PAR Index 2017: Ministry of Finance reaches high score of the sociological survey

The Par Index: The index is more important than ranking

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Ministry of Finance sector’s efforts were recognized by people and enterprises. Photo: H.V

The PAR index of 19 ministries and ministerial-level agencies has shown that the State Bank of Vietnam still maintains first rank with a score of 92.36%; followed by the Ministry of Information and Communications of 86.13%, Ministry of Finance of 84.42% and 3 authorities at the bottom of the ranking are Ministry of Planning and Investment with a score of 72.61%, Ministry of Health 72.42% and Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs of 72.13%.

In the top rank of Central agencies with the highest PAR Index, Ministry of Finance’s indexes are also assessed at quite high level. Specifically, Administrative Reform Steering Index is 87.5%; Administrative Reform Index is 70.53%; the State Administrative Apparatus Reform Index is 93.19%; Public Finance Reform Index is 99.2% and Administrative Modernization Index is 74.44%.

The rank is an assessment but the recognition of the social community is still the most important thing to show the effort in the Ministry of Finance's reform efforts. This was shown in the score of the sociological survey at second rank among 19 authorities, reaching 30.47% and lower than the State bank of Vietnam by 1.81%. In fact, Ministry of Finance is the multi-sectoral agency with many sensitive areas and receives many reflections by people and enterprises.

However, over the last 4 years of administrative reform, the Ministry of Finance's sociological survey index is always in the top rank of ministries and sectors. The results show that the Ministry of Finance’s administrative reform has come into reality and received positive feedback from the public. Currently, the Ministry of Finance's sociological survey index is still higher than other ministries and sectors, even some ministries and sectors randomly contact with people and enterprises. Thus, this was a positive result.

Over the past years, Ministry of Finance has always considered the administrative reform as the key and regular task of the Ministry as well as its units. The Ministry has held monthly meetings and reports on evaluation of implementation results and associated the efficiency of Administrative reform with the responsibility of leaders; promptly issued plans on deployment of the Government’s Resolutions.

In addition, the Ministry’s units have also implemented a plan on administrative reform in accordance with the roadmap set out. Every month and quarter, the Ministry of Finance has also fully implemented the result reports as well as proposed with the Government and the Steering Committee for Administrative Reform to promptly remove difficulties and shortcomings. Every year, the Ministry has included the inspection of administrative reform in the plan and assigned inspection teams at local Customs offices, Tax offices and Treasuries to grasp the actual deployment. Thereby, replicating good implementation and timely withdrawing experience and rectifying shortcomings.

Especially, after the Ministry of Home Affairs announced the PAR Index, Ministry of Finance has also re-evaluated the achieved scores, deducted scores, subjective and objective reasons and proposed solutions to limit the deducted scores and remained and increased indexes in the next year.

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In addition, in order for the public administration reform to be a regular task and implemented for each unit from 2015, the Ministry of Finance has approved the Ministry of Finance's Internal Administrative Reform Indexes to have the basis for evaluating and marking annual administrative reforms for its units. The indexes are considered as a "guideline" for its units to identify the tasks that need to be implemented to improve the efficiency of administrative reform.

Through the assessment and compliance of criteria set out, the Indexes are a tool to recognize PAR implementation results in each unit and raise awareness in insurance administrative procedures in the State management of each unit.