How are redundant public assets after the merger handled by Thanh Hoa province?

According to the authorities of Thanh Hoa province, after the merger, this province now has many redundant offices and administrative units including: Commune-level workplaces, commune-level cultural centers, commune-level medical stations, cultural house; headquarters of district-level public service units; headquarters of central state agencies in the area.

Due to many reasons, up to now, the surplus public assets after the arrangement of agencies and administrative units have not been used properly. Many properties that have not been used for a long time have been damaged and degraded. The conversion of uses and handover of public works and assets to other agencies and units for management and use are not many, causing waste of State assets. The objective reason is that the Central system of guiding documents on handling surplus public assets after the merger of administrative units and public service units is not clear and specific. Besides, the processes and procedures for handling houses, land, and headquarters of agencies and units are still complicated. In particular, for redundant cultural house projects in villages, hamlets, and residential groups, there are difficulties due to legal documents, because there is no way to prove the origin of assets, because of the investment capital to build the projects. mobilized from people’s contributions.

The subjective reason is that local party committees and authorities have not been proactive in developing plans, as well as carrying out legal procedures and procedures to handle surplus public assets; The province’s specialized agencies have not been thorough and active in urging and guiding the handling of surplus assets.

In order to soon have a plan to convert and effectively use surplus public assets, recently, Mr. Lai The Nguyen, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee – Standing Deputy Head of the Steering Committee implemented the arrangement of units. District and commune level administration of Thanh Hoa province had a “trip” and directed and urgently developed documents instructing units on the process and procedures for converting the purpose and use of works. In particular, it is proposed to completely resolve redundant cultural houses in villages, hamlets, and residential groups in the direction of handing them over to the community to manage and use, creating conditions for people to organize biological activities. cultural activities in the community.

For districts, check and request the allocation of human resources to monitor and protect redundant works that are not currently in use; Direct the complete handling of redundant commune-level office buildings in the direction of projects that have plans to hand over to state agencies, units, and local socio-political organizations. The method of management and use shall carry out procedures to hand over and put into use.

Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee directed to encourage the handover of unused public assets to commune and town police forces to implement the Ministry of Public Security’s policy on building workplaces. for commune and town police forces.

Mr. Lai The Nguyen also requested that, for other redundant works and assets under local management, plans should be developed to convert functions and use purposes to suit the planning and use plans. Local land use has been approved, ensuring practicality and efficiency. While a treatment plan has not yet been developed, it will be researched and assigned to socio-political organizations and commune-level unions to manage and use for work.

To completely resolve this situation, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Lai The Nguyen assigned Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Dau Thanh Tung to request the Department of Finance to issue a document advising the Provincial People’s Committee on organizing the management of scientific assets. , do not let the property be degraded or damaged. It is recommended that the Department of Finance provide a general report on the current status of redundant assets in 3 groups across the province, and at the same time propose solutions. Along with that, the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee requested localities, after having construction planning and land use plans, to develop appropriate conversion plans.

First of all, it is necessary to completely resolve the surplus of village cultural houses and residential groups according to the plan of handing over to the community for people to manage and use.

For groups of commune-level offices, those that have plans to hand over to other state agencies for management and use should be handed over immediately. For the remaining redundant facilities, the district needs to develop a treatment plan in accordance with planning and land use plans to promote economic efficiency.

It is known that in the period 2019 – 2021, Thanh Hoa province is the locality with the largest number of organized commune-level administrative units in the country with 143 communes, wards and towns. After the merger, the whole province reduced 76 units, and at the same time, there were also redundancies in offices, schools, cultural houses, and medical stations.

Thanh Hoa province has arranged and handled nearly 60% of the total number of redundant real estate properties, leaving only more than 600 real estate properties in 27 districts, towns and cities, of which more than 270 are real estate properties. culture, 370 establishments including offices, schools, and medical stations still have problems with regulations to handle.