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candidates and by the lack of candidatures in certain options. For the 2012
direct examinations, out of a total of 121 authorized, 55 examinations were
opened. This readjustment was aimed at reducing the number of competitive
examinations, while maintaining the number of posts to be filled. The
objective of this reorganization is to control organizational expenses and the
search for efficiency of the recruitment and professional training processes.
Hence, 8,370 posts were filled out of the 8,544 vacancies, for a total of
411,374 candidatures. This process enables the administration to have a
framework that appropriately meets the demands of citizens.
Concerning
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the
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deconcentrating its training networks in order to ensure proximity training
under the best conditions was pursued. After the Regional Institutes of
Administration (IRA) of the Hauts Bassins and Fada N’Gourma, the
Ouahigouya and Ziniaré IRAs were opened in 2012.
Despite the reforms initiated by the Government, the Burkinabe public
administration is facing structural and functional problems that are having a
negative impact on its efficiency. The dysfunctions may be perceived at the
organizational, operational and behavioural levels.
At the organizational level, the low concentration of the administrative
structures and their instability, following the institutional changes, which
are at times translated by mergers/takeovers, breakups and abolitions of
ministries or institutions inhibit the efforts and achievements already made.
At the operational level, extensive bureaucracy, low incentive working
conditions, inadequate office accommodation in the services, laxity, petty
corruption, rudimentary working conditions, lack of support measures have
impact negatively on the motivation and output of officials.
At the behavioural level, the quasi-permanent presence of intermediary
agents between the administration and the citizens, the discourteous
behaviour of certain agents vis-à-vis the citizens, the refusal of some citizens