Puntland: Civil Service Changes

[Righteous]

1. All Ministerial Departments will be reviewed
2. Number of Civil Servant will be reduced
3. Additional training will be provided
4. Civil Servants will have to pass tests to qualify for their jobs.

The aim is to have a small and efficient Government.

[thegoodshepherd]

4. Civil Servants will have to pass tests to qualify for their jobs.

This kills nepotism overnight
BTW this will also mean that the majority of civil servants will be women, they in general do better in academics

[STARKAST]

you think corruption can't reach the exam markers ? its better if its a independent organisation. in somalia , nepotism is a big problem, its even a big problem in the west.
nonetheless good initiative if it gets implemented.

what has camey done the last year as vp ?

[Octavius]

Ironic that a place that probably has too little government and too few civil servants is aspiring for a "smaller government". Africans countries are often pressed to have "small" government by developed western countries that employ hundreds of thousands (sometimes even millions) of people in their respective public sectors.

Here in the UK we have no fewer than 130 government ministers (senior and junior), 24 ministerial departments, 22 non ministerial departments, 3 devolved governments (Wales, Scotland, NI), 433 councils/local authorities, 339 executive agencies and national public bodies related to central government (National audit office, DVLA etc.), 69 public groups (public works loans board, uk visas & immigration, regeneration investment organisation etc.), 12 public corporations (BBC, Channel 4, Audit Comission, pension protection fund etc.). And there many professional/regulatory associations, public universities, goverment funded charities etc.

What Somalia/land need is a few central government departments - they make the top level decisions, provide strategic guidance and oversee nation policy - and many regional and local councils, executive agencies, regulatory bodies and non departmental public bodies, removed from politicians but accountable to them, that effectively run the country's operations on a day to day basis.

[Righteous]

Ironic that a place that probably has too little government and too few civil servants is aspiring for a "smaller government". Africans countries are often pressed to have "small" government by developed western countries that employ hundreds of thousands (sometimes even millions) of people in their respective public sectors.

Here in the UK we have no fewer than 130 government ministers (senior and junior), 24 ministerial departments, 22 non ministerial departments, 3 devolved governments (Wales, Scotland, NI), 433 councils/local authorities, 339 executive agencies and national public bodies related to central government (National audit office, DVLA etc.), 69 public groups (public works loans board, uk visas & immigration, regeneration investment organisation etc.), 12 public corporations (BBC, Channel 4, Audit Comission, pension protection fund etc.). And there many professional/regulatory associations, public universities, goverment funded charities etc.

What Somalia/land need is a few central government departments - they make the top level decisions, provide strategic guidance and oversee nation policy - and many regional and local councils, executive agencies, regulatory bodies and non departmental public bodies, removed from politicians but accountable to them, that effectively run the country's operations on a day to day basis.

You've raised some excellent points but right now, the most pressing issue is whether these civil servants have the credentials and work ethic to carry out their duties hence the current evaluations.

[Octavius]

I agree quality is important but the suggestion that Somalis have too big a government is just nonsensical.

[HusseinHassan]

4. Civil Servants will have to pass tests to qualify for their jobs.

This kills nepotism overnight
BTW this will also mean that the majority of civil servants will be women, they in general do better in academics

it's official, nepotism and men are dead; the era of women empowerment has begun.
puntland should also introduce a mandatory 2-year service in the military for all men over the age of 19.