New Delhi: The capacity-building programme for civil servants of Maldives– 33rd of its kind— will run for two weeks from 9 September to 20 September, 2024, and is being organised by the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), a PIB press release stated.
This is the second phase of the capacity-building initiative under the revised memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by India’s External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, and Maldives’ Foreign Minister, Moosa Zameer, for the period 2024-2029. Under the first phase, over 1,000 civil servants from across the Maldives have visited the NCGG for capacity-building. The first phase focused on permanent secretaries, former presidents, members of the Civil Service Commission, and high-ranking officials from key departments and ministries.
The new program will cater to 34 civil servants from the Maldives, including assistant directors, senior administrators, council officers, faculties, and community health officers. The program will cover topics such as India’s governance model, digital technology, and various central government programs. The emphasis will be on enhancing the efficiency of public services, improving transparency, and promoting good governance in the Maldives.
Dr B S Bisht, course coordinator of the programme, said, “It is pertinent to mention that NCGG has achieved the remarkable milestone by fulfilling the mandate of training a total of 1000 civil servants including permanent Secretaries, Secretary Generals and High-Level Delegates from Maldives over a total of 32 Capacity Building Programmes in Field Administration for the Civil Servant of Maldives including programmes for senior level officers from Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and Information Commission Office of Maldives (ICOM) under the MoU signed on June 8, 2019. The present programmes marks the initiation of the second phase of capacity building programmes after the renewal of the MoU in August, 2024. Five programmes will be held in the year 2024-25 targeting a total of 175 civil servants.”