Annual Report for the Public Administration 2004

administration reform, including proposals for actions in accordance with the Plan for the
implementation of the Strategy for modernization of the public administration.
■ Under the project “Preparation for reform of the civil service” a survey and a technical
assessment was made of the existing system for HRM in the public administration, technical
specification was drafted, several versions for new unified HRM system were developed, which can
be implemented in the Bulgarian central administration in order to improve its effectiveness and
efficiency.
■ As a result of the project “Development of indicators for performance standards and
strengthening the capacity of selected administrative units for performance monitoring” a
programme has been provided for training on the structural approach of the monitoring and
assessment of the performance of the employees from the selected line ministries and a pilot
programme for training on a structural approach for monitoring and performance appraisal, which
contains a list of the respective subjects and target groups.
■ Under the project “Development of target indicators for monitoring of the implementation
of the Strategy for modernization of the administration and the plan for its implementation” the
system of indicators has been presented for monitoring and assessment of the Strategy for
modernization of the administration and the plan for its implementation and proposals concerning
the possibilities for incorporation of the purposed indicators system into the existing management
information system for monitoring and strategic management of the introduction of e-Government in
Bulgaria.
At the end of 2004 a Phare project BG0203.07 “Strengthening the capacity for HRM in the
Bulgarian public administration” has started. The project is directed mainly to the creation and
application of an unified system for HRM at central, regional and municipal level by aiming to create
also administrative capacity for policy formulation and creation of practices for HRM in compliance
with the polices and practices of the EU member states.
The expected project results are:
– Comparative critical analysis of the HRM practices existing in Bulgaria including the
existing pension schemes,
– A model of a system for HRM and an common software developed.
– Methodology for assessment of the labour force needed in the public administration.
– Guidelines for personnel planning, organizational model and model for operational
procedures, rights and responsibilities for the development of the employees and the
personnel.
– Measures for strengthening the HRM units in the administration at all levels.
– Pilot implementation of the system in the administration at central, regional and
municipal level (3 administrations at each level).
Along the multi-annual programming Phare 2004-2006 the following projects have been
developed and approved in support of the modernization of the public administration:
■ BG2004/016-711.10.04 “Increasing the capacity of the Commission for coordination of
the anticorruption activities in the public administration and the judiciary” with a budget of EUR
2 400 000.
■ BG2004/016-711.10.02 “Support for the development of training programmes and
training of representatives of minority and vulnerable groups” with a budget of EUR 1 500 000.
■ BG2004/016-711.10.01 “Strengthening the capacity of the Bulgarian public administration
for the implementation of the e-Government strategy” with a budget of EUR 4 625 000, consisting of
two subprojects:
– Subproject 1: “Strengthening the capacity for management and coordination of the
Directorate “Information technologies and communications” in the CoM for the application of the e-
Government Strategy”.
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