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Manual On Good Administration Principles

Recommendations to the Administration
Regarding the Principle

The administration should consider the following points regarding the
principle of accountability:
➢ The administration should determine standards and job definitions
clearly to ensure the formation of an accountable administration,
evoking a sense of ownership and adoption of the responsibility of
the administration to account for its acts and actions; and in case of
delegation of authority, the limits therefor should be enforced clearly
and expressed in written.
➢ The administration must make maximum efforts to proceed cautiously
during the formation of its auditing units and welcome public scrutiny
of their acts and actions at all time.
➢ The administration should make human resources planning in line
with the duties, objectives and targets assigned thereto and attach
importance to the employment based on merit and competence in
recruitment and promotion.
➢ The principles and procedures for decision-making processes must be
clear and accessible, administrative procedures must be simplified,
service standards in accordance with transparency, clarity and
predictability principles should be declared publicly, and necessary
up-to-date practices against changing conditions should be reflected
to the functioning.
➢ The administration must attach importance to reporting in terms
of accountability, periodic reporting on a regular basis should be
ensured, due diligence should be exercised for the reports to be open
to examination by those concerned and include accurate and reliable
information.
➢ The administration should prepare and announce business processes
for the tasks assigned to it and declare them with the updates against
changing tasks and conditions in a timely manner.
➢ The administration should manage public income, assets and liabilities
effectively, economically and efficiently; identify risky factors regarding
internal functioning and service provision to the citizens and take
measures required therefor and required revision should be done.
➢ The administration should prepare its strategic plans in a participatory
understanding and based on a realistic approach in plain language in
line with the purposes and objectives of the institution with a view
to ensuring effective and efficient use of the resources as well as
transparency and accountability; accordingly, the same points should
be considered in the preparation of performance programmes, as well.

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