June 2014

Building Tomorrow’s Workforce

The Exchange Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

LAMIA MOUBAYED BISSAT

Legal Status: Public Autonomous Agency, reporting to the Minister of FinanceLegal Status: Public Autonomous Agency, reporting to the Minister of Finance

MISSION STATEMENT: BUILDING CAPACITIES IN PFM IN LEBANON AND THE MENA REGION1- Contribute to the development of human resources and capacity in public financial management

2- Strengthen cooperation and networking, the transfer of knowledge and good practices3- Promote a culture of excellence and innovation in public sector

The Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan

1996 2003 2006The Institute is created as

French bilateral cooperation project

The Institute is granted the status of public autonomous

agency

The Institute is named “The Institutdes Finances Basil Fuleihan”

in memory of the late Basil Fuleihan

How are we building TOMORROW’S workforce?

Source: World Bank, Public Financial Management Reform in the Middle East and North Africa: An overview of regional experience (ReportNo.55061-MNA), June 2010

Are we, training institutions, aware of the real needs in PFM?

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Do we have visibility about manpower planning and needed competencies?

while civil service is weighed down by massive recruitment and low productivity

The MENA region ranks at the bottom on the index of overall governance quality

Sources: Presentation on “Employment creation, poverty reduction and social integration in the Arab world: The unfinished agenda ( June 2013) IMF and World Bank data, 2011

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Morocco

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Are we training for competencies?

TECHNICAL

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The Civil Servant Competencies’ Framework

Are we investing enough time and resources in our training content? Are we questioning our methods?What values are we promoting?

Are we working together enough?Are we aligning our training offer to demand?

Ministries of Finance

Civil Servie Boards

Ministries of Planning and Cooperation

Oversight/Audit

Institutions

Otherbeneficiairies

SUPPLY

DEMAND

Are we contributing to producing knowledge and helping organizations embrace the knowledge economy?

Are we part of the strategic policy making process or are we just training providers?

Being successful in a post-conflict environmentThe case of Lebanon

A permanent sovereign debt risk

Sources: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, April 2013

GDP growth highly affected by the political tensions and the Syrian crisis

Lebanon : A fragile situation

The case of public procurement CD

Source: OECD (2011) Survey on Reporting Back on progress made since the 2008 Procurement Recommendation

Are procurement officials recognized as a specific profession?

Creating toolsNational Procurement Manual and 5 Standard Bidding Documents

Building the vision Understanding the existing workforce Profile and needs assessment

• A relatively young workforce: Average age in the profession is 45 years

• Long length of service: 18 years in public service and 11 years in current position.

• Male to female ratio: 1.4

• Well educated: 86% have a graduate or post-graduate degree, mainly in Law (28%), Accounting

(18%), Administration (18%), Literature and others (14%) and Engineering (12%)

• A scattered function: 48% have functions that cover the entire procurement process

• Few managerial/leadership positions: 26% of practitioners hold their current position on an

interim basis

• Capacity gap: 65% of surveyed Ministries reported shortages in qualified procurement staff

• Significant turnover: 34% declared a significant turnover in their cadre

• 87% of training are on-the-job training (observation and coaching)

• Lack of standardization: Only around 25% use the draft procurement manuals

• Little exposure: 70% of procurement practitioners are not familiar with new trends/practices

Training for competencies The first certification program for the public sector

Building local capacities 25 Lebanese expert trainers

1- A pool of 25 Lebanese expert trainers

3- An e-community of learning http://www.institutdesfinances.gov.lb/English/Communities_of_Learning_Public_Procurement

2- North-South exchange

Reaching for the policy dimension

National Training Coordinators

Human ResourcesManagement

Ecole Nationale

D’AdministrationInstitut des Finances Basil Fuleihan

Centre de Recherche et de Développement Pédagogiques

Institut Arabe pour la Formation Parlementaire et les Etudes Législatives

Civil Service Board Institute of

JudicialStudies

Office of Minister of State for Administrative Reform Centre

d’Entraînement pour le Renforcement de la Sûreté Aéroportuaire

LebaneseArmyTraining Institute

Institute of InternalSecurity Forces Central

Bank of Lebanon

NGOs, Privatesector,

Universities, Intl.

Organizations

Municipalities

Ministries

Public institutions Oversight/

Audit Institutions

Othertraining

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Privatesector

Otherbeneficiairies

Creating dialogue, Building consensus

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DEMAND

Investing in PEOPLE

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Thank you

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