AMMAN — A Cabinet session, chaired by Prime Minister
Bisher Khasawneh on
Wednesday, decided to form a committee to modernize the public sector,
according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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The prime
minister will chair the committee, while a number of ministers, specialized
officials, experts who have experience and expertise in public administration,
and private sector figures will be members.
During the
session, held via teleconference, the Khasawneh said that modernizing the
public sector has become necessary for economic reform and reforms related to
modernizing the political system. He indicated that the committee would work
within a realistic time frame set at six months, and at the end of its work, it
will present a comprehensive roadmap and an executive program to modernize the
public administration and streamline and develop procedures.
Khasawneh
pointed out that the importance of the committee working within a partnership
between the public and private sectors and experts is to reach the required
outputs, within three main themes: legislative, institutional, and service
improvement.
The
legislative track, Khasawneh explained, will include reviewing legislation to
keep up-to-date with international best practices, enhancing efficiency and
institutional values to improve public administration, develop a public
employees culture with regard to providing services to citizens and the need to
improve their quality, and dealing with the private sector as a partner.
Concerning
the institutional theme, the premier added that it includes examining the
possibility of merging some independent institutions, and perhaps at a later
stage, merging some ministries to streamline the public administration and
enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the government apparatus.
As for the
third theme related to improving services provided to citizens, Khasawneh
called for focusing on automating government services, improving the investment
environment, and developing basic services including health, education,
transportation, and social welfare.
Khasawneh
referred to challenges the Jordanian public administration has faced in recent
years, in terms of the declining performance and bureaucratic procedures, and
the need to rehabilitate human cadres, which has become an obstacle to completing
transactions of citizens and investors.
He
underlined the need to revitalize the Jordanian public administration, which
has always been an example of efficiency and has exported expertise and competencies
to many countries.
He noted
that the committee would conduct a gap analysis to identify deficiencies in the
public sector and identify possible areas for improvement and development.
The
committee will include
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation
Nasser Shraideh, Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs Ibrahim Al-Jazi,
Minister of State for Follow-up Affairs and Government Coordination Nawaf Tall,
Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship Ahmad Hanandeh, Director-General
of the
Jordan Strategy Forum (JSF) Nisreen Barakat, Head of the Civil Service
Bureau (CSB) Sameh Nasser, Executive Director of the
King Abdullah II Centrefor Excellence (KACE) Ibrahim Rawabdeh, former CSB Secretary-General Badriya
Belbeisi, Ernst & Young Levant, Iraq and Libya Managing Partner Waddah Barkawi,
Jordan Ahli Bank Chairman of the Board of Directors Saad Muasher, and Samar
Obaid, in addition to a legal expert to be named by the Prime Minister.
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