WILLEMSTAD - Customs has set up a multidisciplinary committee called the Task Force on Personnel Matters Customs. The committee was set up to propose solutions for urgent personnel issues at Customs.
This is reported by the Ministry of Finance. Within a year, the task group must come up with structural solutions to challenges in the field of scaling-up, appointments, bonuses and allowances, task increases, job descriptions, training, and recruitment and selection for open critical vacancies.
According to the Ministry of Finance, the challenges in the field of personnel matters at Customs are not new. When the Pisas cabinet took office, these challenges were encountered and it was established that there were no plans to tackle them on a structural basis. "The various stakeholders are not satisfied with the way and speed with which the challenges in the past have been tackled and/or the decisions made. The Ministry of Finance is now trying to change that with the establishment of the task force said the press release.
Progress has already been made in the field of training. For example, the training for Hoofdkommies (chief executives) will be started again on April 4. The Kommies courses will also start in the autumn. The training of chief executives last took place in 2010. There are various reasons for this, including the instructions imposed by the Kingdom Council of Ministers in the past, the cutback of personnel and the downsizing of government personnel.
The advice of the task group will have to go through the necessary procedural steps before they can be implemented. The multidisciplinary task force consists of members from various organizations including customs, the Ministry of Finance and the HR department of the government.