BIGD, BRAC University and Cabinet Division, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, jointly hosted two workshops on Government Performance Management System from 7 to 9 November 2016 at the Divisional Commissioner Office, Sylhet. The purpose of the workshops was to orient and train 75 officers from different departments at the district and divisional level on how to design the vision, mission, objectives, and indicator based performance targets in 2016-2017.
The trainers were Mr. N. M. Zeaul Alam, Secretary (Coordination & Reforms) Cabinet Division; Md. Jamal Uddin, Divisional Commissioner, Sylhet; Mr. Altaf Hossain Sheikh, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Division. 75 participants from the 4 districts of Sylhet shared views and opinions at the workshop.
Similarly, a workshop on Government Performance Management System was held on 19 November 2016 at the Divisional Commissioner Office, Mymensingh. The purpose of this workshop was to orient and train 25 officers from different departments at the district and divisional level on how to design the vision, mission, objectives, and indicator based performance targets in 2016-2017.
In open discussion and lecture session, participants shared their challenges.
The total number of participants was 25 from 2 districts of Mymensingh division. The trainers are Mr. N. M. Zeaul Alam, Secretary (Coordination & Reforms) Cabinet Division; G.M. Saleh Uddin, Divisional Commissioner, Mymensingh; Md. Kamrul Hasan, Senior Assistant Secretary, Cabinet Division. The workshop was running from 9 AM to 5:00 PM of the days consisted with Inaugural, open discussion, lecture on APA, Group work and lastly Presentation of group work with observation of the participants and trainers.
The government has introduced Annual Performance Agreement (APA) at field level offices from 2016-17. APA is a record of the people’s mandates which is represented by the Minister and Secretary of the Ministry/Division responsible for implementing this mandate. Moreover, it is a kind of monitoring system to ensure mobility and transparency of the work of the different ministries/divisions in a given process and schedule. Current APA will be based on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) and highly recommended for developing three new components. which are creating a work environment including maintaining hygiene; reform office set up and manage a space for guest room; and form a complaint or opinion center.