Mr. Samdan Tsedendamba is the director of the Civil Service Council of Mongolia. The role of the council is to support and train the civil service and public administrators who work for the national and local governments.
In 1996, the Parliament adopted the Law of Civil Servants to establish a civil servant and public administation workforce throughout Mongolia. In 2002, an amendment to the law created an independent council (the Civil Service Council of Mongolia) to support the training and development of a professional public sector workforce for all levels of government in Mongolia. The council members serve 10 year terms and are appointed by the State Great Hural (Parliament).
The Civil Service Council (CSC) created a subscription certification program in cooperation with the National Academy of Governance to provide educational opportunities for the civil servants in their respective fields or programs of work.
In Mongolia, four categories of civil servants were established. They are:
The primary challenge for Mongolia is how to protect the civil service employees jobs. When political power changes hands - whether it's within the same political party or a different political party - the civil servants fear the loss of their jobs. In 2002 and 2008, the Parliament passed civil servant protection laws to prevent the loss of the country's professional public workers. In practice, these laws have done little to prevent political cronyism and favoritism. The challenge is how to given these laws "teeth" so that they can be enforced.
While my notes from this meeting are short, the discussion was deep and very substantive. We went way over our one hour alloted time. We discussed Kentucky's past history and the creation of the Kentucky Merit System. The growth pains that Mongolia is experiencing seem to mirror those that Kentucky and the US have experienced over the past 200 years. It seems that they are us all over again. I really did not realize the importance of bureacratic structure as the underpinning for making our democracy work. A very interesting discussion. Time flew by!
Mr. Samdan Tsedendamba, Director of the Civil Service Council of Mongolia
In 1996, the Parliament adopted the Law of Civil Servants to establish a civil servant and public administation workforce throughout Mongolia. In 2002, an amendment to the law created an independent council (the Civil Service Council of Mongolia) to support the training and development of a professional public sector workforce for all levels of government in Mongolia. The council members serve 10 year terms and are appointed by the State Great Hural (Parliament).
The Civil Service Council (CSC) created a subscription certification program in cooperation with the National Academy of Governance to provide educational opportunities for the civil servants in their respective fields or programs of work.
In Mongolia, four categories of civil servants were established. They are:
- Political civil servants and administrators - the staff of the elected officials
- Public administrative staff - work for the public sector in the Aimag (county) offices
- State Special Organizations - Customs & Immigration, police, emergency responders and tax offices
- State service employees - teachers and anyone who receive funding from the public budget
The primary challenge for Mongolia is how to protect the civil service employees jobs. When political power changes hands - whether it's within the same political party or a different political party - the civil servants fear the loss of their jobs. In 2002 and 2008, the Parliament passed civil servant protection laws to prevent the loss of the country's professional public workers. In practice, these laws have done little to prevent political cronyism and favoritism. The challenge is how to given these laws "teeth" so that they can be enforced.
While my notes from this meeting are short, the discussion was deep and very substantive. We went way over our one hour alloted time. We discussed Kentucky's past history and the creation of the Kentucky Merit System. The growth pains that Mongolia is experiencing seem to mirror those that Kentucky and the US have experienced over the past 200 years. It seems that they are us all over again. I really did not realize the importance of bureacratic structure as the underpinning for making our democracy work. A very interesting discussion. Time flew by!
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