Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Thursday met with the head of the Central Agency for Organisation and Administration (CAOA) to review the agency’s efforts in administrative development and institutional reform.
During the Sunday meeting in New Alamein, Madbouly stressed the importance of strengthening the agency’s role in improving the efficiency of the state’s administrative apparatus and affirmed his full support for all administrative reform efforts. He highlighted the government’s particular focus on the central competition system implemented by CAOA, which he said plays a pivotal role in selecting the best candidates for public sector jobs.
CAOA head Hatem Nabil reviewed several files the agency is working on, including the development of the central competitions system. New procedures have been introduced, such as “preferences,” which allow successful candidates to be nominated for the same job in other governorates with unfilled vacancies, and “waiting lists,” which enable the agency to draw on candidates who passed the exams but were not initially selected.
Nabil noted that last week, more than 200 candidates from a waiting list were appointed to a competition for 22,000 assistant mathematics teacher positions.
He also announced that between January and August, CAOA held central competitions for more than 130,000 jobs, which attracted over half a million applicants.
Nabil added that the agency has completed an update of its internal structure, which will be implemented from Oct. 1. The new structure will operate on a “one-stop-shop” model, where each government entity will deal with a single central department within the agency for various matters. Central department heads will be granted authority to make decisions within a framework that ensures the quality and speed of execution.
The CAOA head also outlined several measures to improve the agency’s working mechanisms, including more flexible task performance methods, simplified internal procedures, expanded use of technology for file tracking, and enhanced communication channels with government agencies.
