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This provision strengthens the powers of Parliament, which now has control
over its agenda, adopts its development programmes and plans and
expresses prior opinion for appointment to high state positions. As for the
Constitutional Council, it now elects from its ranks its president and may be
referred to by 1/10th of the elected officials of a Chamber, the Senate or the
National Assembly.
1.4. Effectiveness of the administration
The Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Security (MFPTSS) has
adopted
a
public
policy,
namely
the
Ten-year
Strategic
Plan
for
Modernization of the Administration (PSDMA) over the period 2011-2020. It
aims at making Burkina Faso, “a rule of law, which has a modern,
efficient development-oriented administration in the service of the
general interest, the citizen and the user». Its adoption confirms the
Government’s desire to ensure that the administration and all development
actors are at the service of the general interest, by enhancing accessibility,
effectiveness and transparency in the functioning of public services.
To that end, the MFPTSS initiated in 2012 a process of successive reforms
with a view to providing all citizens with a republican and efficient
administration.
In terms of optimal management of public human resources, the
Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Security in collaboration with
the Centre africain de management et de perfectionnement des cadres
(CAMPC) organized in April and October 2012 two (02) sessions of Top
management. These are training seminars for newly-appointed officials to
the Council of Ministers on leadership management.
Moreover, the Human Resource Management Conference (CGRH) was held in
2012. It serves as “a framework for assessing government policy in the area
of administrative governance and public human resource management”. The
objective is to ensure forward and strategic planning of human resources in
the Public Service. It continues to hold its annual meeting, by allying the
exercise with the budget calendar, so that the results in terms of estimation