It was to be an opportunity to jump-start the Public Administration , which with its dysfunction is one of the major burdens on the shoulders of citizens and businesses. Instead, the decree implementing the Reform Madia on public management risks becoming a mere operation cutting costs. Which in addition brings with it a kind of spoils system , the American mechanism that provides round of armchairs for public leaders to the change of administration. “I do not think that the point of this reform is to improve the functioning of the administrative machine – says Michele Gentile , CGIL union leader responsible for the Civil Service – It seems to me that the only problem is the reduction of expenditure for public salaries and the introduction of a sort of spoils system “. The heart of the union’s concerns is the evaluation mechanism that is likely to lay the foundations for a kind of dependence of high public management from political indirectly sanctioning the end of administrative autonomy .
But what are the innovations introduced by the decree recently approved in the Council of Ministers? First are set up three roles (state, regional and municipal) in the flows of public managers (15 thousand in total, excluding health and public service), as well as aspiring officials who have passed a special course or annual competition. Only subscribers to the new “book” can participate then to tender to be organized by the different branches of government to select the state leaders, the region, local authorities and independent authorities. 30% of the places that will be put out to tender will be “reserved” to the current officials of the first band. It is a kind of clause “protection” , inserted at the last minute in the decree, for a small slice (500 people in total) of senior management, as the unions point out, however, it runs the risk of having to compare early with redundancies and demotions.
second, on paper, the reform puts in competition the old public managers with a new wave of potential officials. However it is not clear what will be the selection criteria that the government will be required to follow in the definition of calls for proposals. With the risk that the appearance of merit and work experience, perhaps gained in the private sector, is not being adequately taken into account in competitions. E ‘high then the probability that the selection mechanism of the exchange administrators only formally, and remains anchored to the old logic of partitions policies.
However, what will change is the duration of posts (no more than four years, renewable once) and the evaluation mechanism that will determine at least 30% of the payroll of the manager. The decree provides a grid with the various aspects of management under assessment. A vigilant on any new system of public management there will be three coordination committees (for a role) composed of seven people including five senior officials of the State (the secretary general of the State Council, President dell ‘ Anac , accountant general of the State, the Secretary-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the head of department for internal and territorial Affairs of the Ministry of interior). These figures “not only are part – curiously – p ezzi apparatus public not touched by the reform, but they will, of course, very little time to devote to such delicate tasks”, explains the ministry official Alfredo Ferrante Formiche.net . With this background, in short, the control mechanism is likely to be weak and unable to affect the unhealthy link between local and public administration policy of the respondent on the ax of a potentially difficult to control and objective assessment by the Commissions. Not to mention the prospect of even ‘ increased disputes.
Public officials, who will enter the role and not be able to relocate, will end up in a parking lot. At this stage, they will be entitled to the basic pay (without the treatment accessory, which is 40-70% of salary) deducted by 10% per year without charge. From this limbo, except in the case of a new chair, it will be released in the event that the manager does not participate in a minimum number of selections or runs out of commission for six years. In the latter case, to avoid losing their jobs, the manager will accept a demotion avoiding to leave the government. And ‘This is the measure which, if applied properly, should contribute significantly to a substantial reduction in outlays for salaries of civil servants participating in a consistent one billion savings expected from Madia decree on public management. But it is also the yardstick by which to measure the decree does not guarantee the desired improve efficiency of the public machine. Ie the change of administration, long-awaited and promised by the government, to make life easier for citizens and businesses.
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