Objectives

Provision of Research Development and Training

This output provides for the delivery of Technology research and innovation in order to identify appropriate technologies for adoption as standards to improve the civil services effectiveness. It also provides for training in the use of various Information and Communication Technologies.

Technology research forms an integral part of our services to the Ministries and Departments to find new technologies and test them out before recommending them for adoption by government

Areas of Research

• To find appropriate technology for government use in particular areas or globally as a standard throughout the public service
• Keeping up-to-date with new technology developments
• Ensuring technology competence through appropriate training
• Research into the use of Linux as an alternative for school computerization.
• Linux Trial
• Trail of new Development methodology
• New Training programs

Personnel Performance

• Ensures that an effective, competent and motivated workforce is recruited and retained through the establishment and implementation of specialized training, performance management and development programmes, clear and effective communications to staff, constructive industrial relations practices and policies, and by implementing a management style and work culture that is conductive to maintaining high professional attitude, morale and performance.
• Enhance officers performances through specialized Technical conferences, courses/workshops/seminars and internal training programmes.
• Facilitate FIT curriculum development
• Improved Staff retention.
• Personnel Training schedule completed

The section has a compiled list of training needs required by the staff for 2003. It relies heavily on assistance from donor organisations such as Japan International Cooperation Agency, Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Asia Pacific Telecommunications and Asia Pacific Organisation for sponsored training programmes.