On March 15th 2018, National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) organized the Conference on the implementation of the Prime Minister’s Decision on functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of NAPA.
Presented in the Conference were Mr. Le Vinh Tan, Minister of Home Affairs; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Trieu Van Cuong, Vice Minister of Home Affairs; Dr. Dang Xuan Hoan, NAPA President; Dr. Vu Thanh Xuan, NAPA Vice President; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Luong Thanh Cuong, NAPA Vice President; Dr. Nguyen Dang Que, NAPA Vice President; representatives of other ministries, departments and agencies. The Conference is organized as Video- Conference so that four NAPA campuses throughout the country could attend the event.
Dr. Dang Xuan Hoan, NAPA President giving a speech in the conference
Dr. Dang Xuan Hoan emphasized that the Prime Minister’s Decision set a landmark in NAPA’s sixty year – development history. NAPA is officially regulated by the Prime Minister concerning its functions, missions, powers and organization structure. NAPA is officially identified as the special non-business unit of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) which is a recognition of NAPA’s contribution to the training of civil servants and officials. More importantly, the Prime Minister’s Decision provides a legal basis for NAPA to work out the development orientation and develop to be a management and leadership training center at regional level. He mentioned that NAPA will cooperate with MOHA departments to implement the Prime Minister’s Decision and strengthen NAPA’s organizational structure, and human resources. The newly mandated functions, tasks and powers will enable NAPA to perform more effectively as a national center for training of public administration, management, leadership for civil servants, cadres, public employees; for human resource training; for research on administrative and management sciences; for consultancy to MOHA concerning public administration and state management. NAPA is also given the task of providing the graduate training programs in the regulated disciplines. In addition, the Decision regulates that NAPA participates with other MOHA departments in formulation of strategies, programs, plans, regulations, legal normative documents; that NAPA extends international cooperation in training, academic exchange, research in the field of public administration and state management; that NAPA makes decisions on and gives directions for the programs for public administration reform to NAPA’s units and other organizations as assigned.
To carry out the mandated functions and tasks, NAPA is structured to consist of 14 faculties and departments and 3 regional campuses.
Mr. Le Vinh Tan, Minister of Home Affairs presents the Decision to NAPA
Mr. Le Vinh Tan, Minister of Home Affairs also emphasized that it is an historic turning point for NAPA development. He mentioned that MOHA have streamlined its training units and NAPA is one of the 2 units left after reduction from 6 training units and is transferred more task after the Training School of cadres, civil servants merged into NAPA. He requested NAPA to formulate its long term development strategy to become a national leading center for public administration training and research. He showed his strong belief that restructuring will strengthen NAPA in performing the mandated tasks. The Minister also added NAPA has been given more training tasks regulated in another Government’ Decree on training of cadres, civil servants, public employees and required MOHA Department of cadre and civil servant training to collaborate with NAPA in formulation of training programs and plans for 2018 for Minister’s approval. Concerning the training of religion, emulation, reward work, the Minister requested that NAPA has to cooperate with the Central Committee for Emulation and Reward, Government’s Committee for Religious Affairs to develop training programs 2018.
Mr. Le Vinh Tan giving a speech in the conference
Regarding international cooperation activities, Mr. Le Vinh Tan suggested that NAPA should promote international cooperation in order learn international lessons in research and training and make them applicable. He requested NAPA to collaborate with MOHA Department of Civil Servants and Public Employees to develop relevant training models such as overseas training, combination of overseas training with domestic courses delivered by international professionals which reduce training cost and improve training effectiveness
Dr. Dang Xuan Hoan expressed his commitment to realization of the Government’s expectations, the Prime Minister’s Decisions and the Minister’s requests and to development of NAPA as a national leading training center for cadres, civil servants, public employees.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Luong Thanh Cuong, NAPA Vice President delivers a speech in the conference
Representatives from NAPA three regional campuses (in Hochiminh City, Hue City, Buon Ma Thuot City) had remarked at the Video Conference, showing unity in and commitment to NAPA’s development and completion of the tasks mandated by the Government.
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