The monitoring team of the National Assembly Standing Committee worked in Thanh Hoa province

Attending were members of the Working Group of the Monitoring Team; Representatives of leaders of departments and branches of Thanh Hoa province; Standing Committee of Hoang Hoa District Party Committee; representative of the district Agricultural Service Center…

Speaking at the opening of the meeting, Standing Member of the Legal Committee Hoang Minh Hieu – representative of the Working Group of the Supervision Team stated that Resolution No. 19 -NQ/TW on continuing to innovate the organizational and Managing and improving the quality and operational efficiency of public service units has set many goals on streamlining the apparatus, reducing staffing, improving quality and operational efficiency, and promoting socialize…

Particularly for the field of agriculture and rural development, Resolution 19-NQ/TW also stated very specific solutions on merging animal husbandry and veterinary stations, cultivation and plant protection stations, district-level agricultural and fishery extension stations become agricultural service centers under the district-level People’s Committee.

However, according to reports from localities across the country, the implementation of this policy in recent times has also posed institutional problems, such as the Law on Crop Production which has regulations that are not consistent with the policy stated in the Law. Resolution 19 – NQ/TW.

Raising this issue, the representative of the Working Group of the Monitoring Team requested that the Agricultural Service Center of Hoang Hoa district report on the results of implementing the Party’s guidelines and the State’s policies on system innovation. Organize, manage and improve the quality and efficiency of the unit’s operations; especially difficulties and problems in policies and laws for the Supervision Team to synthesize and report to the National Assembly Standing Committee. On that basis, the Supervision Team has proposed solutions to improve policies and laws on innovating the organization and management system, improving the quality and operational efficiency of public service units.

Reporting on the performance of the Agricultural Service Center of Hoang Hoa district, Director of the Center Dinh Xuan Anh said that the Center was established under Decision No. 2988/QD-UBND dated July 26, 2019 of the People’s Committee of Thanh Hoa province. on the basis of merging the Plant Protection Station under Thanh Hoa Plant Protection Department, the Veterinary Station under Thanh Hoa Veterinary Department and the Agricultural Extension Station under Hoang Hoa District People’s Committee. After the merger, the unit is under the direct management direction of the District Party Committee and People’s Committee of Hoang Hoa district; The number of people working at the Center is transferred, received, and used in its original state according to the 2019 assigned payroll of the above three Stations.

Regarding operational advantages, the Center’s leadership representative said that it received attention from the District Party Committee, People’s Council, and People’s Committee in providing facilities and equipment to carry out tasks, fully and promptly issued. Legal documents stipulate and give autonomy to the unit; good coordination and timely guidance of authorities according to assigned tasks; Leaders and managers with practical experience, officers and employees who have undergone professional training and have a sense of responsibility in assigned work. The Center performs well the work of disease prevention and control on crops and livestock; promote agricultural products, support connection and consumption of agricultural products; Organize testing of plant and animal varieties; well control epidemics; Early forecasting of pests and diseases on crops, taking timely measures to prevent pests from causing harm to crops…

Stating a number of difficulties and obstacles in operations, the Center’s representative said that with a large area of ​​operation and management field, the number of staff is small, causing difficulties in inspection and supervision of the unit. Implementing a partial autonomy mechanism for regular expenditures according to the prescribed roadmap for public service units and increasing income for officials and employees is not yet feasible. The separation between performing tasks and state management functions and performing professional tasks is still difficult…

At the meeting, members of the Working Group discussed and clarified issues in implementing policies and laws on innovating the organization and management system, improving the quality and operational efficiency of the unit. units, including issues of organizational structure, improving the quality of human resources, and operating costs of the Center…

Representatives of district leaders and Hoang Hoa District Agricultural Service Center raised a number of proposals, recommendations, and specific institutional solutions with the Working Group, to overcome difficulties and obstacles in operations, such as : there needs to be mechanisms and policies on training, improving the quality of rural human resources, applying science and technology, accessing appropriate credit capital…

Concluding the meeting, Standing Member of the Legal Committee Hoang Minh Hieu said that the Working Group will fully absorb the suggestions and recommendations of district leaders and Hoang Hoa District Agricultural Service Center, to synthesized into the report of the Monitoring Team.