The Syrian Future Movement is closely following the meeting of the Service Extension Committee, held on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, to review requests for the continued employment of several public sector employees beyond the legal retirement age. The meeting was chaired by Minister of Administrative Development, Mohammad Hassan al-Skaf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We also noted that the review of these requests was based on criteria including actual institutional needs, the scarcity of specific skills, and the importance of accumulated technical expertise in ensuring continuity of operations. The aim is to achieve a balance between retaining qualified personnel, developing administrative performance, renewing human resources, and providing opportunities for new talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These meetings are being held in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 42 of 2025, which established the Service Extension Committee, chaired by the Minister of Administrative Development, with the Director of Human Resources Planning, representatives from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor and the Central Agency for Control and Inspection, and a human resources management expert as members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Syrian Future Movement notes that activating the Service Extension Committee carries three main implications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n First, it represents a shift from a policy of automatic extensions or unannounced individual decisions to an institutional policy based on clear and transparent criteria. Decree No. 42 did not leave the door open for extensions based on personal whims, but rather placed them within the framework of a central committee that studies each case individually, according to actual need and the public interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We see this shift as a necessary step to dismantle the culture of favoritism in human resources management and to establish the principle that extensions are an exception subject to evaluation, not a rule granted to everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second, it indicates a growing awareness of the extent of the human resource drain that has affected Syrian institutions and the importance of preserving specialized expertise that is difficult to replace, especially in light of the emigration of skilled workers and the weakness of alternative training programs. Therefore, we believe that retaining accumulated technical expertise in vital sectors (such as health, education, and planning) is essential to ensuring the continuity of services for citizens, particularly during a transitional phase that requires administrative stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third: This demonstrates a governmental commitment that we support, namely, implementing laws rather than merely issuing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The decree was issued a year ago, but its activation through regular meetings and active committees indicates that the era of “dormant laws” is drawing to a close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Syrian Future Movement appreciates this approach and sees it as an indication that administrative reform is moving from slogans to concrete practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this context, the Syrian Future Movement reiterates its consistent positions, published on its official website, which emphasize the priority of modernizing human resource management as a fundamental condition for building the new state:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Syrian Future Movement believes that activating the committee, despite its importance, faces major challenges that require fundamental solutions:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on its national responsibility to oversee the process of building the state and its institutions, the Syrian Future Movement recommends the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Syrian Future Movement supports the continued work of the service extension committee and the review of applications according to clear criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is seen as a positive indicator that administrative reform is moving from legal texts to practical implementation. It is worth noting that human resource management in state institutions is a true test of the state’s commitment to building an administrative apparatus based on competence and integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Syrian Future Movement emphasizes that extensions beyond the legal retirement age should remain an exception, not the rule, and that the ultimate goal is to build a new generation of administrative personnel capable of leading state institutions in the coming phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maintaining expertise should not come at the expense of providing opportunities for young people. Rather, it should be part of a comprehensive human resource management strategy that balances stability and renewal, and experience and ambition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Syrian Future Movement will continue to support everything that enhances the efficiency and transparency of public institutions, criticize everything that hinders the achievement of administrative justice, and monitor all that is accomplished on the ground, striving for a new Syria where the civil service is a field of competence and integrity, not a domain for favoritism and unjustified exceptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Continuity of employee services after retirement age and its effects on administrative performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":66614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[4706],"class_list":["post-66616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-office-en","tag-press-release"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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