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| Sunday, 5 October 2003 |
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Major changes envisaged in Public Administration system by DON ASOKA WIJEWARDENA The Public Administration system is gearing up for some major changes that will see obsolete administrative laws being replaced with result-oriented reforms. Changes planned include the revisions of leave and holiday procedures, employee cadre, recruitment procedures, transfers, promotions and job placement of public servants. The changes which are part of the Public Service Reforms to be introduced with World Bank funding shortly, seek to streamline the administrative system in keeping with international standards. A significant feature of the reforms will be the introduction of e-governing that will prepare the sector for the hi-tech era. Minister of Public Administration, Management and Reforms, Vajira Abeywardena, told the "Sunday Observer" that he held a series of conducive discussions with World Bank officials last week, and added that the WB had agreed to financially assist the implementation of reforms,with the consent of public servants. Minister Abeywardena pointed out that his ministry was responsible for recruitment, transfer, promotion, and pension benefits of around one million state employees, and said that although the day-to-day work in most government offices had been computerised, the rules and regulations imposed by the British had not been changed for the past 50 years. "In 1977, the government took a bold step to liberalise the economy, but the government machinery was not changed. In this era of transition we need to have a significant change in the entire public administrative system," the minister said. According to the Minister,the main objective of the administrative reforms is to get things done through the medium of human efforts and encouraging state employees to be more productive, utilising their skills in the development of the country. The Ministry is in the process of obtaining views, suggestions and comments from opinion-makers, politicians, public servants and the general public introduction of the new reforms through seminars and the electronic and print media. |
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