Article 8. Powers of Specially Authorized State Body in the field of Public Civil Service

The Agency for Development of Public Service under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be a specially authorized state body in the field of the public civil service (hereinafter referred to as the specially authorized state body).

Specially authorized state body shall:

implement a unified state policy in the field of public civil service;

develop and implement state programs and projects in the field of public civil service;

coordinate, within its powers, the activities of state bodies in the field of personnel policy;

monitor and analyze trends and prospects for the development of the civil service, and develop proposals for improving this area;

submit to the heads of state bodies binding for consideration submissions on the elimination of identified violations of the legislation on the public civil service, the causes and conditions that contribute to them;

introduce innovative methods of personnel management and development of human resources in the field of civil service;

introduce a system of measurable indicators (key objectives) for evaluating the performance of public civil servants and analyze their results, study public opinion and participate in the formation of an open rating of heads of state bodies;

organize the competitive selection of personnel for the public civil service;

introduce and consistently improve information and communication technologies in the field of the public civil service, form a database of public civil servants with ensuring the security of their personal data;

assist in protecting the rights and legitimate interests of public civil servants, as well as in creating appropriate conditions for their labor activity and social protection;

carry out cooperation with state bodies of foreign states and international organizations in the field of public civil service, participate in the conclusion of international treaties of the Republic of Uzbekistan in this area.

A specially authorized state body may exercise other powers in accordance with the legislation.