Administrative and financial reform of government institutions episode {17}

3/7/2016 0:00

Government reforms to Dr. Haidar al-Abbadi (an objective presentation of the achievements and challenges)

Pages for the reform steps in the government Abadi, prepared by an ad hoc committee followed these steps since its inception derived from official sources, and studies and research centers, they are not an official document, although they are based on sources in most cases.

 Such an approach in the presentation of the challenges and achievements of more than a year of the reign of Iraq's primary purpose is to get closer to the objective approach in the assessment, away from the harassment and hostility, or Altazoiq
And exaggeration.

Ensure that the second axis (26) priority, have been working on (23) than in this year, where they were working on draft laws (3) the priorities of them, and set out in detail the laws extension. Ministries did not provide for the implementation of its programs (3) the priorities of this axis during this year.

 The most important achievements in this axis are as follows:
• institutional system reform and improve performance and streamline business processes.

• improve the capabilities and competencies of the Ministries of State and re-structure to enable it to complete its tasks and achieve its goals as the best.

First, reduce the number of cabinet members to be 22 members in addition to the Prime Minister instead of 33 members, as follows:

1. Cancel positions of deputy prime ministers.

2. Cancel ministerial positions of the ministries (of human rights, the State for Women's Affairs, State for Provincial Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of State).

3. restructuring of ministries by merging (Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Municipalities and the Ministry of Construction and Housing, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Ministry of Culture).

Second: eight working groups were formed in the ministries covered by the transfer of powers, with the organizational structure proposed for after the transfer of competences of the ministries (the Ministry of Construction and Housing, completed tasks that reflects the ministry's vision and direction regarding decentralization, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, working continuously under the guidance of the Commission did not complete formations of the Ministry.

 The Ministry of municipalities and public works asked for a month for another to accomplish the task, the Ministry of Health, Labour results before the eyes of the minister, and did not inform the Committee of the position of the ministry, the Ministry of youth and Sports, simple modifications do not rise to the level of duties and powers transferred, the Ministry of Finance: apologized for the task being a key ministry, under her book (51 936) at the 03/06/2015 and the issue is raised before the committee, the Ministry of Education: apologized for the task under her book in 8982 05.26.2015, the Ministry of Agriculture has apologized for submission of proposals).

With regard to the provinces, the Committee worked on a unified structure proposed for the provinces placed after the transfer of powers from eight ministries.

Third, it has been working on the restructuring of the Ministry of Electricity, where canceled 85 Directorate subset, and 202 of the sections, being the proceeds for the development of districts which have been canceled, and the cancellation of 133 of the people in the ministry, has been providing funds for the next five years due to cancellation of the Sub-directorates and departments and the people and the body integrity has 38 canceled a portion of the total (112) section bringing the number of existing sections (74) section, and 284 Division of the total 634 Division to become the number 350 Division, 322 constituted of the total 746 to become the 424 formation, the total difference in people assigned positions (360 ) which provided the position allocations of $ 200 million annually.

• Improving and simplifying the procedures for the provision of services provided by state institutions.

• The government has launched a project "to serving you your government," and participated in (16) Ministry and (4) points. Also it formed field teams to follow up the simplification of procedures.

 This initiative includes services:

1. services related to community matters and the work of civil society organizations, including (11) service.

2. Private private sector business include (67) service.

3. Personal business include (253) service.

• completion of the first phase of the Commission's work plan for the problem under it Diwani No. (11) for the year 2015, documented 930 targeted measures service ministries work of the Committee.

• simplify the registration of national and foreign companies in three steps and only a maximum of one day to accomplish.

• simplification of pension treatment measures as fast and accurate as possible, reaching completion rate in simplifying these procedures (80 percent).

• construction of a new and sophisticated integrated pension system, according to modern systems reaching completion rate in this system (70 percent).

• achievement (5000) for the treatment of the families of martyrs and give them their rights pensions and smart card to receive their salaries in the 11 provinces.

• The improvement and simplification of transaction procedures and rearranged so as to ensure reduce red tape and speed of delivery and coordination between the ministries for (24) of the Ministry, and (3 provinces), where trimmed most ministries procedures to improve the services offered to citizens, simplifying access and resolving complaints by e-mail that allocated by each ministry, therefore, simplify the health of the breasts in the ministries of procedures (Health, Justice, Higher Education and scientific research), the adoption of standard operating procedures to guide the ministries (of human rights, trade, planning, water resources, environment, oil).

• As for the provinces, Najaf province has worked on the first two axes simplify procedures for each of the (General Directorate of Traffic, a network of social protection, Tax Directorate, Department of Health, the Land Registry Directorate) The second Presenting proposals to simplify procedures for all of the electricity department, the agricultural initiative agricultural Council) and the province of Karbala was simplistic in all departments and units in the province, either Maysan province was the simplification of procedures in which through the first two axes: work on e-governance project, which is both the (electronic-Mukhtar, electronic record student, health visitor, births, deaths, project management, government institutions Management system), second axle: submit proposals to simplify and maintain the electronic platform of e-services project procedures, it was to instruct the relevant ministries in cooperation with the province for the purpose of facilitating the completion of the electronic preservation project.

• unified national card project and the issuance of identity card for citizens

• launched in the beginning of September 2015, the area of ​​registration of citizens in the conditions of the bridge circuit to provide a unified national card and will be gradually expanded in the province of Baghdad.

• referred unified national card law to parliament for legislation.

• activation of the civil service system

• submit a draft Civil Service Law and activate its board

• completion of the second amendment to the law of the Federal Service Council Law No. (4) of 2009, and sent to the House of Representatives under the Council of Ministers Resolution No. (122) for the year 2014.

• read a first reading in the House of Representatives hearing on December 21, 2015.

• withdraw the law of the House of Representatives under the Council of Ministers Resolution No. (113) for the year 2015 for its amendment, also approved the formation of the Council of Ministers of the Council held in September Bhlsth 82,015.

• Complete administrative reform program and set specific criteria for the selection of general managers and owners of special grades.

• formation of a committee under the customs clearance number (316) at the 08/18/2015, concerned with the selection of candidates for senior positions.

• Committee met three meetings during which he developed the conditions to be provided by the candidate and prepared forms for this.

• Legislation and Public Authority for the balance of the law in accordance with Article 105 of the Constitution.

• Project Authority referred the law to ensure the regions and governorates not Almenttmh the rights of the province under the Council of Ministers Resolution No. (113) for the year 2015, the House of Representatives.

• House of Representatives completed the second reading of the law in May 23, 2015.
• Review and update legislation and regulations

• completion of a number of laws that are in support of the private sector mentioned in the third axis.

• The total completion rate (74 percent) in the development and improvement of building codes and the application of uniform codes Arab amounting project cost (11.75) billion, an increase of $ (8 percent) than it was in 2014.

• reform of public financial management and financial policy of the state system
The application of the electronic system of public finance of the state administration (integrated system for the management of financial information).

• The percentage of achievement for the development of financial management reform in Iraq by using modern information technology policy (88 percent).

• the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the International Monetary Fund on the Fund's staff monitoring program SMP to monitor economic and financial performance of Iraq through a set of real targets and the adoption of a roadmap for implementing an integrated system of financial information IFIMS at the end of April 2016 in cooperation with the World Bank map.

• formation of a steering committee in accordance with the ministerial order in 478 11/17/2015 oversee and guidance on the follow-up to prepare for the implementation of the Financial Management Information System (IMIS) IFIMS.

• In terms of infrastructure for the application of the system, all of the Data Center at the Department of Information Technology at the Ministry of Finance prepared to host devices and the system of the basic IFIMS, as it has been initialized this site since 2009 to run servers IFIMS system of which is still good and ready condition to host devices and the system of the IFIMS Upon entry into force, as it is equipped with:
- Cooling System
- Continus and Stabilized Power supply.
- Fire Suppression System
- Access Control
- Raised floor

• the application of e-government mechanism and the use of modern software applications and the integration of many stages the completion of the transaction pensions through barcode system.

• Law reform public financial management and regulatory procedures related
The committee completed under it Diwani No. (77) for the year 2014 regarding the draft law and financial administration to prepare a draft law and sent to the State Consultative Council for its scrutiny.

• restructuring of the banking sector under the supervision of a competent international institutions

• The percentage of achievement for the development of the banking system reform government policy (84 percent).

• also performs the first two programs: the overall system and the second: the restructuring of the banks where the percentage of achievement in the two programs rate (45 percent) and by the amount of progress (25 percent) than it was in 2014.

• cooperation with the World Bank for the implementation of programs within the bank loan.

• start implementing the collection of fees for services provided by the State in order to expand the resources of the state and control of waste and waste and improve the efficiency of services, taking into consideration the non-burdening the poor and middle classes Bajaur those services.

• were the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article 33 of the federal budget for 2015 and instructed Law No. (5) for the year 2015 / instructions to lay and collect sales tax (tax on Kartat mobile phone and Internet companies, the tax on the purchase of cars, the tax on tickets, tax on alcohol sales) were the provisions of the law and the instructions above as of 1/8/2015 under the Council of Ministers resolution No. 217 for the year 2015.

• For tax on the purchase of cars has been the decision to postpone starting from 10/14/2015.

• In regards to controls private banks approved all direct deduction (special income tax 3 percent insurances) have been working under Book No. prime minister / M.r.o / Office 10/4344 on 03/24/2015 was stopped deducting transfers made by the Iraqi Central Bank / General Directorate of banking and credit control / Department field inspection as of the date 06.18.2015.

• For direct tax deduction imposed by the CPA is No. 49 for the year 2004 has been the provisions of Article 12.13 of the Income Tax Act No. 113 of 1982 as amended
There were no double allowances
Legal and tax slides in the federal budget law
For the year 2015.

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