Public Service Reform and Rejuvenation Project

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The development objective of the Public Service Reform and Rejuvenation Project for Congo, Democratic Republic of is to improve the human resource management capacity of selected ministries and rejuvenate their workforce. The project has two components. The first component is supporting the implementation of the public service reform program. This component aims to support the public administration reform program in terms of coordination, implementation, and monitoring progress and impact of key aspects of the reform. It has following six sub-components: (i) strengthening capacity to plan, coordinate, and build consensus on the implementation of the government's public administration reform program; (ii) supporting the restructuring of the organization and functions of targeted ministries and institutions; (iii) building capacity for human resource (HR) data management and control; (iv) building capacity to establish an HR management system; (v) supporting a pilot "young professionals program" to rejuvenate the civil service; and (vi) implementation support and impact evaluation. The second component is supporting the retirement process. This component is aimed at supporting the government's efforts through: (a) the preparation and management of the biometric identification process; (b) the payment of benefits for eligible staff of targeted ministries and agencies through an external and independent agency; and (c) the establishment of a civil service pension fund. It has following three sub-components: (i) payment of retirement benefits; (ii) establishing a grievance and dispute resolution mechanism; and (iii) technical assistance to establish a public service pension fund.

FY17 - Public Administration

World Bank

Project

Forest Products and Packaging, Commercial, Government