Public Administration and Civil Service Reform

Project Information

Oxford Policy Management worked with the Government of the Russian Federation to:

• review the objectives and functions of government departments and agencies, including staffing requirements, together with the design and introduction of results-oriented planning and performance appraisal techniques;
• introduce modern financial management and budgeting practice, linked to the new planning and appraisal system. New techniques will need to be objective-oriented and output-based with emphasis upon best practice and value for money;
• improve working practices in the state sector with emphasis upon public service and efficient interaction by public servants with internal and external customers;
• conduct structural and organisational reviews of government executive authorities. The consultant will be also expected to undertake discussions with the Accounts Chamber – Russia’s supreme audit institution – to scope out possible functional reviews and seek, where possible, engagement of the UK National Audit Office in the program of modernisation recently launched by the Accounts Chamber.
• work on a greater delegation of responsibility and freedom of action - together with increased accountability for the achievement of objectives - to the managers of government bodies. reform the existing human resources management practices - including the introduction of performance-based contracts for particular specialist groups, merit-based recruitment and selection procedures, and more competitive pay levels;
• work on reviewing and transforming the key interactions between government bodies and the public (for example, through the introduction of the “one-stop shop” or “single window” approach;
• ensure greater transparency of the civil service and promoting freedom and accessibility of information and public participation in the reform process; improve training and human resource development within the public service.