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The New Recruitment System for Senior Civil Servants in the Lebanese Administration. Samer Hankir Public Administration/Policy Analyst OMSAR, Lebanon Seminar on : Managing the Performance and Enhancing the Integrity of Civil Servants Rabat, 24-25 May 2007.
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The New Recruitment System for Senior Civil Servantsin the Lebanese Administration Samer Hankir Public Administration/Policy Analyst OMSAR, Lebanon Seminar on: Managing the Performance and Enhancing the Integrity of Civil Servants Rabat, 24-25 May 2007
The Public Sector Employment Model Position-based Career-based The Lebanese Personnel System
Appointment in Grade I(According to the Personnel Regulations) • Selection from within Grade II level; • Candidates are listed on the promotion eligibility roster; • The CSB gives remarks and recommendations; • The Cabinet has the final say; • Selection from outside the civil service is an exception
Appointment in Grade I(The new recruitment procedure) • Advertising Vacancies; • Filling out applications; • Sifting applications; • Interviewing the top candidates; • Nominating the top three; • The Minister recommends; • The Cabinet takes the final decision.
The Added Value of the New System • Enhances objectivity and transparency; • Reduces political meddling; • Provides some flexibility to the political authority; • Injects new blood.
Lessons Learnt from the Lebanese Case • The practice preceded the law; • The prospective law will institutionalize the practice; • The Tilted balance for the career-based system to be rectified by features of the position-based system; • Term contracts open eyes on performance; • Change is the outcome of a slow sequence of bottom-up initiatives.