Ministerial committee to reform public sector holds its first meeting

AMMAN — The ministerial steering committee to reform and develop the public sector on Tuesday held its first meeting, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The committee, headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Economic Affairs Jafar Hassan, was recently formed to work intensively on reaching a public policy and an executive programme to reform the sector within three months.

The committee will be discussing means to activate the accountability principle, performance assessment, mechanism of appointing leaders and management of employment applicants at the Civil Service Bureau.

The panel also aims at increasing the productivity of public sector employees, determining the size of the sector in terms of the number of institutions and employees, and redistributing human resources, among others.