Technical Co-operation
| Date | 01 September 1972 |
| Published date | 01 September 1972 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002085237203800319 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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The
afternoon
meeting
was
devoted
to
consideration
of
The
Future
of
Relations
between
the
Administration
and
the
Private
Sector.
Mr. de
Baecque,
Councillor
of
State,
compared
the
organizational
structure
of
the
Administration
with
that
of
the
private
sector.
That
in
the
public
sector
was
dominated
by
the
notion
of
public
service,
which
involved
obligations.
In
that
respect,
the
organization
differed
from
that
of
the
private
sector
from
the
points
of
view
of
choice
of
personnel,
establishment
of
financial
means,
internal
decision-making,
and
approval
of
the
distribu-
tion
of
duties
and
responsibilities.
The
measures
adopted
to
improve
the
posi-
tion
were
much
more
flexible
management
and
the
creation
of
new
legal
devices
to
support
action,
chiefly
including
the
use
of
associations
established
under
the
Act
of
1901,
in
spite
of
the
Court
of
Audit’s
criticism,
and
the
relaxation
of
certain
budgetary
rules,
particu-
larly
as
regards
advances,
control,
and
decon-
centration.
The
advent
and
development
of
informatics
now
called
for
forethought
and
knowledge
of
the
work
to
be
undertaken,
and
the
introduc-
tion
of
new
instruments,
such
as
analytical
accounting,
programme
budgeting,
integrated
equipment,
and
responsible
management
cen-
tres
(of
which
the
new
organization
of
the
Ministry
of
Education
was
an
example).
That
could
not
be
accomplished
without
difiiculty,
particularly
because
the
new
structure
was
superimposed
on
the
old,
with
some
result-
ing
confusion.
Mr.
Louf,
Comptroller
General,
speaking
on
Management
in
the
Administration
and
in
the
Private
Sector,
described
the
new
arrangements
that
had
been
adopted
or
were
being
examined
with
a
view
to
being
applied
in
the
Ministry
of
Defence.
They
provided
an
excellent
example
of
the
efforts
made
by
the
Administration
to
become
adjusted
to
a
changing
world :
very
many
of
the
changes
made
or
contemplated
were
influenced
by
techniques
used
in
the
private
sector.
The
difficulties
encountered
were
closely
akin
to
those
met
by
large
private
enterprises
which
made
fundamental
changes
in
their
organiza-
tion.
Of
course,
the
example
given
was
limited
to
one
Ministry
and
to
one
of
its
activities,
the
preparation
and
execution
of
the
budget,
but
it
was
promising
and
was
instructive
by
the
problems
it
raised.
Those
problems,
apart
from
their
financial,
technical,
or
strategical
aspects,
were
acute
in
the
very
peculiar
case
of
the
French
Administration.
Mr.
Cultiaux,
Prefect,
indicated
that
training
efforts
should
be
made
and,
above
all,
the
rules
concerning
recruitment
should
be
revised.
Mr. de
Baecque
criticized
the
fact
that
open
competition
was
the
usual
and
almost
only
method
for
the
recruitment
of
French
public
servants,
and
thought
that
efforts
to
provide
continuing
training
for
French
civil
servants
would
meet
with
much
less
opposition
than
would
substantial
changes
in
the
recruitment
rules.
The
last
statement
at
the
Colloquium
was
by
Mr.
Ripoche,
Head
of
the
Administration-
Enterprises
Unit.
The
Unit,
formed
in
June
1971,
was
attached
to
the
Prime
Minister’s
Office
for
the
purpose
of
informing
him
of
the
progress
made
in
administrative
reforms
primarily
intended
to
simplify
procedure.
The
future
will
show
whether
that
institution,
before
which
any
enterprises
may
bring
their
grievances
against
the
administration,
may
be
compared
mutatis
mutandis with
the
various
Ombudsmen
found
in
the
Anglo-Saxon
coun-
tries.
Technical
Co-operation
COLOMBIA
The
Inter-American
School
of
Public
Admin-
istration
(EIAP),
Rio
de
Janeiro,
which
is
a
part
of
the
Getulio
Vargas
Foundation,
has
signed
an
agreement
with
the
Inter-American
Development
Bank
(IDB)
in
order
to
provide
technical
assistance
to
the
Administrative
Department
of
the
Public
Service
(DASP)
and
to
the
Colombian
Graduate
School
of
Public
Administration
for
implementing
a
national
training
scheme
in
administrative
techniques.
EIAP
contributed
by
sending
a
mission
of
specialists
from
Brazil
and
other
Latin
Ameri-
can
countries.
It
will
extend
over
a
two-
year
period
and
follow
up
other
missions
which
had
enabled
basic
studies
and
surveys
of
the
present
scheme
to
be
carried
out.
The
activities
of
EIAP
have
been
focused,
since
March,
on
the
training
of
trainers
and
on
in-service
training
in
general
and
personnel
administration,
in
financial,
budgetary
and
taxation
administration,
in
project
manage-
ment,
and
in
local
development
administration.
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