Senior Govt Officers Leave For Korea To Learn Public Policy
By Za im Zami

Bandar Seri Begawan - Sixteen senior government officers participating in the 12th Executive Development Programme for Senior Government Officers (EDPSGO) left for the Republic of Korea yesterday evening for a five-day visit to learn public policy.

Heading the delegation is the Director of Development and Management at the Public service Department, Awang Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Muhd Husain and the programme coordinator is Dr Hajah Sainah binti Haji Salm, Head of the Institute of Policy Studies cum Senior Lecturer at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD).

During the visit, the participants are expected to visit among others, the Korea Tourism Organisation, Central Officials Training Institute, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security and Ministry of Knowledge Economy.

The Executive Development Programme is a 14-week full time programme of intensive lectures and seminars, orientation and overseas study trip and the preparation of group projects for selected senior government officers as preparation for confirmation and/or promotion to the post of Director.

The programme is sponsored by the Public Service Department, Prime Minister's Office, Brunei Darussalam. UBD has been commissioned to act as the agency to conduct the training programme with assistance from other government organisations. In the last four years, senior government officers from the CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) countries in Asean have also participated in the training programme. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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