparatus. Public service units have strictly implemented the review, arrangement, restructuring of the organization and management system, improving the quality and efficiency of operations in accordance with the direction of the Central and the province.

The Provincial Party Standing Committee also directed the internal organization arrangement; implemented each department, branch, sector, Fatherland Front, provincial-level socio-political organizations, each branch and center under the provincial-level department and sector to reduce at least 1 specialized department and equivalent compared to current regulations. Strictly implement the arrangement and consolidation of the organization and apparatus of the political system in communes, wards and towns; complete the arrangement of the number of departments and deputy departments of specialized agencies of the Fatherland Front Committee and socio-political organizations at the provincial and district levels...

With the high political determination of the entire political system from the province to the grassroots level; supported by cadres and party members; and with the resolute and synchronous direction and responsibility of the heads of Party committees, authorities, agencies and units in the deployment and implementation, Hai Duong has achieved many outstanding and important results.

After 7 years of implementing Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, the whole province has reduced 1 Party Committee directly under the Provincial Party Committee; reduced 58 communes, wards, towns, 135 villages, residential areas; reduced 187 public service units; reduced 83 departments and equivalent; reduced 52 department heads and equivalent, 207 deputy department heads and equivalent and reduced 836 commune-level cadres, civil servants, 2,439 public employees, 4,174 part-time workers at commune, village and residential area levels.

The results of implementing Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW are important premises and experiences for Hai Duong to continue seriously and effectively implementing the arrangement and streamlining of the apparatus according to the direction and orientation of the Central Government in the coming time.