Increased PAPI Index by 9 levels
This result shows people’s satisfaction with the effectiveness of implementing State policies and laws, local governance and providing public services by governments at all levels in 2023. The province has 3/8 indicators. Some content indexes increased and 5/8 content indexes decreased compared to 2022.
Compared to the Plan for implementing solutions to improve the Provincial PAPI Index An Giang In 2023, although the targets of 8 content indexes were not met, the overall results of the province’s PAPI Index have improved compared to 2022, partly demonstrating the determination and efforts of industries and sectors. grant.
Focus on solutions to improve PAPI Index
The 3 content indexes that increased in score include: Control of corruption in the public sector (reaching 6.89 points) in the high average score group (chaired by the Provincial Inspectorate). Next is public service provision (8.05 points), among the highest scoring group, by the Departments of Health, Education and Training, Industry and Trade, Agriculture and Rural Development, and Natural Resources and Environment. , Transport, Planning and Investment, Provincial Social Insurance, An Giang Urban Environment Joint Stock Company, An Giang Electricity Company chaired. The third is electronic governance (scoring 2.96 points) chaired by the Department of Information and Communications, in coordination with the People’s Committees of districts, towns and cities.
5 content indicators lost points
However, according to the results of announcing the province’s PAPI Index in 2023, content indicators lost points and were in the group with the lowest scores, including: People’s participation at the grassroots level; transparency; accountability to the people; public administrative procedures; electronic governance.
In the grassroots citizen participation index, the score decreased by 0.11 points compared to 2022, still in the group with the lowest score; Reduce focus points on component content: Participate in contributing ideas to new construction/remodeling public works projects; Know about the community investment supervision board that has supervised the implementation of projects to build/renovate public works in the locality (the lead agency is the district-level People’s Committee).
Improve and enhance the spirit of serving the People
The index of openness and transparency in decision making decreased by 0.02 points, still in the lowest scoring group, focusing on component contents: Information on State policies and laws compared to the ratio reported that the information they received was reliable; Proportion of respondents stating that the list of poor households is not accurate; Proportion of respondents who know the local land use plan; Respond stating that the budget income and expenditure statement in the commune/ward/town where they reside is publicly posted (the presiding agency is the district People’s Committee).
For the accountability index to the people, the component content decreased by 0.10 points, still in the group with the lowest score: Access to judicial services (presiding agency of the Provincial People’s Committee Office). Public administrative procedures reduce points focusing on component content: Authentication/confirmation; Commune-level administrative procedures (presiding agency of the Provincial People’s Committee Office). E-governance increases by 0.37 points compared to 2022, but the following contents are: Using the local government’s electronic information portal; The government’s response through the government’s electronic information portal is still very low, which is the reason why it is in the lowest group for many years (the agency in charge of the Department of Information and Communications).
According to the An Giang Department of Home Affairs, the objective reason for the decrease in score is because the survey unit focuses on PAPI’s focus areas in 2023, such as: Assessing the level of state budget transparency and participation. People’s participation in the budget cycle; Evaluate the effectiveness of local governance in publicizing land information; Assess the level of integration of people with disabilities in local governance in 2023; Gender equality in leadership and management in the context of digital transformation.
Fix and improve score reduction index
To improve the Provincial Public Administration and Governance Performance Index of An Giang province in the coming time, the Department of Home Affairs said it will proactively coordinate with branches and levels to advise the Provincial People’s Committee to organize a conference to analyze and find solutions. Find effective and practical solutions. Along with that, consulting with experts on governance and public administration to maintain and promote increasing content indexes, overcome and improve decreasing content indexes in 2023.
At the same time, coordinate with the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee to develop a plan to synchronously deploy many tasks, closely following the contents and PAPI Program of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Vietnam, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the National Academy of Politics. Ho Chi Minh City to improve and enhance the PAPI Index of An Giang province.
The key issue is the need to strengthen the role and responsibility of agencies, units and localities in improving the effectiveness and efficiency of state management, taking people as the center of service, especially at the grassroots level. department. Improve the effectiveness of propagating new guidelines, policies, laws and regulations of the State to the People; Effectively deploy the Law on Implementation of Democracy at the Grassroots in 2022…
Continue to focus on solutions to improve the PAPI Index year after year, with the goal of improving the effectiveness of local government services and enhancing the spirit of serving the people. In particular, focus on implementing synchronous solutions to improve scores of all 8 PAPI assessment contents, raising the index scores. In particular, enhancing the responsibility of heads of state agencies, the responsibilities of each officer, civil servant, public employee and the People.
HANH CHAU
