WHEREAS it has become necessary to promulgate a law that enable the making of fundamental changes in the system of recruitment and selection and the introduction of national system for the certification of professional and occupational competence as well as the subjecting of civil servants to undergo through such process and thereby build a civil service that could guarantee diversity and the sustainability of the country’s growth and the enhancement and sustainability of the achievements of the civil service reform program in human resource management;

WHEREAS, it has become necessary to establish a system for adopting uniform administration of civil servants and proper use of their knowledge and skill;

WHEREAS, it has become necessary to improve conditions of work so that government offices could become competitive through retaining their employees and attracting new entrant

NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Article 55(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, it is hereby proclaimed as follows: