The Governments of the Netherlands Antilles and the Island Territory of St. Maarten held informational sessions with all of it’s civil servants of the current process of decentralizing the tasks of the Netherlands Antilles and gave an update on the process towards Country St. Maarten.
They provided the civil servants with updated information regarding the transfer of tasks, responsibilities and authority from the Central Government to the Island Government, which also included information on the transfer of personnel as well as answering questions regarding the current and the future legal position of the civil servants.
The sessions started on Januray 4th up to January 7th 2010, where the civil servants were seperated in groups as follows:
Date Times Location Departments
Monday, January 4 2.30pm -16.00pm Cultural Center Group A
Wednesday, January 6 9:00am – 10.30am Cultural Center Group B
Wednesday, January 6 11.00am – 12.30pm Cultural Center Group C
Wednesday, January 6 3.00pm – 16.30pm Cultural Center Group D
Thursday, January 7 9.00am – 10.30am Cultural Center Group E
Thursday, January 7 11.00am – 12.30pm Cultural Center Group F
Group A: Directors and Department Heads (Central and Island)
Group B: Sector E&T
Sector ROB
Central Government workers for Ministry of TEZVT
Dept. Directorate Labor Affairs
Group C: Directorate Support
Sector Education
Central Government workers for: Ministry of OCJS, Courthouse, Court of Guardianship,
Prosecutor’s Office
Group D: Central Government workers: Police, Coastguard, Prison, Immigration, Douane
Group E: Central Government workers: Police, Coastguard, Prison, Immigration, Douane
Group F: Directorate Resources
SectorVSA
Island secretary office
KabGezag
DPP
Staff Commissioners
Central Government workers for: Inspectorate of Taxes, Receivers Office, Directorate of Finance.
Presentation on Becoming Country St.Maarten
The following is the Presentation made on Becoming Country St.Maarten:
Becoming Country St. Maarten
The organizational transformation from
Island Territory to Country St. Maarten
the transfer of tasks to St. Maarten
the transfer of personnel to St. Maarten
Objective of this presentation
To provide information about:
The dismantling process
The Island Governments Organizational Development Projects (OBF)
The Constitutional Transformation Process
The new Government Organizational Structure (NBO)
Government Systems
Social Charter guiding the transfer of Personnel
Milestones along the way
Approve Legislation to transfer tasks from Netherlands Antilles to the Island Territories (Central Government)
Establish the organizational structures (NBO) for the future countries St. Maarten and Curacao (Island Territories)
Implement the NBO as Island Organizational Structure to facilitate dismantling in phases (St. Maarten)
Transfer Civil Servants with their tasks into the NBO (St. Maarten)
Transfer all Civil Servants to Country St. Maarten on transition day (St. Maarten)
Preparations
St. Maarten has been preparing the organization for several changes since 2005 with the start of the OBF program
As of 2008 major changes were implemented
Adapting the organization to facilitate decentralization has started in 2009
What is OBF?
The name OBF is an abbreviation of three Dutch words:
Organisatieontwikkeling (Organizational Development)
Beloning (Remuneration)
Functioneringsverbetering (Performance Improvement)
It has been integrated in the overall Constitutional Transformation Process
O: Organizational Development
OBF 1 was the finalization of the reorganization of the Island territory it was finalized early 2009
OBF 4 is the design of the organization of country St. Maarten (NBO)
O: FuwaSXM
St. Maarten has its own job description and classification system called FUWASXM
This system will also be used in Country St. Maarten
It was implemented in January 2009
It has been used to develop the job descriptions for Country St. Maarten
B: The new Remuneration Policy
Job Classification is the link between the Organization and the Remuneration Policy
The Island territory of St. Maarten also has implemented a new compensation policy
Including new salary scales incorporating the Windward Islands allowance
It was implemented together with the new Organization (and FuwaSXM) early 2009
It will be used for Country St. Maarten as well
F: Performance Management
It is a system to manage the performance of the whole organization
It consists of two main cycles:
Planning and control cycle (begrotingscyclus)
The Human Resource Management cycle (FUBO)
Performance Management ran as a test for management in 2009 finalizing it’s implementation is scheduled for 2010
Social Charter
Is a set of rules guiding the transfer to the NBO:
of all Island Government Workers to the NBO prior to transition day;
of Federal Workers into the NBO on transition day;
of all remaining workers into the NBO on transition day.
unctioneringsverbetering (
Social Charter: The Guarantees
All Public Servants in Central Government service, stationed on St. Maarten before December 8, 2007 will receive a job offer
All Public Servants in Island Government service will receive a job offer
The legal position as a whole will not be less then it was
The present Salaries are guaranteed
Social Charter
Country St. Maarten will have the legal position as presently is in place for the Island Territory of St. Maarten.
Former Central Government workers will be fit in the new Salary System of St. Maarten
Exceptions may apply for services with their own, separate legal position like: Police, Coastguard, Prosecutors office, the Courts
Planning (9 steps to complete transfer to the NBO)
Matching (prepared by PLC)
Informing staff (newsletters and presentations)
Offer by the PLC (three months prior to transfer)
Possible discussion with the PLC (by appointment)
Appeal period (two weeks)
If no appeal: Resolution from BC
If appealed: Appeals Committee review
Appeal granted: new offer, if not Resolution BC
BC resolutions are open to be appealed in court
Questions & Answers
Additional information can be found:
www.sintmaartengov.org (as of January 20th 2010)