Government Competency Programme to sharpen skills of senior officers

Muscat: The Ministry of Civil Service, represented by the Institute of Public Administration (IPA), in cooperation with Competence HR Company, inaugurated the third edition of the Government Competency Programme under the patronage of Sheikh Khalid bin Omar Al Marhoon, Minister of Civil Service.
The programme is implemented by the Ministry of Civil Service. The programme targets directors general and their equivalents in the administrative apparatus of the state.
The Government Competency Programme is one of the most important administrative programmes dealing with human resources development as it is the top priority in the planning process.
The programme hosts 44 participants from the directors general and their equivalents in various units of the administrative apparatus of the state. It will be implemented during the period from December 2018 till May 2019, in four training days each month.
It will be fully funded by private sector institutions, in cooperation with the IPA and Competence HR Company with the support of the Ministry of Oil and Gas and sponsored by a number of leading institutions in the Sultanate namely Shell, Towell Group, Oman Tourism Development (Omran), Omantel and Oman Post.
In general, the programme aims to develop leading figures with high potentials for change through acquiring many skills represented in understanding the government sector and developments in the management of government institutions, studying the best international practices in transforming the government sector into an effective and responsive sector and acquiring the practical experience to confidently face the real life.
In addition the programme aims develop the ability to involve relevant entities to lead change in a positive way, developing individuals for the sake of developing performance, leading collaborative work across diverse teams professionally and culturally, and being capable to lead in a dynamic and rapidly growing
environment.