Building Tomorrow ’ s Workforce The Exchange Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates LAMIA MOUBAYED BISSAT June 2014
The Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan Legal Status: Public Autonomous Agency, reporting to the Minister of Finance Legal Status: Public Autonomous Agency, reporting to the Minister of Finance MISSION STATEMENT: BUILDING CAPACITIES IN PFM IN LEBANON AND THE MENA REGION 1- Contribute to the development of human resources and capacity in public financial management 2- Strengthen cooperation and networking, the transfer of knowledge and good practices 3- Promote a culture of excellence and innovation in public sector 1996 2003 2006 The Institute is named “ The Institute is created as The Institute is granted the The Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan ” French bilateral cooperation status of public autonomous project agency in memory of the late Basil Fuleihan
How are we building TOMORROW ’ S workforce?
Are we, training institutions, aware of the real needs in PFM? Source: World Bank, Public Financial Management Reform in the Middle East and North Africa: An overview of regional experience (Report No.55061-MNA), June 2010
Do we have visibility about manpower planning and needed competencies? GDP per capita annual Growth (%) 2000-2011 10 You want to be here CHN GCC States High: 9 21% 21% Morocco Income Growth 8 BLR Voice and Accountability AGO Tunisia ARM KAZ 7 Syria KHM 6 GEO MNG BTN NGA IND MOZ VNM SLE TJK Jordan MDA ETH RWA LAO LTU 6% 5 UKR RUS TCD TZA ALB BGR TTO MDV SVK Egypt PAN CPV LKA BGD ROM EST LVA 4 AFG STP PER POL THA GHA IDN MAR KOR TMP SRB ARG HKG JOR LBN SUR TWN UGA URY DOM IRN SGP TUR ZMB BIH KGZ BWA MUS 3 QAT MLI MNE 20% TUN ECU NAM BFA COL CZE SAM CHL MYS PHL COG NPL 13% EGY HRV SVN BRA PAK MKD PRY GUY ZAF VCT CRI OMN NER 2 HUN SWE ALG PNG MWI BOL ZAR DJI LBY MRT HND LSO DMA FIN SEN KEN SYR ISR GRC ATG SLB LCA LUX GMB VEN SLV GRD AUS SYC DEU 1 SWZ IRQ CYP MLT NZL BLZ ISL NIC BRB AUT CHE BEN VUT GBR CAN BEL GTM BDI MEX TON ESP NOR KSA FJI BHR USA NLD YEM FRA GIN JPN CMR IRL GAB DNK KWT JAM KNA GNB 0 PRT UAE MDG ITA TGO 19% COM BHS KIR HTI -1 CAF BRN -2 -2 -1.5 -1 -.5 0 .5 1 1.5 2 Voice and Accountability-KKZ Index 2010 The MENA region ranks at the bottom on while civil service is weighed down by the index of overall governance quality massive recruitment and low productivity 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
Are we training for competencies? TECHNICAL ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGERIAL ORGANIZATIONNAL RELATIONAL CULTURAL ADVICE 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? SUPPLY DEMAND Ministries of Finance Other beneficiairies Ministries of Oversight/ Planning and Civil Audit Cooperation Servie Institutions Boards
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 environment The case of Lebanon
Lebanon : A fragile situation GDP growth highly affected by the A permanent sovereign debt risk political tensions and the Syrian crisis Sources: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, April 2013
The case of public procurement CD Are procurement officials recognized as a specific profession? Source: OECD (2011) Survey on Reporting Back on progress made since the 2008 Procurement Recommendation
Creating tools National 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/C ommunities_of_Learning_Public_Procurement 2- North-South exchange
Reaching for the policy dimension
Creating dialogue, Building consensus Civil Lebanese Institute Service Army of Internal Institut Office of Board Training Security Centre de Institute of Minister of Arabe pour Recherche Institute Forces State for Judicial la Central et de Administrative Studies Formation Bank of Centre Développement Reform Parlementai d ’ Entraînement Pédagogiques Lebanon re et les Ecole pour le Institut des Finances Etudes Nationale Renforcement SUPPLY Basil Fuleihan Législatives D ’ Administration de la Sûreté NGOs, Private Aéroportuaire Other sector, training Universities, institutes Intl. Organizations Human Resources National Training Management Coordinators Other beneficiairies DEMAND Municipalities Private sector Public institutions Oversight/ Ministries Audit Institutions
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