Good governance in public administration discussed at OSCE-supported event in Bishkek

The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supported a round-table discussion, on 14 November 2018 in Bishkek, where Kyrgyzstan’s draft Unified Register of Functions of Ministries and State Agencies was brought for discussion to the public. The register is meant to systematize functions and bringing them into one coherent list.

“The register gives a clear overview of all functions in ministries and state agencies at the national level,” said Eni Gjergji, Acting Head of the Economic and Environmental Dimension of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek. “This functional review identified redundant functions, duplications between state agencies, missing functions, as well as inconsistencies and omissions in the legal framework that hinder state agencies from performing their duties.”

The register is the result of a six-month project supported by Programme Office in Bishkek, which was initiated at the request of the Prime Minister’s Office and implemented by the Centre for Public Policy NGONGO
non-governmental organization.

The register was drafted by a group of experienced national experts who worked in close co-operation with the Kyrgyz Ministry of Economy. This expert group profoundly analyzed the functions of 35 ministries and state agencies, as well as conducted an analysis of laws and legal acts regulating the activities of ministries and state agencies. The local expert community, representatives of state bodies and the Prime Minister’s Office collaborated on and contributed to the final version of the register. 

The register covers 35 ministries and state agencies. It does not include bodies that operate in the areas of national defence, state borders protection, national security and law- enforcement. 

Mirbek Akmatov, Head of the civil service sector in the Prime Minister’s Office, said: “Based on the results of this important analysis, we can clarify the tasks and functions, optimize the structure of the ministries and state agencies. Thus, this register allows creating the conditions for systemic changes in public administration.”

The aim of this project was to support the efforts of the host government in increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the public administration system, with the ultimate goal of improving service delivery to the citizens of Kyrgyzstan.