NRP Portugal

In the scope of the planning, control and evaluation of the management of thePublicAdministrationentities,thereisincreasedorientationtowardsmanagementbyobjectivesalongwiththeinterconnectionofthecurrentevaluationmechanismsofservices(QUAR)andtheevaluationofexecutivesandfunctionariesandalsothecapacity of management information systems to provide timely, relevant andreliable information that enables executives and functionaries to take the bestpossible decisions. Using objectives to support management is intended tocommunicate clearly what the service strives to achieve, defines prioirities, givesexecutives and functionaries guidance so that they concetrate their efforts andresourcesonwhatisimportantandontheresultstobeobtainedandalsocreatesabase to monitor and evaluate the perfomance of the service. Furthermore, itprovidesexecutiveswithapowerfultooltocommunicatetheirvisionandstrategyandmotivatetheirteamstoreachtheobjectives.Therationalisationandeliminationofwasteintheuseofpublicresourcesfocuseson the implementation of shared services in the accounting, finance and humanresourcesareas,ontheconsolidationofanationalpublicpurchasingsystemandanewmanagementmodelfortheState’sfleetofvehiclesandonthemanagementofthepublicrealestateassets.Inthescopeofpublicemployment,withtheentryintoforceofthethreepillarsofthe new system, created over the last three years (Law nr 66‐B/2007, dated 29December, which approves the New Integrated Management and PerformanceEvaluation System in the Public Administration, Law nr. 12‐A/2008, dated 27February, that lays down the new systems of contractual ties, careers andremuneration in the Public Administration, and Law nr. 59/2008, dated 11September, which establishes the new work contract system in public offices),evaluation of performance and management by objective provides the basis for amore productive human resources management that motivates executives andfunctionaries and therefore fosters excellence in the public services rendered tocitizensandcompanies.Hence,performanceevaluationwillbeconsolidatedinthePublic Administration, as well as the planning and mobility capacities of humanresources. Lastly, the New Cycle has made a commitment to increasing thequalificationsandprofessionaltrainingofworkersinpublicoffice.ThesecondlargevectorofPublicAdministrationmodernisationisthatoforientingthe Administration towards simplifying and improving the service provided tocitizens and companies.Thus, and following on from the programmes in previousyears, the Simplex Programme 2009 will proceed to work towards makingadministrative procedures simpler, more transparent and more rapid so as tofacilitate the lives of citizens and companies, consolidating the strategy thatassociatessimplificationandelectronicadministrationasoneofthekeyfactorstomoderniseandinnovateintheconceptionanddistributionofpublicservices.The simplification measures targeting small and medium enterprises will havespecialrelevance.14