Equatorial Guinea prepares biometric register for civil servants
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Real Equatorial Guinea
The Equatorial Guinean government is preparing an integrated national system to manage civil servants, with a single register and biometric component covering their administrative careers. The system will link identification, registration, payroll and pensions, with support from Moroccan company M2M, according to Real Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea presented on Monday 9 November the proposed Integrated Civil Servant Management System (SIGEF), which includes a single biometric register of public employees, according to Real Equatorial Guinea. The project is being led by the government through the Treasury and State Assets department.
SIGEF is intended to track civil servants’ administrative careers, from identification and registration through to payroll and pensions management. It also provides for the digitisation of human resources procedures and the introduction of a multi-service card to facilitate employees’ identification and access to different services.
The presentation took place at the government presidency in the presence of officials from the General Treasury, the Ministry of Public Service and the Ministry of Finance and Budgets. Moroccan company M2M, represented by its project manager Elías Khattap, is participating in the project, which the government expects to improve data quality and control of the payroll.
