Eritrea

Support to Capacity Building in the Civil Service Administration :

BACKGROUND

Following Eritrea’s Independence the Government issued legal notices establishing the Central Personnel Agency (CPA). This institution later was re-structured and amalgamated with the Budget Office to form the Office of Management and Budget. In 1998, in accordance with Article 57 of the Constitution of Eritrea, the Civil Service Administration (CSA) was established with the mandate to administer human resources issues of the Civil Service. The CSA is responsible for the recruitment, selection and separation of civil servants as well as for determining the terms and conditions of their employment, including the rights and duties and the code of conduct of civil servants. CSA manages more than 34,000 (22,000 permanent and 12,000 contractual) civil servants employed by the Government of the State of Eritrea. In order to accomplish its mandate, CSA needs to enhance its capacity particularly in the areas of human resources and information systems management.

PROJECT DETAILS

During the term of the project, UNDP assistance will focus on strengthening the capacity of CSA to perform it function efficiently and develop a system that enables it to measure the performance of civil servants and other government institutions. The project will provide support in the following areas:

• Assisting the implementation of CSA’s internal structure, mission and objectives according;

• Familiarizing line Ministries with the new civil service laws through workshops and  seminars; 

• Developing a system that enables to measure the performance of civil servants and other government institutions; 

• Assessing and refining principles and standards for position; classifications required to fulfilling the functions of line ministries and other governmental organizations; 

• Assessing and refining the new salary scale, introduced with highest and lowest grades, and horizontal periodic increment;

• Developing training programs for employees in the civil service; 

•Developing and operationilizng a new Management Information System. CSA is the designated institution for the capacity building project and is responsible for achieving the results expected from the project.

OBJECTIVES

Develop the capacity of the Civil Service Administration for an efficient, effective and transparent civil service, through: Strengthening the operational, regulatory; institutional and human capacity of CSA Developing computerized personnel and other appropriate data for planning and decision.

RESULTS

• Reliable data made available on all currently employed civil servants;

• Synchronized personnel records with payroll;

• Integrated ICT work system in place for CSA;

• System in place to Monitor the implementation of position classification;

• System in place to Monitor performance evaluation;

• Management audit system put in place;

• Clear standards of conduct and performance identified and made known to all staff and enforced;

• Each CSA department established and functioned in accordance with its mandate. Support to Capacity Building in the Civil Service Administration.