MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING / MINSTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS ./ NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PHOUNXAY PHOMMYXAY ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF THE CENTRAL OFFICE OF LAO PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY PARTY IN THE CONDITIONS OF CONSOLIDATING A NUMBER OF LEADERSHIP TITLES Major: Public Management Serial: 34 04 03 SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL THESIS OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT HANOI - 2019 The thesis is done in: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Supervisor: Prof.Phd Vu Duc Dan Prof.Phd Nguyen Van Hau Reviewer 1: …………………………………………………………… ……………………………….…………………………… Reviewer 2: …………………………………………………………… ……………………………… …………………………… Reviewer 3: …………………………………………………………… ………………………………….………………………… The thesis is defended in Thesis Evaluation Council, National Academy of Public Administration Location: Meeting room ……., Building … – Thesis Defense Hall, National Academy of Public Administration Number: 77 - Nguyen Chi Thanh street - Dong Da District – Hanoi city Time: at 15 dated 25th Jan, 2018 The thesis can be found in the library of National Academy of Public Administration or on the website of the Post-graduate Department, National Academy of Public Administration INTRODUCTION The reason for choosing the topic The office plays an important part in each agency and organization, it is an advisory department which assists directly to the leader, is a contact point between leaders and functional units inside and outside the organization In order for this function to be implemented, the organization and operation of the office needs to be completed and continuously improve the quality of its operations Central Office of the Revolutionary Laos People's Party plays an important role in the organizational structure of the political system of the Laos People's Democratic Republic, assisting the Central Executive Committee, directly the Politburo, the Secretariat in organizing and managing the leadership of the Party The organizational structure will affect the operation of the Central Office The operation has a strong influence on the quality of advisory, general and logistical work of the Central Office The operation quality of the Central Office has an impact on the overall operation of the Lao People's Party apparatus In terms of reality, the Central Office used to be consolidated with the Governmental Office (GO) (from 1976 - 1992) to perform the functions and duties of advising and assisting the Central Executive Committee and the Government It can be seen that the consolidation was carried out in history The consolidation brings about the unity, focus in organization, and execution of the Party's affairs and state management, which contributes to perfecting the state apparatus as well as strengthening Party leadership positions In order to well implement this issue, the position, role as well as functions and tasks of the Central Office should be constantly improved, especially the advisory tasks of the office The unification between the Party and the State still has many problems to be solved Therefore, enhancing the advisory role of the Central Office is necessary and objective Therefore, the author chose the issue "The organization and operation of the Central Office of Lao People’s Revolutionary Party in the condition of consolidating a number of leadership titles" as the research topic of the doctoral thesis Research aims and tasks 2.1 Research aims On the basis of the organizational and operational theory of the Central Office in the condition of unifying the titles of Lao General Secretary and State President, the titles of Chief of the Central Office and Party Secretary of the Central Office, the thesis assesses the status of organization and operation of the Central Office, thereby to propose a number of solutions to renovate organization and operation of the Central Office in order to improve its operational quality and efficiency 2.2 Research tasks The thesis carries out the following tasks: Overview of works on organization and operation of the office, including the Central Office; Developing theoretical framework on organization and operation of the Central Office in the condition of consolidating a number of leadership titles; Assessing the current status of organization and operation of the Central Office; Proposing solutions to reform the organization and operation of the Central Office Subjects and scope of research - Research object of the topic is the way of organization and operation of the Central Office - Research topic on organizational structure and operation of the Central Office from various Congresses of Lao People's Democratic Party up to now and orientation for the XI term (2021-2026) and the next one Methodology and research methods 4.1 Methodological basis The thesis studies the issues based on Marxist-Leninist doctrine, Cayxon Phomvihan thought with dialectical materialist perspective, historical materialist perspective, and systematic perspective 4.2 Research Methods During the research process, the author has used theoretical research methods; practical summary method; expert consultation method Scientific hypothesis and research questions 5.1 Scientific hypothesis In Lao PDR, the assisting apparatus for the General Secretary is the Central Office, the assisting apparatus for the President is the President's Office However, the title of General Secretary and title of President is unified Therefore, if the Central Office and the President's Office are consolidated, the apparatus will be streamlined, the quality and efficiency will be higher 5.2 Research question How does the consolidation of a number of leadership titles in Lao PDR have an impact on the organization and operation of party committee-level offices and state agencies at the local, central levels, Office of the State President and the Central Office? What advantages and disadvantages does the organization and operation of the Central Office have when consolidating some leadership titles? What should be done in order for the Central Office to operate effectively in the condition of consolidating some leadership titles? New contributions of the topic 6.1 In theory - Researching comprehensively, systematically the theoretical issues of the Central Office, developing a theoretical framework on organization and operation of the Central Office - Point out the factors affecting the organization and operation of the Central Office in the condition of consolidating some certain leadership titles - List some reference values for the Central Office in organization and operation 6.2 In reality - Based on the theoretical framework of the office, the thesis has analyzed and evaluated comprehensively and systematically the organization and operation status of Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Office - Determining views and solutions to reform the organization and operation of Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Office The scientific and practical significance of the topic The research results of the thesis will provide more scientific basis for organization and operation of the office; contributing to amending the institutions on organization and operation of the Central Office; providing the Central Office with some solutions to innovate organization and operation; acting as a teaching and reference material for organization and operation of the office in Lao PDR The structure of the thesis In addition to the introduction, conclusion, the thesis has chapters Chapter OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH SITUATION RELATED TO THE THESIS 1.1 The studied issues The organization and operation of offices in general and the Central Office in particular has been mentioned by many researches, especially master's theses in different specialties Through the research works, the author found that although the organization and operation of the office is referred, only one or several aspects of the office are mentioned The approach of each research work is different, some are based on human resources of the office, while others on the information system of the office, or on the office's functions 1.2 The issues that need further research - Developing a theoretical framework for the organization and operation of the Central Office in the context of consolidating the leadership titles - Evaluating the current status of organization and operation of the Central Office to clarify the achievements, limitations and its causes in the organization and operation of the Central Office today - Finding out solutions to reform the organization and operation of the Central Office in the context of consolidating the leadership titles Conclusion chapter Through the study of works related to the topic, the thesis has found the results to inherit, at the same time the knowledge gaps, the issues to be deployed so as not to overlap with other works It can be seen that the thesis has reached the goal set out as an overview of the organization and operation of the office to find out what results the research works have achieved, what limitations need to be further researched Chapter SCIENTIFIC BASIS ON ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF THE CENTRAL OFFICE OF LAO PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY PARTY IN THE CONDITIONS OF CONSOLIDATING A NUMBER OF LEADERSHIP TITLES 2.1 General overview of the office 2.1.1 Concept, characteristics of the office - Definition: The office is an executive and general apparatus of an agency and organization, which is responsible for collecting, processing and synthesizing information to serve the management of leaders, while ensuring material and technical conditions for the general operation of the whole organization -Characteristics: Being the focal point of the agency, connecting other units with the leaders of the agency; it is a specialized unit, performing both logistics functions with a strict organizational structure, it is divided into different parts; and has legal status, seal and accounts at the state treasury 2.1.2 Position, functions, responsibilities of the office The office is particularly important, a constituent part, an organizational unit with function of advising, synthesizing and logistics The office is responsible for setting out agenda for leaders, making general planning; Helping leaders improve the quality of documents, institutionalize the decisions of unit leaders and communicate those decisions to departments as well as relevant departments; General information serving for leaders; Helping the management board and unit leaders to issue regulations on the scope of office work; Helping units receive people and resolve petitions; managing public asset 2.1.3 Organizational structure and operation mode of the office The organization structure of the organization usually includes: archival and administrative department; Financial department: General department; Administration Department; Security department Activities of the office include: Advisory work, synthesis of documents, archives; reception, foreign affairs, coordination activities; management of funds and assets 2.2 The issue of consolidating some leadership titles in Lao PDR 2.2.1 Some concepts -The title of leadership is a concept used to refer to people with high position in the organizational structure, holding the right to direct, manage and administer the activities of such agencies and organizations Consolidating the leadership titles is that a person who holds a leadership position in the Party apparatus, and holds the corresponding leadership position in the State apparatus at the same time It means consolidating leadership titles in the Party apparatus and leadership positions in the respective State apparatus into an individual 2.2.2 Strengths and weaknesses of the consolidation of leadership titles - Strengths: Contributing to innovate the Party's leadership method; enhancing the direct and comprehensive leadership role of the Party; overcoming reliance, blaming responsibility; highlighting the individual role of the head; organization of streamlined and efficient apparatus; improving the qualifications and working capacity of cadres and civil servants - Weaknesses: Much workload, difficult to harmonize Party work governmental work; it may lead to authoritarian, democratic loss if staffing is not appropriate; lack of qualified and capable staff to undertake both positions well; difficulties in inspection, and supervision 2.2.3 Some leadership titles are consolidated in Lao PDR - At the central level: The title of General Secretary is consolidated with the title of State President, Central Committee of the Central Propaganda Department with the Minister of Information and Communication; The Head of the Central Inspection Committee with the Government Inspector General - At the local level: The corresponding titles at provincial and district levels are consolidated like the central level 2.3 The requirements, impact factors and criteria for evaluating the effectiveness, organizational effectiveness and operation of the Central Office in the condition of consolidating a number of leadership titles 2.3.1 The requirements on organization and operation of the Central Office in the condition of consolidating a number of leadership titles - Must be under the direct, comprehensive, absolute and regular leadership of Lao People’s Revolutionary Party - Must enhance advisory capacity - Must ensure administrative reform 2.3.2 Factors affecting the organization and operation of the Central Office in the condition of consolidating a number of leadership titles -The leadership and direction of the Politburo members and Secretariat for the Central Office -The regulations related to the Central Office -The contingent of cadres and civil servants of the Central Office - Work environment - Conditions of material and technical facilities 2.3.3 The criteria to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization and operation of the Central Office of Lao People’s Revolutionary Party - Number of staff and focal points of organization - Quality of advisory content, synthesis - Procedures and time for document processing - Position: an affiliate of the Central Party Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, advising the Central Committee, directly the Politburo, and the Secretariat to organize the daily work of the Party - Function: Proposing ways to handle leadership easily; Providing and ensuring working conditions for the Central Committee, Politburo, Secretariat; At the same time, ensuring the lives of cadres, civil servants, employees working at the Central Office and public assets under the management of the Central Office - Mission: + Implementing the advisory, synthesis functions, the Central Office has the following tasks: helping leaders plan management activities; preparing conferences, especially documents; help leaders improve the quality of leadership and decision making; helping to advise on the final revision of the contents and forms of documents before submitting them for comments and signatures; helping leaders develop, modify, supplement leadership regulations, working practices throughout the leadership's time; providing information for leaders and creating material bases, having systematic, complete, accurate, comprehensive and up-todate information + Performing the function of logistics, the Central Office has the following tasks: Organizing reception and communication; Ensuring logistics needs, managing materials and public assets; Organization of protection activities - Rights of the Central Office: + Directly deploying the leadership guidance to the Central Party Committee, Party Committee of the ministries and local Party Committee + Requesting Party and State organizations, mass organizations and related sectors to report on the work situation to the Central Office periodically + Researching and proposing ideas on issues to help leaders in direction + Attending the Party Committee meeting at all levels as assigned by the Politburo, Party Central Committee Secretariat and at the request of the Party Committees of ministries, organizations, capitals and provinces + Assigning officials and employees of the organization to operate at ministries, organizations, branches and localities to understand the status of information as planned and under the needs of leaders and the Central Office + Organizing clerk expert conference every years, at national level every years + Deciding internal issues for the Central Office such as: building, repairing offices, arranging staff, training and retraining officials and public employees + Collaborating, exchanging and learning experts and senior leaders with other parties as permitted by the Politburo + Checking and monitoring the operation of clerk experts with ministries, capitals, provinces and districts nationwide + Considering appointing, rotating and dismissing officials and civil servants of the Central Office from the deputy director of the department to experts + Monitoring and inspecting the implementation of the Party's guidelines and policies at ministries, organizations, capitals and provinces nationwide - The relationship between the Central Office and other offices The coordination between the Central Office and the the President Office, the Office of the National Assembly, the Government Office to regulate issues related to the agenda and the division of responsibilities for serving leaders, in order to improve performance The Central Office proactively proposed to the Politburo and the Secretariat to supplement, amend or promulgate new documents on the relationship and working style between the Central Office and offices of branches and mass organizations and other Provincial Party Committee, City Party Committee Meeting mode is considered as the main form In addition, another suitable form may be used if necessary and urgent 3.1.2 Introduction of the President Office of the Lao People's Democratic Republic - Position, functions and tasks: The President Office is one of the state agencies at the central level, serving as an advisor in the research, synthesis and administration for the State activities of the State President and Vice President Rights: To report the situation, recommendations and direction; contact with domestic and foreign organizations and individuals at the request of the job or the entrustment of the President or the Vice President of the State To issue official notices and documents to domestic and foreign organizations and individuals To attend meetings of the National Assembly, Government, conferences of sectors and localities according to the invitation or under the authorization As a focal point for receiving and studying applications for amnesty for criminals who are sentenced to death penalty; proposing the establishment or cancellation of the organizational apparatus of the State President Office; deciding some internal affairs of the State President Office To cooperate with the State President Office of other countries as approved by the superior - Organizational apparatus: Administration Department Department of General Research Law Department Department of organization, inspection and propaganda Department of Foreign Affairs - Some basic activities: Administrative and organizational; General research and law; Foreign Affairs 3.2 Organizational status of the Central Office in the condition of consolidating some current leadership titles Chief and Deputy Chief of the Central Office are appointed or dismissed by the Politburo at the proposal of the Head of the Party Central Organization Committee The subordinate units of the Central Office include: Department of General Research; Department of Secretary; Department of Organization; Department of Planning and Finance; Department of Archives; Department of Political Education and Training; Department of training and fostering rural development; Center of Information and Technology; Party Fund, National Defense - Security; Office As of December 31, 2016, the officials and civil servants of the Central Office has 226 people, of which 82 people were female Staffs and civil servants advising leaders of the Central Office accounted for 76 people, including 40 officials and 36 assistants 3.3 The current status of operation of the Central Office in the condition of consolidating some current leadership titles 3.3.1 Organization and staffing The Central Office has deputy chiefs of The Central Office, Assistants to Chief of The Central Office, 11 Heads of Department, 21 Deputy Heads, 27 Heads of Divisions, 37 Deputy Heads; civil servants and officials who are arranged into positions hold university degrees or higher one and have experience in working the Central Office and some comrades moving from other agencies have experience in practical work Regarding party committee organization, the Central Office has 197 party members, party committee members, party base and 15 cells, including affiliated units directly under the Kayson Phomvihan Museum party, if compared with Congress V, there is an increase of party units, an increase of 88 party members, of which 57 are new party members For mass organizations, the Central Office has focused on directing, promoting and creating necessary conditions to make each agency work in accordance with its role and paid attention to modify the working content and method, making unity among organizations However, the leadership activities of building the party - cadres and mass work in recent years still have some shortcomings that need to be actively addressed in the coming time 3.3.2 Advisory, synthesis tasks Actively coordinating with relevant departments in a wide and thorough way The advisory task is getting better and better, the Central Office has step by step become stronger, which will serve as a basis to improve the autonomy and initiative in implementing its main roles in the coming time However, the Central Office still has some important issues that will have to be resolved, that is, the ability to synthesize strategic issues which is limited, the initiative in coordination with the relevant agencies in studying the problem is not high Monitoring and analyzing the implementation of policies has not yet become systematic, providing practical information on strong and weak aspects of leadership is still incomplete, inaccurate and not timely In terms of building a work program, they still fail to help Party leaders build a full-time program 3.3.3 Clerical and archival task Every year, the Central Office has to receive an average of 6,000 to 8,000 documents and has issued about 3,000 to 4,000 documents of all kinds The document procedure has been simpler, so the time for signing and processing documents is significantly shortened The direction of implementation has not been consistent, not good, the incoming and outgoing documents have not focused on one focal point Submission, process and issuance of documents are insufficient, the documents with wrong administrative procedures, which have not been processed yet, have been sent The sending of confidential documents has not yet complied with the security regulations such as the regulation on writing the sign outside the envelope, on sealing, on the sending line The printing of documents in some parts still has many technical errors; The content of the document is so lengthy, not clarifying the issues which need to be resolved The archiving of the Central Office is much focused Causes of weaknesses: Due to the poor and inadequate qualifications of the Central Office’s cadres and civil servants; The working style of some cadres and civil servants is not standardized, the working style still lacks in professionalism; Financial and budgetary conditions, facilities, tools for office work are still limited 3.3.4 Reception, foreign affairs, coordinating activities with central and local offices - Reception, foreign affairs Coordinating with the Party Central Committee's Foreign Affair Committee to prepare the content and conditions for the meetings of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, Politburo with the Communist Party of Vietnam, the People's Party of Cambodia, and the Chinese Communist Party -Association of activities: the Central Office plays a good role as a focal point, actively coordinating with central agencies to help the Executive Central Committee, the Politburo and the Secretariat to build working programs 3.3.5 Management of funds and assets The Central Office proactively cooperates with relevant agencies to make plans, contents as well as necessary equipment for practical activities; Preparing to serve the central conference as well as the meetings of the Politburo, the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee, the departments of the Central Office have actively prepared the location, the security, provided adequate and quality documents according to contents of conferences with confidentiality However, the implementation of a number of policies is still slow, overlapping, the study of regulations and safety management in each case has not been made systematic, complete The management, maintenance and use of facilities are not good 3.4 General assessment 3.4.1 Achievements and causes Regarding advisory, synthesis tasks: Actively participating in preparing the content of congress of all levels in the term; Coordinating with stakeholders to help the Party Central Committee study and plan the implementation of the Party Congress’s content; The quality of preparing the contents of meetings of the Politburo and the Party Central Committee Secretariat has been gradually improved; Research and recommendations to adjust the content of some important documents of the Party Central Committee; Reform the electronic network system, reporting regime and mechanism to provide information between the Central Office and ministries, ministerial-level agencies and local administrations; regularly perform the task of monitoring, synthesizing, analyzing and assessing the fluctuation of the situation at home and abroad to serve the leaders; Improving organizational structure under strong, compact and effective orientation; training of cadres with political qualities, sticking to the class, having a revolutionary moral, having sufficient capacity and practical experience, contributing to successful implementation of functions, tasks and responsibilities as assigned - Regarding logistics: Actively manage and protect agency’s assets; master the data to serve the meeting Health care for leaders of the country Take care of life, improve the political, ideological, professional and cultural level for officials and civil servants of the Central Office -Causes: right guidelines, and policy; Party Committee of the Central Office is a solid base for consolidation and unity; directing regularly activities in practice and reforming advisory work; Officials and civil servants promote the tradition of the Central Office, actively facing challenges, working with a high sense of responsibility; Good coordination of ministries, ministerial-level agencies and local administrations in the process of implementing the tasks of the Central Office; The valuable support for knowledge, experience and material from the Central Office in neighboring countries 3.4.2 Shortcomings, limitations and causes - Regarding organization: Organizational apparatus of departments of the Central Office is still cumbersome; also inadequate in managing, arranging and using the right people and right jobs; A number of departments of the Central Office have not performed well the tasks, functions, powers and working methods - Regarding activities: Lack of legal documents; The relationship between the Central Office and other agencies has not been well coordinated; The advice of the Central Office for party leaders is still not good; The data, statistics, research of the situation are incomplete, slow, the implementation of the reporting system is not timely, making leaders face have difficulties; Still advising things that are not feasible or cannot solve the problem; Looking down on monitoring, checking and organizing the implementation of the Party's guidelines and policies; The clerical and archival system is still messy and complicated; Reception has not been thoughtful; The working style of cadres and civil servants of the Central Office is not really dedicated -Causes: The leadership and direction are not close and timely; political and ideological education has not been improved; The combination of the Central Office with ministries, departments, provinces and related agencies is not good, cadres and civil servants lack the necessary stability, especially the contingent of officials and civil servants holding leadership and management positions; due to limited capacity and professionalism of the Central Office’s cadres and civil servants; Regimes and policies for cadres and civil servants are not clear and satisfactory, especially not paying attention to encouraging creative capacities of cadres and civil servants; The tasks of checking, summarizing practice, reporting, reflecting, asking for superior’s opinions in the advisory tasks of the Central Office has not been regular, without plan and without focus 3.4.3 Assessing the model of office which consolidates office of the Party Committee and office of the People's Committee at all levels in the Lao People's Democratic Republic today - Strengths: office which consolidates office of the Party Committee and office of the People's Committee is the local state administrative agency, which has the function of advising and serving the activities of the provincial Party Committee and provincial People's Committee, and district Party Committee and district people's committees at localities The office is an equivalent agency at department/bureau level, directly under the People's Committee but not a specialized agency In terms of organization, the consolidated office is more streamlined with fewer levels, fewer intermediaries In terms of operation, due to the streamlined apparatus, its adaptability and flexibility are high - Limitations: Although there are certain limitations, the consolidation of the office of the Party Committee and People's Committee at local level is still more advantageous, still brings about positive effects Conclusion of chapter With an objective and honest assessment of the current status of organization and operation of the Central Office of Lao People's Revolutionary Party, this chapter has solved the tasks set out: Overview of the history of the Central Office and Office of the State President of the Lao PDR; Assessing the status of organization and operation of the Central Office; finding out the causes of limitations in organization and operation of the Central Office Chapter VIEWPOINTS AND SOLUTIONS TO INNOVATE THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF THE CENTRAL OFFICE OF LAO PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY PARTY IN THE CONDITIONS OF CONSOLIDATING A NUMBER OF LEADERSHIP TITLES TODAY 4.1 The viewpoint to innovate the organization and operation of the Central Office - Innovating the organization and operation of the Central Office must be associated with political directions and tasks in each revolutionary period - Innovating the organization and operation of the Central Office should be associated with the renewal of the Party's leadership mode - Innovating the organization and operation of the Central Office should be associated with a team of specialized civil servants 4.2 Solution of innovating the organization and operation of the Central Office in the condition of consolidating a number of leadership titles 4.2.1 Strengthening the leadership of Lao People's Revolutionary Party for the renovation of organizational structure and operation of the Central Office -Improving the theoretical, educational and professional qualifications of cadres and civil servants, especially members of the Central Office - Strictly implementing the principle of democratic centralism in Party activities - Appreciating the unity and solidarity building in the party committee, first of all, the Party Committee of the Central Office In order to make the office fulfill the political mission, the Central Office must strengthen and pay attention to some of the following issues: the Party Committee, leaders must strengthen themselves to become the nucleus in terms of intellect, ability and unity in the whole system; Solving existing problems, inappropriate issues 4.2.2 Consolidating the Central Office with the Office of the State President After consolidating between the Central Office and the Office of the State President, the name of the consolidated office is: OFFICE OF CENTRAL PARTY AND PRESIDENT The office integrates with the functions, duties and powers of the Central Office and the Office of the President Organizational apparatus of the Consolidated Office includes: General Department; Department of General Research; Leadership Secretariat; Department of Organization; Department of Financial Planning; Department of Archives; Department of Training and Retraining; Department of Legislation, Inspection and Propaganda; Department of Foreign Affairs; Center of Information and Technology; National Defense-security fund 4.2.3 Improving working mechanism in the direction of strengthening the relationship between the Central Office and the ministries, central agencies and localities - Continuing to study and develop legal documents to improve the mechanism and coordination regime between the Central Office and functional agencies advising to serve senior leaders of the Party - State - Regulating the regime of regular meetings between the General Secretary and the Standing Secretary of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat with the Central Office ; between the Central Party and other agencies - Strengthening coordination, feedback, reporting, providing information between the Central Office and other offices 4.2.4 Improving the capacity of cadres and civil servants of the Central Office -Building standards: Being a person with revolutionary will, faithful to the party's leadership guidelines, without multi-party ideology; loyal and serve unconditionally people; have a revolutionary morality, a righteous mind, honesty and a spirit of thrift, high discipline, humility, kindness, not self-respect; perseverant, proactive self-discipline to fulfill their responsibility; qualified with professional knowledge and skills; visionary, predictable; know how to deal with problems, and always adapt to reality, have creative and scientific working methods For staff of the Central Office, it is necessary to pay attention to some of the following capacities: Advising the highest leaders of the Party; organizing and enforcing working regulations, programs and work plans of the leading agencies of the Party and leaders of the Party; high sense of discipline, keeping secrets of the Party and State; spirit of solidarity, cooperation, promotion, humility -Renovating and improving the management of cadres and civil servants of the Central Office: Reviewing and evaluating the contingent of cadres and civil servants; Completing the regime of recruiting cadres and civil servants, implementing mechanisms and new mechanisms for assessing, commending and disciplining cadres and civil servants; Developing a uniform process for reducing payrolls in the Central Office apparatus; Decentralizing the responsibility to manage cadres and civil servants, empowering the rights and responsibilities of managing cadres and civil servants in combination with decentralization of tasks and decentralization in finance, inspection and supervision -Training and retraining the cadres and civil servants of the Central Office comprehensively in terms of political theory, moral quality, cultural, professional, foreign language, informatics and intensive knowledge about office operations, sending a number of young, technical and professional specialists who are good in foreign languages for professional training 4.3.5 Modernizing technical facilities - and strengthening logistics for the Central Office - Ensuring working conditions in accordance with State regulations; promptly replacing old and broken equipment when required; Timely amending and supplementing unreasonable regulations on financial and asset management of the Central Office to meet the requirements of reality; Regulating the financial management, budget spending to ensure the activities of the Party's committees to increase the autonomy and unity on one focal point, avoiding arising problems in the organization of implementation; Enhancing the application of information technology in advising, researching, operating and serving -The state administrative work should be organized to ensure following regulations, security, safety and savings Cooperating to well organize information and propaganda on the leadership of the Party - Closely cooperating with police, military, and other forces in the area to ensure absolute safety for Party leaders, activities of Party leaders and Party agencies, Congresses and meetings of the Central Executive Committee, Politburo, Secretariat; reception of international delegations Conclusion chapter On the basis of the theory and assessment of the situation of the Central Office, this chapter has solved the following issues: Proposing the viewpoints of innovating the organization and operation of the Central Office; Proposing major solutions to renovate the organization and operation of the Central Office CONCLUSION The Central Office is of great significance for the leadership of the Politburo and the Secretariat, which is objective in the process of reforming the Party's leadership mode for the State and the whole society The current status of organization and operation of the Central Office in the past time, especially in the condition of consolidating some current leadership titles, is still inadequate, affecting the working efficiency of the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo and the Secretariat, affecting the leadership capacity of Lao People's Revolutionary Party To overcome and solve the above mentioned problems effectively, it is necessary to have time, resources and political determination of the whole system, to implement many solutions, first and foremost, it is necessary to consolidate the Central Office with the State President's Office LIST OF PUBLISHED WORKS RELATED TO THE THESIS TOPIC Article 1: The operation of the Central Office of Lao People’s Revolutionary Party in the condition of consolidating a number of leadership titles + Author: Phounxay PHOMMYXAY + Journal : Public management + Page: 263(12/2017) Page number : 106(page 106-108) Article 2: Scientifice basis for the organization, operation of the Central Office of Lao People’s Revolutionary Party in the condition of consolidating a number of leadership titles + Author: Phounxay PHOMMYXAY + Journal : Labour and Trade Union + Number: 638(3/2018) Pages ( p 36-37) Article 3: Enhancing the quality of human resource and working efficiency of the Central Revolutionary Party + Author: Phounxay PHOMMYXAY + Journal : Public management Office of Lao People’s ... leaders in direction + Attending the Party Committee meeting at all levels as assigned by the Politburo, Party Central Committee Secretariat and at the request of the Party Committees of ministries,... departments in a wide and thorough way The advisory task is getting better and better, the Central Office has step by step become stronger, which will serve as a basis to improve the autonomy... Directly deploying the leadership guidance to the Central Party Committee, Party Committee of the ministries and local Party Committee + Requesting Party and State organizations, mass organizations