April 29, 2008
OECD Fourth Regional Meeting of GDF Working Group,
Amman
Regional Capacity Building Seminar on “Drafting
Legislation and Oversight Bodies for Regulatory Quality”
Eng. Ghada Labib
The Head of the Institutional Development
Program
Overview
 Strategy
of
Ministry
of
State
for
Administrative Development (MSAD)
 MSAD’s Capacity Building Policy
 Institutional Development Program (IDP)
 IDP Approach
 IDP and Capacity Building
 IDP’s Outlines for Human Resources’
Development
 Capacity Building in the Legislation Domain
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Strategy of Ministry of State for
Administrative Development (MSAD)
MSAD has been mandated to develop the
Government body to be more flexible,
competent, efficient and effective
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MSAD’s Capacity Building Policy
Towards this goal MSAD has adopted a
policy that has incorporated the capacity
building via:
 Fostering
a
new
generation
of
government leaders
 Adopting intensive human resource
development programs
 Improving incentive and salary schemes
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Institutional Development Program (IDP)
 Since the Capacity Building of the Human
Capital is a pivotal step towards the
administration development, MSAD has
assigned the IDP this task
 IDP is a program launched by MSAD to
align the governmental institutions to the
National Strategies and directions to
radically
improve
the
institutional
performance and creating an effective and
efficient governmental body
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IDP Approach
IDP undertook before initiating any step
towards the capacity building to review first
the existence and effectiveness of:
 Long and short termed strategic plans
 Simple organizational structures
 Well defined roles and responsibilities
 Capacity building programs (top/middle
management)
 Legislation amendment
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IDP and Capacity Building
Legalization Amendment (e.g. Civil Service
Law)
IDP has proposed a law project to enforce its
plan for upgrading its HR capital via drafting
the Civil service law that:
 Attracts qualified calibers to work in the
different governmental entities, by offering
them competing wages “Teacher’s Cadre”
 Defines a set of procedures to be followed in
the process of hiring the right person for the
right job based on their qualifications and
skills
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IDP and Capacity Building (Continued)
Then IDP Develops current personnel
department within the governmental entities
to HR department that includes new
redefined:
 Structure
 Functions
 Responsibilities
 Training system
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IDP’s Outlines for Human Resources’
Development
Objective: Maximize return on investment
from the organization’s human capital
Mission: Develop a competitive workforce
in an environment of industrial harmony and
social justice
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IDP’s Outlines for Human Resources’
Development (Continued)
Functions and Activities:
 Developing and providing the following human resources
services, advice, support, and assistance to employees:
 Recruitment
 Compensation
 Promotions
 Managing Relations
 Designing training materials
 Training Employees
 Planning and implementing HR policies, programs,
communications plans, and information management
systems
 Comprehensively analyzing, evaluating, and improving
HR activities and the effectiveness of HR programs,
services, and initiatives.
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Capacity Building in the Legislation Domain
The main Role of IDP in reforming
legislations: new civil service law, ERRADA
Coordination with the State Council:
 Legislation sector
 Legal advise department
Capacity Building:
 Faculties of Law – Egyptian Universities
 Juridical Academy Project
 IDLO
(International
Intergovernmental
Organization)
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OECD – EGYPT Partnership
Thank you!
ghadalabib@ad.gov.eg
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