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(Forimmediaterelease.net) SEYCHELLES - The Seychelles
Institute of Management (SIM) will play a bigger role in
helping government organizations and agencies achieve a new
level of performance and service.
This was announced by the Seychelles Vice President Danny
Faure when he addressed the Chief Executives Forum for the
first time this year.
Vice President Faure said that by the end of 2010, the SIM
would take this new role of assisting in capacity building,
and to do this it would receive a financing of SR2 million a
year for the next 5 years from the NHRDC.
Outlining the extended role of SIM, he said: “As part of the
ongoing reform programs, professional development and
capacity building will need to be addressed. Our
organizations need [a] skilled and knowledgeable work force
to support and sustain the various reform initiatives.
“In this change process, employee involvement and
empowerment are crucial. So, we have to ensure that everyone
in our organizations have the necessary tools to do their
jobs and to continuously improve.”
Together with the Department of Public Administration and
the Human Resources Development Council, SIM will develop a
training plan for policy makers and implementers in the
public service.
The Institute will have from now on until December to plan
and organize the training, which will cover areas such as
governance, financial management, strategic planning,
performance management, and policy planning and formulation.
VP Faure called upon the CEOs with specific expertise in
these fields to act as facilitators and assist SIM in the
delivery of this staff empowerment program.
At the CEO Forum, the VP called upon the CEOs to raise the
bar in the running of their organizations and providing a
better service to the Seychellois public by becoming more
dynamic and innovative.
He told them: “We have sought to create a leaner government;
make more efficient use of resources and improve service
delivery. But, as I said earlier, we have to go further
still.”
He said government is moving forward with its policy
objectives and strategies, which will take the country
towards a more modern and prosperous Seychelles, and one
that can continue to resist the shocks of any external
fluctuations, and that in this task, it needed its
organizations and agencies to improve their performance.
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