Introduction
Program Strategy
Program Components
Activities
Project Participants
Workshop & Seminars
 

Institutional Support for Governance Reform Projects (ISGR)
 
The Components of the Program
 

Component I - Reform Management and Capacity Building in Change Units

Activities in this component will build the institutional capacity and platform for the implementation of sequenced governance reform actions as defined in the Governance Reform Policy. The key focus will be on the change units in three line Ministries (Ministry of Agriculture and cooperatives, Ministry of Education and Sports and Ministry of Health), Governance Reform Coordination Unit (GRCU) of Ministry of General Administration and Efficiency Unit (EU) of Ministry of Finance. A core focus will be the development of a leadership development program in key committees and agencies and ensuring that the program is integrated in to the regular processess of government operations.

Component II - Improve Overall Efficiency of the Civil Service

A core objective of this component is to facilitate the reform of civil service pay policy and personnel management processes and systems to support enhanced performance and outcomes from the public sector. The activities to be carried in this component would be i. Review of current VERS scheme and application of measures for reducing staffing levels, ii. Policy on Devolving Non-Core Activities, iii. Establishment and Wage-bill control and iv. Computerized Personnel Information Processes and Systems.

Component III - Anti-Corruption Measures

The basic objective of this component is to strengthen the CIAA so that is can play a prominent role in the development of a public expectation of an accountable and transparent use of public authority.

Component IV - Enhance Competence of Staff

Some fundamental activities with regard to personnel policies and processes and undertaken in this component.

Component V - Performance Improvement Program

The core focus is to establish the culture and processes related to performance based management for public sector entities and demostrate the budget incentives, effciency dividends and benefits in terms of imporved quality of outcomes for participating entities as a platform for further expansion.