Civil Service Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government Vienna 2007

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1 Civil Service Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan 7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government Vienna 2007

2 Azerbaijan Republic

3 The Republic of Azerbaijan covers an area of 86,600 square km.; The population is 8 million 265 thousand people (2004); The total number of civil servants is (April, 2007); 27,9 % of civil servants are women; 57 % of civil servants aged between years old;

4 20% of territories of the Azerbaijan Republic occupied by Armenia

5 UN resolutions remain unimplemented Responding to the occupation of the Azerbaijani territories the Security Council has adopted four resolutions 822 (1993), 853 (1993), 874 (1993) and 884 (1993) demanding the immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan and the creation of necessary conditions for the return of displaced persons to their homes in security and dignity. Those provisions of the resolutions remain unimplemented.

6 Building democracy through reforms In spite of the sad results of Armenia's aggression against Azerbaijan (one million out of total population of eight million are refugees), our country mobilized its potential and had great successes in building democracy. Azerbaijan manages to successfully overcome the difficulties and continues making important and firm steps towards the establishment of a democratic and lawful country with civil society.

7 Good Governance priority for Government The Government of Azerbaijan is committed to development through a governance reform that will align it with European Union standards, and has linked its measure of performance to recognized international indicators. In 2006, the draft State Programme on Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development (SPPRSD) identified good governance and institutional policy as an additional ninth Millennium Development Goal, signalling its recognition of the centrality of public sector and civil service reform to long term poverty reduction and economic development.

8 Civil Service Reforms Main objectives of implemented reforms were to build transparent public administration system, to provide citizens with the highest state guaranty of rights and freedoms. The reforms has been implemented during last years also covers civil service system. In order to implement civil service reforms Civil Service Management Council and Anti-corruption Commission under this Council were established, Civil Service Law (21st July 2000) and other legislative acts were adopted. Adoption of Civil Service Law has laid the foundation of the state policy in the area of civil service. In January 2005, the President of Azerbaijan established the Civil Service Commission and mandated it with the leading role in implementing a major reform of the civil service, including the introduction of competitive exams for entry into the civil service, the creation of the civil service code of ethics, and preparing a strategy for the civil service.

9 Civil Service Commission (CSC) Main aims of the CSC are organization of the application of legal acts adopted in the civil service area, selection and placement of the civil service HR on the competitive basis, professional development, attestation and social protection of the civil servants, as well as ensuring implementation of the policy provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan referring to other issues related to the civil service.

10 Civil Service Commission CSC has started to officially function from October One of the main objectives was to manage organization of the centralized competition for the entry to civil service. Competition consists of 2 stages: a) multiple choice test exams b) interviews. In April 2007 CSC hold first test exams with 930 applicants for 189 vacancies in 15 government bodies. 325 applicants succeeded to pass first stage. After organization of interviews 57 person has been recommended for the appointment to the heads of government bodies.

11 Civil Service Commission CSC also made significant work on improvement of legal basis in the area of civil service with an aim to ensure effective implementing of legislation. CSC developed proposals for the Ethic Code of Civil Servants which were adopted by National Parliament in May 2007 and regulations on Performance Appraisal, the second will replace old attestation system and will be aimed on professional development of civil servants. CSC established Register of Civil Servants which will function as a database and will help management with HR in civil service.

12 Co-operation with UNDP Some international organizations including UNDP assisted CSC on the process of establishment. For this purpose UNDP and Civil Service Commission have signed Good Governance through civil service reforms: Implementing MDG 9 project. The overall objective of the project is to operationalize the commitment of the Government of Azerbaijan to Good Governance and public sector reform. The project focuses on the following strategic priority outputs: Strengthened operational capacities of the Civil Service Commission through robust strategic capacity building. Key civil service reforms, and effective awareness raising, monitoring and evaluation in support of MDG 9 (Good Governance).