Fiji will send more civil servants to the Chinese Executive Leadership Academy of Pudong (CELAP) to undergo short-term training.
The Public Service Commission permanent secretary Parmesh Chand made this announcement this week after twenty senior officials from across government agencies and statutory bodies returned from China following their own training from CELAP.
This week the officials met with the PSC permanent secretary and staff of the Commission and shared their experiences
“PSC’s role is to identify officers for the training and we are looking at the possibility of sending more officers in the future,” Mr Chand said.
“Government had requested for three hundred more officials to undergo training and that has been approved so we will be sending batches of 25 officers for the next five years.”
Commending the leadership development trainiNG, the Ministry of Education’s deputy secretary Kelera Taloga said that the concept of governance in China was an “eye opener for her”
“The ministries in China focus on one plan, whatever is implemented at the ground level is an implementation of the master plan,” Ms Taloga said.
“One of the key factors that I learned in China that I can transfer to my own ministry is the need to work together in realising our own vision.”
Similarly, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Rusiate Tudravu said that the one of the main features of the training focussed on reforms.
“The will of the leaders to implement changes and to be people focussed is very important,”
“It is very clear that China’s intent to develop the country focuses on the needs of the citizens and from the Fiji Police point of view this includes the significant role that national security plays.”
CELAP is China's Premier Executive Leadership Training Academy, providing training to top bureaucrats and politicians in China on the dynamics of the country's socio economic development.
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