Participants at a three-day forum on Strengthening the working relationships of ministers and permanent secretaries in the Government of Sierra Leone.
President of Sierra Leone launches forum on strengthening governance
21 September 2010
President Bai Koroma delivers keynote speech at Commonwealth Secretariat forum
The President of Sierra Leone thanked the Commonwealth for its continued interest in his country last week as he launched a forum facilitated by the Commonwealth Secretariat to strengthen the governance of Sierra Leone.
In his keynote address to participants at a three-day forum on Strengthening the working relationships of ministers and permanent secretaries in the Government of Sierra Leone, President Bai Koroma welcomed “friends” from the Commonwealth Secretariat and fellow Commonwealth countries to the meeting.
He continued: “Our membership of the Commonwealth of Nations has been mutually beneficial, and we welcome the initiative to strengthen governance as a prerequisite to poverty alleviation and sustainable development [in Sierra Leone].”
During the forum participants made recommendations to improve the working relationships of ministers and permanent secretaries in Sierra Leone to aid the creation and implementation of government policies, programmes and activities.
The meeting was jointly organised by the Governance and Institutional Development Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Public Sector Reform Unit of Sierra Leone at the Miatta Conference Centre in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
The Public Sector Reform Programme in Sierra Leone provides training to ministers and public servants as part of the government’s Agenda for Change, which seeks to reduce the level of poverty by generating a sustainable rate of economic growth, and providing quality services to the people.
Speaking at the forum, President Koroma added: “I will not allow relationship challenges between ministers and senior civil servants to slow down my commitment to transform this country.
“This forum is in my view, a useful platform for enhancing an effective partnership between policy-makers and public servants, towards the aspirations of our people.”
At the end of the meeting, participants recommended, amongst others: training and development programmes for both the Minister and the public service; joint sessions, workshops and retreats for ministers and permanent secretaries; and restoring the “cherished” values of neutrality, objectivity, impartiality, professionalism, transparency and accountability to underpin the work of the service.
Ministers and senior civil servants agreed that they would cultivate a trustworthy and sustainable relationship in their common desire to deliver services to the people of Sierra Leone.
President Koroma also launched the Management and Functional Review of the Public Service Commission at the forum, which was also supported by the Commonwealth Secretariat.
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