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COFOG description of #cofog0131 - General personnel services (CS) (function of government class) (Ens Dictionary).

#cofog0131 is the #tagcoding hashtag for #cofog0131 - General personnel services (CS). Use it when tagcoding or searching content about this function of government.

For the function of government in a specific country, add the country's ISO code to #cofog0131, for instance #cofog0131DZ¹ for a post or tweet about #cofog0131 - General personnel services (CS) in Algeria.

For quite a number of functions of government, the recently agreed Sustainable Development Goals and Targets provide measurable targets.

To know what initiatives have been undertaken, or are being undertaken, the DAC 5 and CRS Purpose Codes (OECD DAC) can be used to consult the OECD DCD-DAC Development finance statistics or the IATI Datastore.

For each function of government a substantial number of online resources are available. Some of these resources are listed here. Additions can be suggested in comments, or posts using #cofog0131.

A Collaborative Planning Methodology is (simple) repeatable process that can be used to improve the quality of a function of government.

Check the tabs for some possible questions and a format for documenting the collaborative planning for an improved function of government resulting from Awareness, capacity & care for #LocalizingSDGs.

For persons:
Objectives for the recruiter and civil servant.
Options: Leadership coaching, staff exchanges and visits, peer-to-peer learning

For organizations:
A well-functioning public service, accessible to all citizens.

In a territory:

What are feasible objectives & options for delivering this function of government? Taking into consideration dependencies on the country's resource endowments, what options exist to achieve which objectives for this function of government?

Civil service commissions should avoid cronyism, nepotism, and other forms of favoritism. They should introduce merit-based recruitment, and ensure a representative and service-oriented public service.
As an employer, the public sector should tap the full potential of all segments of the population. There should be a legal framework with clear policies for managing diversity in the public service.

A representative, merit-based, service-oriented public service can provide a model for participation, inclusive decision-making, reconciliation and social cohesion, and proactive peacebuilding.

What goes wrong and why?
Gaps can be articulated with respect to a result framework or the Sustainable development goals (#SDGs). One must take into consideration the level of scope, and its level of development (in a peer group).

In the diagnostics we must also clarify cause-effect relationships in a diagnostic hypothesis.

Government needs an accurate count of a country’s public servants and an accurate picture of their knowledge and skills.

In broad terms two regimes are described as follows:

1. Regime 1: A situation where political parties in power protect certain ethnic, political or religious interests, and corruption and nepotism flourishes (Regime 1).
2. Regime 2: A pluralistic public sector workforce of high-performing public servants (Regime 2).

What guidelines can be formulated for delivering this function of government?

The guidelines for actors at the various level of scope had better be informed by a Theory of Change that is aligned with a strong diagnostic hypothesis for the function of government.

pico: recruiter, candidate, civil or public servant, (party) leaders
micro: the public service organisation
meso: civil service commission

1. Public private partnerships which may involve cooperatives² may offer suitable models for delivering certain functions of government! What are (open access) best practices? What are workable public-private boundaries in delivering this function?
2. The level of scope in guidelines is reflected in the socio-technical level of roles. Each role must be defined in one of Pico roles, Micro roles, Meso roles or Macro roles. When a role is referenced here, its definition page should also contain a link to this page.

#COFOG01 - General Public Services

• #cofog0111 - Executive and legislative organs (CS)
• #cofog0112 - Financial and fiscal affairs (CS)
• #cofog0113 - External affairs (CS)
• #cofog0121 - Economic aid to developing countries and countries in transition (CS)
• #cofog0122 - Economic aid routed through international organizations (CS)
• #cofog0131 - General personnel services (CS)
• #cofog0132 - Overall planning and statistical services (CS)
• #cofog0133 - Other general services (CS)
• #cofog0140 - Basic research (CS)
• #cofog0150 - R&D General public services (CS)
• #cofog0160 - General public services n.e.c. (CS)
• #cofog0170 - Public debt transactions (CS)
• #cofog0180 - Transfers of a general character between different levels of government (CS)

• #COFOG01 - General Public Services
• #COFOG02 - Defence
• #COFOG03 - Public Order and Safety
• #COFOG04 - Economic Affairs
• #COFOG05 - Environmental Protection
• #COFOG06 - Housing and Community Amenities
• #COFOG07 - Health
• #COFOG08 - Recreation, Culture and Religion
• #COFOG09 - Education
• #COFOG10 - Social Protection

Other functions of government via Tag cloud for functions of government (term cloud).

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