Never ending public works in Europe ?How to boost public project « lazy » management
This funny and smart idea is not possible in Europe. But let’s imagine this awkward situation when lazy government officials won this very special award for low work efficiency in Lishui, Zhejiang, during a unique “awarding ceremony » !
Unlike awards in the ordinary sense, when the two”awarded” relevant unit leaders walked to the stage to receive the award, they often can’t be proud because the “rewards” they received were due to low work efficiency : « Snail Award”…Who is « awarding » ? The County Party Secretary that checked if the water administration department of the local county and the special team for the relocation project of Shuning Hospital were really working hard as professionals. As early as 2018, the Jinyun County People’s Government Office of the Jinyun County Party Committee issued the “Interim Measures for the Identification of the “Snail Award” for the Construction of Jinyun County Style”, which clarified 7 “Snail Awards” identification standards and determined the selection method. Information are collected through public solicitation, special supervision, assignment by superiors, and acceptance of reports from the public. The Jinyun County Style Construction “Snail Award” recognition team with the deputy secretary of the county party committee as the group leader will verify and recognize the clues. . The scope of the “Snail Award” covers 7 major contents such as the promotion of project engineering and the construction of people’s livelihood, matters related to the interests of the masses, the quality and efficiency of the reform work, and the performance of statutory duties.The “Snail Award” is recognized every quarter, and the clues to the problem are collected through public solicitation, special supervision, assignment by superiors, and acceptance of reports from the public. The Jinyun County Style Construction “Snail Award” recognition team with the deputy secretary of the county party committee as the group leader will verify and recognize the clues. . The scope of the “Snail Award” covers 7 major contents such as the promotion of project engineering and the construction of people’s livelihood, matters related to the interests of the masses, the quality and efficiency of the “run at most once” reform work, and the performance of statutory duties.Regarding the results of this year’s selection, we can understand that, this year, due to the slow progress of the Shuning Hospital relocation and construction project, the Shuning Hospital’s relocation and construction project team was selected as the winner of the “Snail Award”.Another winner of the “Snail Award”, the county water conservancy bureau, has been awarded the “Snail Award” due to the slow progress of the internal reform workIn addition to the verification and awarding process, Jinyun County has established an inspection and sales account system to strictly supervise the implementation of work style rectification and project promotion efficiency. Only after reaching the standard can they be ” Pin number”, take off the “Snail Award” hat.Regarding the effect of the “Snail Award”, just one example.In the past, a road construction project in the village was difficult to complete due to policy difficulties. However, after the award was awarded, the project immediately set up a special task force team. In less than 10 days, the road policy processing work was completed, which greatly accelerated the progress of the project. Another example is a public toilet rectification project, which was completed in less than one month after the “winning”…As usual, Chinese government experiment new ideas in a very local area to widespread it later if it succeed. So, in China, more and more « Snail Awards » are already used to boost the local public project management !
