{"id":14292,"date":"2023-11-28T14:16:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14292"},"modified":"2023-11-28T14:16:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:16:18","slug":"annual-personnel-practitioners-workshop-resumes-to-strengthen-public-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/annual-personnel-practitioners-workshop-resumes-to-strengthen-public-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Personnel Practitioners\u2019 Workshop Resumes to Strengthen Public Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Efforts to enhance the delivery of public services in Guyana have received a boost with the return of the Annual Personnel Practitioners\u2019 Workshop, organized by the Ministry of Public Service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a hiatus of about seven years, the two-day training seminar was held under the theme: &#8220;Strengthening the Public Service Through Human Resources Management.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Mark Phillips addressed the staff during the opening session, emphasizing the importance of rules and regulations to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of goods and services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nakasia-Service-Delivery-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged participants to focus on how to communicate these rules and regulations throughout the public service, acknowledging the crucial role of every individual, from drivers to handymen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister highlighted that effective human resource management encompasses efficient planning, recruitment, training, employee engagement, diversity, and inclusion, among other factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public Service Minister Sonia Parag emphasized the critical nature of the workshop, which was discontinued in 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nakasia-Service-Delivery-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She stressed the importance of such training sessions at least once a year to ensure that public servants are well-equipped to provide the expected level of service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop saw the participation of Permanent Secretaries from various government ministries, their deputies, regional executive officers, and other human resource and personnel staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The overarching goal of the workshop remains rooted in revamping the mechanisms by which the public service operates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop&#8217;s revival signifies a renewed commitment to continuous improvement in the public service sector, aligning with the government&#8217;s goal of delivering efficient and effective services to the citizens of Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts to enhance the delivery of public services in Guyana have received a boost with the return of the Annual Personnel Practitioners\u2019 Workshop, organized by the Ministry of Public Service.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news","category-one-guyana"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14296,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14292\/revisions\/14296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}