By Keo Pech Metta
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
A group of donor countries, including the UK, USAID, the World Bank, the European Union, has pushed the Royal Government of Cambodia to use to a pay scale for civil servants commensurate to the working ability of each civil servant.
Bou Saroeun, a WB liaison officer in Phnom Penh, said that the donors who are development partners (with the Cambodian government) have put to test this pay scale system for a period of 5 years, starting from 2006, by providing a $7 million funding of aid for the test to be conducted at the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Bou Saroeun said: “In the past, all the donor countries gave out salaries according their individual plan, therefore, we want to strengthen this salary issue in the entire country. So instead of paying supplementary salary, we pay according to the skills (of the employees) instead. This means that civil servants who are providing the various services, if they do a good job, their salaries will also reflect this.”
In a meeting held in Phnom Penh of 21 June 2007 regarding the idea of using a pay scale commensurate with civil servants’ quality of work, Keat Chhon, the minister of Economy and Finance, said that his ministry has adopted a pay scale for civil servants commensurate with the quality of their work starting from May 2005, and up to now, good results have been obtained because these civil servants pay attention to their work, and are highly responsible.
Dr Hang Chuan Naron, secretary-general of the ministry of economy and finance, indicated that for the testing of the use of the pay scale commensurate with the quality of the works at his ministry, five groups have been set up: (1) the group of secretary-generals and deputy secretary-generals who earn (monthly) between $565 and $679, (2) directors and deputy directors who earn between $406 and $508, (3) office directors or group directors who earn between $226 and $256, (4) deputy office directors or Oddam Montrei who earn between $203 and $226, and (5) for other civil servants and clerks who are supported by the salary reform program, and earn between $50 to $126.
WB’s Bou Saroeun said the donor countries want to see all civil servants working at the Ministry of Economy and Finance be subjected to a pay scale commensurate to their quality of their work (rather than just for the lower levels civil servants working at the ministry).
Bou Saroeun, a WB liaison officer in Phnom Penh, said that the donors who are development partners (with the Cambodian government) have put to test this pay scale system for a period of 5 years, starting from 2006, by providing a $7 million funding of aid for the test to be conducted at the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Bou Saroeun said: “In the past, all the donor countries gave out salaries according their individual plan, therefore, we want to strengthen this salary issue in the entire country. So instead of paying supplementary salary, we pay according to the skills (of the employees) instead. This means that civil servants who are providing the various services, if they do a good job, their salaries will also reflect this.”
In a meeting held in Phnom Penh of 21 June 2007 regarding the idea of using a pay scale commensurate with civil servants’ quality of work, Keat Chhon, the minister of Economy and Finance, said that his ministry has adopted a pay scale for civil servants commensurate with the quality of their work starting from May 2005, and up to now, good results have been obtained because these civil servants pay attention to their work, and are highly responsible.
Dr Hang Chuan Naron, secretary-general of the ministry of economy and finance, indicated that for the testing of the use of the pay scale commensurate with the quality of the works at his ministry, five groups have been set up: (1) the group of secretary-generals and deputy secretary-generals who earn (monthly) between $565 and $679, (2) directors and deputy directors who earn between $406 and $508, (3) office directors or group directors who earn between $226 and $256, (4) deputy office directors or Oddam Montrei who earn between $203 and $226, and (5) for other civil servants and clerks who are supported by the salary reform program, and earn between $50 to $126.
WB’s Bou Saroeun said the donor countries want to see all civil servants working at the Ministry of Economy and Finance be subjected to a pay scale commensurate to their quality of their work (rather than just for the lower levels civil servants working at the ministry).
2 comments:
It is authentical to raise the salary for civil servants to avoid corruption that is practising systematically...but it might not improve because the anti-corruption law and its enforcement as well as its international standard is dim...
Hun Sen government seems have no willingness to solve this problem because when justice and equity are on the track, their absolute power and leadership will be faced difficulty...
KY
I have hilighted this problem for many years that Cambodia Government should raise the salary to all their officials to a liveable level before thinking of combatting with corruption problems to all the lower level officials. But for hight level, there are so many ways to determine their curruption wealth. People must have well feed first before having good moral to think of other moral ways. Areak Prey
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