THESIS OF MASTER OF PUBLIC POLICY | Title: “SOLUTION TO ENHANCE TRAINING AND FOSTERING OFFICIALS IN CHARGE OF ETHNIC AFFAIRS” - Nguyen Van Thuc - Vu Trung Kien - Phung Quoc Huy Instructors: - Prof. Dr Eriksson Lars Torsten - Dr. Phan Chi Anh - MPPM Course 4 - Group 06 HaNoi, March 2012 APPRECIATION In order to complete master program and this thesis, our group has got enthusiastic instruction, support and recommendations from lecturers of VNU University of Economics and Business, Uppsala University, Sweden together with colleges and experts from Committee for Ethnic Minorities. First of all, we would like to show our appreciation to lecturers during our study.
Eriksson Lars Torsten and Dr. Phan Chi Anh for spending your valuable time in instructing and correcting this thesis. Also, we would like to express our gratitude to Board of Directors and Management Board of class in VNU University of Economics and Business; Departments and Units (Department of Organization and Personnel, Training Institution for Ethnic Minority officials, Institute of Ethnic Minority, etc); Local Committee for Ethnic Minorities in Quang Binh province and leaders in Committee for Ethnic Minorities have given us favorable conditions oftime and data to complete this thesis. Although our group has tried hard to complete with all of our enthusiasm, due to limitation of time, knowledge and experience, it was difficult for us to avoid some certain mistakes in this thesis.
We are looking forward to valuable recommendations from our Instructors and colleges. RESEARCH GROUP SUMMARY ~ Thesis title "Solution to enhance training and fostering officials in charge of ethnic affairs” ~ Thesis of Master Program ofPublic Program - Group 6: Nguyen Van Thuc, Vu Trung Kien, Phung Quoc Huy - Instructors: + Prof. Eriksson Lars Torsten + Dr. Phan Chi Anh - Finished on: 30 March 2012 - Research purpose: Committee for Ethnic Minorities (CEM) is under the Government.
Currently, officials in charge of ethnic affairs in system from central to local levels have been exposing some disadvantages such as: not satisfy requirement about quantity and quality of officials, unqualified part due to lack of capacity and experiences; experiences in ethnic affairs are not good enough; planning and officials assigning is not good enough; position standard in ethnic affairs has not been developed yet, etc. Training and fostering officials are still going on with many limitations: facilities are not enough but hire instead; teachingstaff are still inadequate and weak; training program has not been completed yet; form and scope of training and fostering have not met current requirements. Facing such real situation, it is necessary to be aware of it; figure out shortcomings and reason for those. Then, recommend some solutions to training, re-training and fostering officials in charge of ethnic affairs in the system.
As officials of CEM, our group would like to research on real situation and propose some solutions so that training and fostering can be improved to officials in state management agencies on ethnic affairs. - Research methods: + Method of developing from existing researches: Our group has collected document and data; relevant scientific researches, document and policies on training and fostering officials in state management agencies on ethnic affairs. In addition, we also collected information about training and fostering from Department of Organization and Personnel, Training Institution for Ethnic Minority officials, Institute of Ethnic Minority under CEM; Department of Training under National Academy of Public Administration, Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Public Administration, etc. + Method of case studies: Research on real situation oftraining and fostering officials in charge of ethnic affairs in Training Institution for Ethnic Minority officials under CEM from 2008 to 2011.
Research on the fact of officials in charge of ethnic affairs in Local CEM and Division for Ethnic Minorities in some districts of Quang Binh province. + Method related to experts: Our group has invited some expert from CEM with lots of experiences to directly consult about thesis title (Thesis has been sent to get advice). + Method of analyzing, synthesizing and comparing: From information collected through document, case studies and advice by experts, our group has carried out analysis, synthesis and comparison to make conclusion, find out reasons and propose some solutions for the future. - Results, conclusion and recommendations: Through research, our group would like to show some achievements, real situation oftraining and fostering officials in charge of ethnic affairs; there are 04 solution groups for improvement.
state management to training and fostering; (2) Change content, program, forms and methods of training and fostering; (3) Develop policies on training and fostering; (4) Improve training and fostering facility. Theoretical and practical problems of ethnic affairs have required innovation for officials in charge of ethnic affairs; also enhance training and fostering officials in state management agencies on ethnic affairs. In scope of this thesis, our group has focused on some theoretical and practical problems relevant to officials in charge of ethnic affairs and training and fostering from central to local level. Some achievements have figured out existing reasons and limitations, also proposed some solutions to training and fostering for the future.
Solutions need implementing in the future, especially innovative ones such as establishing and issuing position standard for officials in charge ofethnic affairs in order to develop planning, training and fostering; decentralization of training and fostering, avoiding duplication, omission, especially decentralization from provincial to district level; improve facilities to train and foster officials in charge ofethnic affairs in the whole country, etc. TABLE OF CONTENTS ITEM CONTENTS PAGE Appreciation Summary aoNn Table of contents List of tables The urgency of the research topic II Objectives, target and scope of research I Contents and questions ofthe research topic IV Research methodology 10 Meaning of the research topic It Structure of the topic 12 Theoretical and practical foundation on training and fostering 13 officials in charge of ethnic affairs m Some basic concepts 13 Concept of state management for ethnic affairs 13 Concept of official and official within the system of state 13 management agencies for ethnic affairs w Concept of training and fosterage 14 Training, fostering officials in charge of ethnic affairs 15 Il Guideline, lines and policies of the Party and State on training 15 and fostering officials in charge of ethnic affairs Viewpoint of the Party and the State about training and fostering 15 officials in charge of ethnic affairs Some specific policies on training and fostering officials 16 I Experience on training and fostering officials in charge of ethnic 17 affairs in some countries in the world Part II Real situation of training, fostering officials in the system of state 20 management on ethnic affairs The current system of state management agencies on ethnic 20 affairs The process of formation and development of agencies on ethnic 20 affairs vu The current system of state management agencies on ethnic affairs in 22 central authority and localities II Real situation of officials in the system of state management 23 agencies on ethnic affairs Officials in the system ofstate management agencies on ethnic affairs 23 in Central authority tờ Officials in the system ofstate management agencies on ethnic affairs 24 in localities Real situation of training, fostering officials in the system of state 31 management agencies on ethnic affairs Training, fostering officials under the programs of building general 31 officials of the State Training, fostering and improving the capacity of officials through 32 the implementation of programs, projects of Committee for Ethnic Minorities Training, fostering state management officials on ethnic affairs in 35 School of Ethnic Officers IV Several reviews and comments 38 About the real status of officials within the state management 38 agencies for ethnic affairs About the real status of training and fostering officials within the 42 system ofstate management for ethnic affairs 3 Several main causes for the above weaknesses 45 Part II Main solutions for training and fostering improvement of officials 48 in state management agencies on ethnic affairs Purpose 48 Requirements for training and fostering officials in state 48 management agencies on ethnic affairs at the present Requirements for officials 48 Requirements for training and fostering 50 Solutions 52 Enhance state management for training and fostering 52 Solutions to reform content of programs and method of training and 54 fostering Solutions for policy 57 Solutions to improve training and fostering institutions 58 Conclusion 61 Recommendations for further research direction 61 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Results of training and fostering in class set up by Training Institution for Ethnic Minority officials, CEM from 2008 to 2011 Table 2. Data of officials in Departments and Units under CEM.
Data of age and ethnic group of CEM. Number of officials as ethnic minorities in every unit under CEM. Data of speciality and profession of officials in CEM. Data ofofficials in Local CEMs.
THE URGENCY OF THE RESEARCH TOPIC Committee for Ethnic Minorities (CEM), formerly known as Office of Ethnic Minorities, was found in 1946, after 65 years of operation, it has had many different names, the system of agencies for ethnic affairs has been basically formed from the Central to the local and initially come into operation effectively. Especially since the 7 Central Resolution of the 9° session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam regarding ethnic affairs at all levels, officials in charge of ethnic affairs have been strengthened and improved from the central to the provincial, district and commune levels. These officials have gradually promoted their capacity, qualifications and experience in order to make a great contribution to fulfill all tasks of the ethnic affairs in recent years. However, the current status of officials in charge of ethnic affairs has shown several difficulties and shortcomings, requiring us to attach much importance to solve both short-term and long-term problems: the number of officials in charge of ethnic affairs is inadequate, even the central level also confront with this problem, especially for district, provincial and commune levels; their quality is also unequal, many of them are lack of capacity, qualifications and experience which are necessary requirements of the current tasks; the majority was transferred from other sectors, or newly recruited with various professional qualifications; therefore, their awareness as well as experience about ethnic affairs is not thorough; the allocation and use of officials is not good; standards and titles for ethnic affairs haven’t been built, etc.
In the face of this situation, it requires solutions for training, re-training, fostering officials in charge of ethnic affairs in the whole country. But training and fostering officials in charge of ethnic affairs hasn't received adequate attention, especially in terms of professional training: institutions responsible for training and fostering officials in charge of ethnic affairs haven’t been strengthened and improved; at present the whole industry only has 01 school specialized in training ethnic affairs; although it had made a great contribution to train and foster officials in charge of ethnic affairs, due to it was newly established, its material facilities are very poor, the staff of lecturers are still deficient and weak, the content of curriculum is incomplete, the form and scale oftraining don’t meet the requirements, training and fostering needs are huge while capacity is still limited, ete. Starting from the above theoretical and practical requirements, our group including Nguyen Van Thuc, Vu Trung Kien and Phung Quoc Huy has conducted researching and selecting the topic “Solutions for improvement of training and fostering officials in charge of ethnic affairs” as the foundation for formulating a plan of human resource development within the system of agencies for ethnic affairs, contributing to successfully implement the industrialization and modernization path in Vietnam. OBJECTIVES, TARGET AND SCOPE OF RESEARCH 1.
Objectives of research: Suggest some main solutions in order to strengthen training and fostering officials within the system of agencies for ethnic affairs in the current period.