OECD Conference Centre, Paris, 9-10 December 2010

 

The 2010 annual meeting of the Public Employment and Management Working Party (PEMWP) built on the discussions and the communiqué of the OECD Public Governance Committee at Ministerial level that took place in Venice on 15 November 2010. Ministers underscored the crucial need to improve public sector productivity and foster a more efficient, effective and innovative government to face fiscal challenges and an uncertain economic outlook. Thus, discussions in the PEMWP meeting focused on  "doing more with less" through adjustments to workforce size, allocation, competencies and compensation.

 

Ministers emphasized the need for evidence-based advice to support policy-making process. Hence, members of the PEMWP discussed indicators that review what was done in the past and new indicators on workforce restructuring, strategic HRM, political influence, industrial relations, and, most importantly, on the compensation of government employees. All these indicators constitute a significant contribution of the PEM working party to Government at a Glance 2011.

 

PEMWP members also discussed the preliminary conclusions and recommendations of the peer review of HRM in Mexico.

 

Agenda

 

Session 1

Welcome and introductory remarks

Louise McGirr (Chair) Rolf Alter  (Director, GOV)

 

Session 2

Major HRM developments in the context of financial pressures in OECD countries

Country representatives

 

Session 3

Public servants as partners for growth: Strengthening a leaner and more equitable government workforce

Presentations  "Getting it right: Restructuring the Government workforce" United States Federal Government Workforce: Planning in an Era of Change Strengthening a leaner and more equitable government workforce

 

Session 4

Informing the strategic decisions of governments: The role and management of Ministerial Advisors

Presentation Transparency in strategic decision-making: Results of the survey

 

Session 5

Moving forward: Adjusting the compensation of employees to attract and retain a competent workforce in the context of financial pressures

Presentations  Restricting compensation: Italy, Iceland, Mexico  Containing growth in compensation costs: Canada Revamping the whole pay systems: Japan, Portugal  Individualising and delegating pay: Sweden

   

Session 6

Providing evidence: HRM indicators for Government at a Glance 2011

Results of 2010 survey on strategic management of HRM in central governments Results of the 2010 Survey on Compensation of Public Employees

 

Session 7

The challenges of professionalising public servants in Mexico

Presentation  The Professional Public Servant: Towards a Transcendent Public Service Comments from peer reviewers

 

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