HEAD OF MISSION-DESIGNATE OF SINGAPORE TO NAMIBIA PAYS NIPAM A VISIT
HEAD OF MISSION-DESIGNATE OF SINGAPORE TO NAMIBIA PAYS NIPAM A VISIT
On 11 July 2019, Head of Mission-Designate of Singapore to Namibia, H.E.
Chua Thai-Keong, paid a visit to NIPAM to discuss possible areas for bilateral
cooperation on capacity building and exchange programmes between NIPAM and
Singapore Civil Service College.
The relationship
between the Namibia Institute of Public Administration and Management (NIPAM)
and the Civil Service College has been a long-standing one dating as far back
as 2010 although without a systematic approach to cement the relationship
between the counterpart institutions responsible for delivering public sector
capacity development initiatives.
The most recent
training intervention given NIPAM’s role in facilitating governance, leadership
and public administration was undertaken based on the broad bilateral agreement
between Namibia and Singapore. This training took the form of the Singaporean
government offering two five - day training courses on Governance and Public
Administration for Permanent Secretaries and Senior Government Officials at the
Civil Service College of Singapore (CSCS) in July and September 2017.
Specifically,
the programme was aimed at providing key insights into Singapore’s experience
through examining key areas such as governance, corruption control, budgetary
and fiscal policies, economic development and public sector leadership. The
delegation was sent to the Civil Service College of Singapore, which is
considered as a world class service provider, to be exposed to good practices
in order to assist the Namibian Government’s resolve to improve service
delivery.
Through the
support of the Office of Prime Minister, and in particular through the
Secretary to the Cabinet as well as the Bilateral agreement between Namibia and
Singapore a provisional action plan has been developed on the way forward.