Post on 28-Mar-2018
June 2014
Building Tomorrow’s Workforce
The Exchange Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
LAMIA MOUBAYED BISSAT
Legal Status: Public Autonomous Agency, reporting to the Minister of FinanceLegal Status: Public Autonomous Agency, reporting to the Minister of Finance
MISSION STATEMENT: BUILDING CAPACITIES IN PFM IN LEBANON AND THE MENA REGION1- Contribute to the development of human resources and capacity in public financial management
2- Strengthen cooperation and networking, the transfer of knowledge and good practices3- Promote a culture of excellence and innovation in public sector
The Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan
1996 2003 2006The Institute is created as
French bilateral cooperation project
The Institute is granted the status of public autonomous
agency
The Institute is named “The Institutdes Finances Basil Fuleihan”
in memory of the late Basil Fuleihan
How are we building TOMORROW’S workforce?
Source: World Bank, Public Financial Management Reform in the Middle East and North Africa: An overview of regional experience (ReportNo.55061-MNA), June 2010
Are we, training institutions, aware of the real needs in PFM?
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Do we have visibility about manpower planning and needed competencies?
while civil service is weighed down by massive recruitment and low productivity
The MENA region ranks at the bottom on the index of overall governance quality
Sources: Presentation on “Employment creation, poverty reduction and social integration in the Arab world: The unfinished agenda ( June 2013) IMF and World Bank data, 2011
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Morocco
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Are we training for competencies?
TECHNICAL
MANAGERIAL
ADMINISTRATIVE
ORGANIZATIONNAL
RELATIONAL
ADVICE
CULTURAL
IT
The Civil Servant Competencies’ Framework
Are we investing enough time and resources in our training content? Are we questioning our methods?What values are we promoting?
Are we working together enough?Are we aligning our training offer to demand?
Ministries of Finance
Civil Servie Boards
Ministries of Planning and Cooperation
Oversight/Audit
Institutions
Otherbeneficiairies
SUPPLY
DEMAND
Are we contributing to producing knowledge and helping organizations embrace the knowledge economy?
Are we part of the strategic policy making process or are we just training providers?
Being successful in a post-conflict environmentThe case of Lebanon
A permanent sovereign debt risk
Sources: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, April 2013
GDP growth highly affected by the political tensions and the Syrian crisis
Lebanon : A fragile situation
The case of public procurement CD
Source: OECD (2011) Survey on Reporting Back on progress made since the 2008 Procurement Recommendation
Are procurement officials recognized as a specific profession?
Creating toolsNational Procurement Manual and 5 Standard Bidding Documents
Building the vision Understanding the existing workforce Profile and needs assessment
• A relatively young workforce: Average age in the profession is 45 years
• Long length of service: 18 years in public service and 11 years in current position.
• Male to female ratio: 1.4
• Well educated: 86% have a graduate or post-graduate degree, mainly in Law (28%), Accounting
(18%), Administration (18%), Literature and others (14%) and Engineering (12%)
• A scattered function: 48% have functions that cover the entire procurement process
• Few managerial/leadership positions: 26% of practitioners hold their current position on an
interim basis
• Capacity gap: 65% of surveyed Ministries reported shortages in qualified procurement staff
• Significant turnover: 34% declared a significant turnover in their cadre
• 87% of training are on-the-job training (observation and coaching)
• Lack of standardization: Only around 25% use the draft procurement manuals
• Little exposure: 70% of procurement practitioners are not familiar with new trends/practices
Training for competencies The first certification program for the public sector
Building local capacities 25 Lebanese expert trainers
1- A pool of 25 Lebanese expert trainers
3- An e-community of learning http://www.institutdesfinances.gov.lb/English/Communities_of_Learning_Public_Procurement
2- North-South exchange
Reaching for the policy dimension
National Training Coordinators
Human ResourcesManagement
Ecole Nationale
D’AdministrationInstitut des Finances Basil Fuleihan
Centre de Recherche et de Développement Pédagogiques
Institut Arabe pour la Formation Parlementaire et les Etudes Législatives
Civil Service Board Institute of
JudicialStudies
Office of Minister of State for Administrative Reform Centre
d’Entraînement pour le Renforcement de la Sûreté Aéroportuaire
LebaneseArmyTraining Institute
Institute of InternalSecurity Forces Central
Bank of Lebanon
NGOs, Privatesector,
Universities, Intl.
Organizations
Municipalities
Ministries
Public institutions Oversight/
Audit Institutions
Othertraining
institutes
Privatesector
Otherbeneficiairies
Creating dialogue, Building consensus
SUPPLY
DEMAND
Investing in PEOPLE
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Thank you
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