Source: Official Portal of the State of Bahia - 27/07/2009

In combating the waste of resources, Bahia saved a total of R $ 362,8 million. With these numbers and a management model ready in hand, Governor Jaques Wagner travels this Tuesday (28) to Brasília, where he participates in the 7th International Competitive Brazil Congress with the theme of Public Management. The governor of Bahia presents the experience of the state government in the Initiatives to improve public management panel - success stories.

The panel will be mediated by the manager of the Public Policy Unit of the Brazilian Service to Support Micro and Small Enterprises (Sebrae), Bruno Quick. Scheduled for 14 pm on Tuesday (28), the Bahian governor's exhibition promises to be one of the most popular.

In late 2007, Bahia launched the Compromisso Bahia Program - Public Spending Efficiency Program under the coordination of the State Administration Secretariat (Saeb), with the aim of improving the application of available resources, supporting the challenge of changing reality State social security.

Cost reduction

In bidding and funding alone, the savings were R $ 288,7 million. With personnel, savings reached R $ 74,1 million. The calculated savings, resulting from actions to combat waste, are reinvested in priority government actions, with the objective of increasing them. By 2010, the goal is to save R $ 492 million.

The event is sponsored by the Competitive Brazil Movement (MBC), which will bring together dozens of Brazilian mayors and governors who have management improvement initiatives in their states and cities. During the event, authorities and renowned executives will give lectures on innovation and management, in addition to panels with practical cases of success in improving public management.

The innovative practice of qualifying public spending by systematically cutting waste in the administrative machinery provided the Government of Bahia with the necessary foundation to face the current international economic crisis.

Bahia Commitment

"In times of crisis, this type of economy is important to help balance public accounts and the Bahian Government, in an action of administrative responsibility, has been intensifying measures to contain spending, identifying and combating waste", explained Governor Jaques Wagner, who highlights the differential of the Bahian Program, which is the qualification of spending, with the reinvestment of resources in social actions.

As of the signing of the term of adhesion, the Bahia Commitment aggregates all 23 state departments and attached bodies of the direct administration. The volume of resources retained by the Secretariat of Administration (Saeb) from control actions in personnel management, bidding and costing, has been reinvested in the maintenance of the state public machine, embodying the Government's effort to contain state spending.