Improving Public Service Through Proper Training By P Marilyn

Bandar Seri Begawan - The opening ceremony for the 12th Executive Development Programme for Senior Government Officers took place yesterday at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) and was officiated by the Vice-Chancellor of UBD, Dato Paduka Dr Awang Haji Ismail bin Haji Duraman, who was the guest of honour at the event.

This is the 12th time the executive development programme has been offered to selected senior government officers from the Brunei Public Service.

It is sponsored by the Public Service Department under the Prime Minister's Office, and UBD has been commissioned as the agency conducting the training programme with the assistance of other government agencies.

The programme will run from January 21 to April 27. Fifteen senior government officers will participate in it.

The programme is specially designed for Brunei senior government officers with the objective of further enhancing their knowledge, thus preparing them to be effective and visionary directors and heads of departments in the 21st century.

It is also a requirement for confirmation in the post of Director and/or Head of Department or its equivalent.

Full training involves duration of 14 weeks, including one week of orientation, 10 weeks of intensive lectures and seminars, one week of overseas study trip and two weeks' preparation for group project discussions and presentations.

A signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between UBD and the Public Service Department was also held yesterday as part of this co-operative endeavour. It also signified a more concrete and solid relationship between the two agencies, which would cooperate in joint training activities, joint research activities, exchange of information between both agencies including, but not limited to, the exchange of library materials and research publications.

Signing on behalf of the Public Service Department was the-Director-General Awg Sa Bali bin Abas, while signing on behalf of UBD was the Vice-Chancellor Dato Paduka Dr Awang Haji Ismail bin Haji Duraman.

The Vice-Chancellor, in his speech, spoke of work experience and new knowledge as a guideline to achieve efficiency, effectiveness and customer satisfaction in providing public service and thus, it is hoped that this programme would be able to offer the participants additional knowledge and attract their interest to new areas.

The Executive Development Programme was initially designed for a selected group within the Brunei civil service, but has since been opened to other senior government officers in the public sector.

It aims to share knowledge with participants about contemporary approaches and practices in the areas of public policy, public management and governance, to teach officers contemporary approaches, knowledge and relevant skills for conceptualising and analysing public-sector problems and issues in general, as well as to enhance understanding and increase know-how in the areas of performance management, strategic and change management and e-governance in a dynamic and changing public sector environment.

In the last four years, senior government officers from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam have also participated in the programme. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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