Secretariat of State for the Civil Service

The Secretariat of State for the Civil Service (Secretaría de Estado de Función Pública, SEFP) is a component of the Spanish Department of Territorial Policy and Civil Service responsible for the government policy on General State Administration's civil servants and other policies regarding civil servants of the regional and local administrations. It also exercises the powers related to e-administration.

Secretariat of State for the Civil Service
Secretaría de Estado de Función Pública

Palace of the Countess of Adanero, headquarters of the SEFP
Agency overview
FormedApril 21, 2009 (2009-04-21)
Preceding agency
  • Secretariat of State for Public Administration
TypeSecretariat of State
Jurisdiction Spanish government
Headquarters7 Santa Engracia Street
Madrid
Annual budget€1,912 million
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • José Antonio Benedicto, Secretary of State for the Civil Service
Parent departmentMinistry of Territorial Policy and Civil Service
Child agencies
  • Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies
  • National Institute of Public Administration
Websitewww.mptfp.gob.es(in Spanish)

The department was created in April 2009 to assume the civil servant management powers from the Secretariat of State for Public Administration, as well as the e-administration responsibilities. The head of the SEFP is the Secretary of State, a non-Cabinet member appointed by the Monarch with the advice of the Minister for Territorial Policy.

The SEFP is integrated by four major departments, the General Secretariat for Digital Administration, the Directorate-General for the Civil Service, the Directorate-General for Public Governance and the Conflicts of Interests Office; and a minor department, the Strategic Planning Office. The SEFP has a budget of 1.91 billion euros, which represents the 86% of the Ministry's budget.

History

The SEFP was created in the government reform of April 2009, which integrated the responsibilities on civil servants in the Ministry of the Presidency, which formerly had the Ministry of Public Administrations through its Secretariat of State for Public Administration.[1] The SEFP was integrated by the secretary of state and the directors-general for the Civil Service, for the Promotion of Electronic Administration, and of Administrative Organization Procedures.[2]

In October 2010, the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Public Administration is recovered and it re-assumes the powers on the civil service by assuming the Secretariat of State.[3] This dependency hardly lasts a year because at the end of 2011 the change of government causes the abolishment of the ministry and the secretariat of state that is integrated into the Ministry of Finance and its powers are transferred to the Secretariat of State for Public Administrations.[4]

The 2016 government reform recovers once again the Secretariat of State for the Civil Service and it increases its powers by adding to its structure the Directorate-General for Public Governance, the Conflicts of Interests Office and the General Secretariat for Digital Administration.[5]

In June 2018, the Ministry of Territorial Policy is recovered and it assumes the Secretariat of State.

Officials

The SEFP officials are:[6]

Official Title Portfolio
José Antonio Benedicto Iruiñ Secretary of State Overall responsibility for the department.
Fernando de Pablo Martín Secretary-General for Digital Administration Definition and execution of the Digital Administration and Digital Public Services strategy of the General State Administration and of the coordination in this matters with the regional governments and local authorities; provision of common and shared ICT services to the State Administration and other public administrations; technical and strategic direction of the State Administration' Cybersecurity Operations Center.
Javier Rueda Vázquez Director-General for the Civil Service Setting guidelines on remuneration and jobs, planning and study of human resources policies, the preparation of public employment offers, national and international relations in the field of public employment and with trade union organizations, advice on public sector human resources, authorization and management of mobility processes, provision of jobs, acquisition of public employee status and management of employees.
María Pía Junquera Temprano Director-General for Public Governance Inspection and improvement of public services, establish quality procedures, advice public administrations and its agencies on organization and procedures, facilitate the access of citizens and business to public services, open government, transparency affairs.
Flor María López Laguna Director of the Conflicts of Interests Office Ensure compliance with the law of incompatibilities of high-ranking officials and civil servants.
Pablo González de Herrero Fernández Director of the Strategic Planning Office Design and coordination of the Public Administration reform plans and projects promoted by the Secretary of State, as well as the monitoring of its execution and the analysis of the impacts derived from its implementation.

Agencies

From the Secretariat of State depends:

  • The General Mutual Benefit Society of State Civil Servants.
  • The National Institute of Public Administration.
  • The Independent Administrative Authority Transparency and Good Governance Council.
  • The Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies.

Budget

The Secretariat of State for the Civil Service has a budget of €1,912,563,590 for 2019. Most of the budget is destined to defray benefits to state civil servants, through the General Mutual Benefit Society of State Civil Servants (Mutualidad General de Funcionarios Civiles del Estado). According to the 2018 General State Budget, extended for 2019, the SEFP participates in seven programs:

Budget of the Secretariat of State for the Civil Service for 2019
Program No. Program Amount Ref.
222M Economic benefits of the Mutual Benefit Society
through the General Mutual Benefit Society of State Civil Servants		 €278,452,900 [7]
312E Healthcare of the Mutual Benefit Society
through the General Mutual Benefit Society of State Civil Servants		 €1,462,066,730 [8]
467G Research and development of the Information Society
through the General Secretariat for Digital Administration		 €45,832,660 [9]
921N Management and organization of the Public Administration €24,745,790 [10]
921O Training of Public Administration staff
through the National Institute of Public Administration		 €84,840,720 [11]
921X Evaluation of the public activity transparency
through the National Institute of Public Administration		 €2,276,860 [12]
000X Internal transfers €14,347,930 [13]
Total budget €1,912,563,590

List of secretaries of state

The Secretary of State for the Civil Service chairs the Coordination Committee of Inspectorates-General of Services of the ministerial departments, the Open Government Forum and the Sectorial Committee on Open Government. It may also, where appropriate, preside over and by delegation of the Minister responsible, the ICT Strategy Committee.

  1. Carmen Gomis Bernal (2009–2010)
  2. María Consuelo Rumí Ibáñez (2010–2011)
  3. Elena Collado Martínez (2016–2018)[14]
  4. José Antonio Benedicto Iruiñ (2018–present)[15]

References
  1. "Royal Decree 542/2009, of April 7, which restructures the ministerial departments". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  2. "Royal Decree 640/2009, of April 17". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  3. "Royal Decree 1313/2010, of October 20, which restructures the ministerial departments". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  4. "Royal Decree 1823/2011, of December 21, which restructures the ministerial departments". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  5. "Royal Decree 424/2016, of November 11, which establishes the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  6. "Secretaría de Estado de Función Pública:: Ministerio de Política Territorial y Función Pública ::". www.mptfp.es. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  7. "Program 222M - 2018 Budget, extended to 2019" (PDF).
  8. "Program 312E - 2018 Budget, extended to 2019" (PDF).
  9. "Program 467G - 2018 Budget, extended to 2019" (PDF).
  10. "Program 921N - 2018 Budget, extended to 2019" (PDF).
  11. "Program 921O - 2018 Budget, extended to 2019" (PDF).
  12. "Program 921X - 2018 Budget, extended to 2019" (PDF).
  13. "Program 000X - 2018 Budget, extended to 2019" (PDF).
  14. "Real Decreto 437/2016, de 11 de noviembre, por el que se nombra Secretaria de Estado de Función Pública a doña Elena Collado Martínez". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  15. "El santanderino José Antonio Benedicto Iruiñ, secretario de Estado de Función Pública". El Diario Montañes (in Spanish). 15 June 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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