THE Civil Service Commission (CSC) has launched the Philippine Civil Service Modernization Project (PCSMP), mainly designed to use digital tools and platforms to streamline and automate human resource (HR) management.
Ultimately aimed at improving the delivery of public services, the P3.88-billion project — composed of P3.755 billion (97 percent) from loan proceeds, and P123.56 million from the national budget — will run from 2025 to 2029, covering 40 pilot agencies through a series of capacity-building workshops and writeshops, CSC Chairman Marilyn Yap said.
This would mark a milestone reform initiative that would drive the digital transformation of the bureaucracy, Yap said in a statement.
In partnership with the Department of Budget and Management, Yap said the PCSMP got the support of the World Bank through its Official Development Assistance.
She said that the project focuses on modernizing the human resource management (HRM) and payroll system to enhance efficiency, transparency, and accessibility in government operations.
“The PCSMP is the offspring of our shared vision of a revitalized government in which policy infrastructures, systems, and processes in the delivery of services to the people are managed by highly competent and motivated civil servants enabled by technology to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of services,” Yap said.
By modernizing HRM and payroll systems, the PCSMP is expected to deliver wide-ranging benefits, including faster processing of HR transactions, greater accuracy in payroll processing, streamlined recruitment and onboarding processes, stronger compliance with HR policies, improved employee performance management, and enhanced data for evidence-based policy development, the CSC emphasized.
Also, the commission said that a project steering committee has been established to provide strategic direction, monitor progress, and safeguard resources, in a bid to ensure effective implementation.
It will work closely with two technical working groups and an internal CSC group, Yap said.
During last week’s PCSMP launch, Yap said that members of the committee, technical working groups as well as pilot agencies had affixed their signatures on the project’s signage, symbolizing their collective commitment.
“The gesture affirmed a shared pledge that making government work better for the people is a collective duty of all agencies of government together with the CSC,” Yap said.
