New evaluation system in the State and reward of civil servants who achieve specific goals (productivity bonus) includes the bill of the Ministry of Interiorset in public consultation by responsible minister Maki Voridis.
The bill is entitled: “Targeting, evaluation and reward system to enhance the efficiency of public administration and other provisions for the human resources of the public sector” and will be posted on the website of Open Government (www.opengov.gr) for comments and remarks until May 24.
It also provides for creating a unified skills framework For all the procedures of the human resources of the public administration, the institution of the human resources development consultant is introduced and the Common Evaluation Framework is established, on the basis of which the public services will self-evaluate.
In particular, the establishing an incentive and reward system productivity, totaling € 35 million a year. The reward can reach up to 15% of the sum of the annual basic salary and the responsibility position allowance of each employee, is not offset by the personal difference and is subject to insurance contributions and other deductions of additional salaries.
The measure concerns:
A. The civil servants and the uniformed staff of the public sector, who, due to their competence, implement specific objectives of the annual action plans of the ministries, which are approved every December by the Council of Ministers (total expenditure 20,000,000 euros per year).
B. The employees involved in projects of the National Recovery and Sustainability Plan “Greece 2.0” and in the implementation of co-financed projects, the employees of the General Directorate of Public Investments of the Ministry of Development and Investment, the General Secretariat of Information Technology, Research of the Ministry of Digital Governance, the Central State Aid Unit-Decentralized State Aid Units, the special services of the NSRF and the Strategic Plan for the new Common Agricultural Policy and the central service of the AEU Ο.Τ.Α. first degree and the general directorates of Financial Services of the ministries of responsibility and the financing bodies, if they are involved in projects of the National Recovery and Sustainability Plan “Greece 2.0” and in the implementation of programs co-financed by the European Union (total cost 10 million per year) .
C. The staff of the general directorates of Financial Services of the ministries, the General Accounting Office of the State, as well as the other services and bodies, which are supervised or subordinated to the Ministry of Finance, based on the achievement of specific quantitative targets set by decision of the Minister of Finance for each service.
The quantitative targets are indicatively related to financial and cash management, control and results, expenditure planning and control, settlement of arrears, elaboration of a significant number of fiscal regulatory acts, elaboration of claims on government guarantees and in general quantitative related to fiscal policy (total expenditure of EUR 5 million per year).
In addition, temporary remuneration system for court clerks, which implement specific objectives in the context of the implementation of the provisions of the National Recovery and Sustainability Plan “Greece 2.0”. The reward is calculated on the basic salary and the position position allowance and can be paid from 1.1.2020 until 31.12.2025. The total cost reaches 11 million euros.
Regarding the new evaluation system the rating for employees is abolished, as in practice it proved to be pretentious with the majority of the evaluated receiving a high score between 75% – 89%. However, no consequences are foreseen for low-performing employees. Supervisors will be graded from 1 to 5 based on the achievement of the goals set at the organizational unit level.
The evaluation process of both employees and supervisors takes place in three successive stages with respective meetings of evaluator and evaluated every January, May and December.
The evaluated has the right to object before the Evaluation Supervisory Committee set up in each ministry and which will consist of one member of ASEP, one member from the National Transparency Authority and one member from the Legal Council of the State.
The bill also provides for the creation of a unified skills framework, which will be the basis for all human resource processes in public administration, such as the selection of staff, selection of supervisors, evaluation, etc.
The integrated skills framework includes the following skills: a) politicism, b) teamwork, c) adaptability, d) result orientation, e) organization and planning, f) problem solving and creativity, g) professionalism and integrity, h) knowledge management and i) leadership.
THE institution of the Human Resources Development Consultant is introduced in every ministry (except the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, National Defense, Citizen Protection and Shipping & Island Policy), in first and second degree local authorities, in independent services, in decentralized administrations, in NPDD and in NPID belonging to the General Government and independent authorities.
Among his responsibilities are consulting assistance and support staff in particular in matters of implementation of the evaluation system and the development plans of employees and supervisors.
Finally, the Common Evaluation Framework (CSF), on the basis of which public services will self-evaluate. As mentioned in the draft law, this is a model that is part of the total quality management and is used for the self-evaluation of public sector organizations, through a holistic approach to the analysis of their operation and performance, in order to strengthen their administrative capacity.
Bodies wishing to receive certification for the correct and complete implementation of the CFR submit a request to the Ministry of Interior, which awards distinctions for excellent performance to the three of the candidate public organizations with the highest scores.
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