(VOVworld) – The Center for Research and Training of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) held a seminar on Friday on the results of a survey on Vietnam’s Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI). PAPI provides a set of objective indicators that help assess the performance of governance and public administration, while at the same time providing an incentive for provinces to improve their performance over the long term.

A workshop on a PAPI 2015 survey in the Central and Central Highlands (illustrative photo)

PAPI is a joint collaboration between the VFF, the Centre for Community Support Development Studies (CECODES) under the Viet Nam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Viet Nam from 2011 to 2015 in 63 provinces and cities.

At the seminar, delegates analyzed administrative changes at the national level over the past 5 years and suggestions for local administrations to improve their management and public service delivery systems.