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Shri Suresh Pachouri, Minister of State, Ministry of Personnel, Pubic Grievance and Pensions will inaugurate a high level seminar of Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM) on Networking of the Institutes at Hotel Maurya Sherton, New Delhi, tomorrow. The theme for this two-day Seminar is “In Pursuit of Excellence: Developing and Maintaining a High-Quality Public Service” .
The aim of the meeting is to enable, schools of public administration responsible for in-career training of civil servants, keep abreast of best practices and trends in training and knowledge development by beginning a discourse on improving the quality of training imparted to public administrators.
The target audience for the meeting include:
Those who deliver training to the public service – public service training institutes in the Commonwealth.
Those who make decisions regarding training in the public service (representatives of central agencies and govt. departments, the major `clients’ of public sector training programmes)
Those at the leading edge of training in governance etc. whether inside or outside government.
A Network of Public Service Training Institutions in India has been developed by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India that would provide opportunities for courses and training programmes to be developed for CAPAM members in specific areas of governance. It would also provide a web-based learning and resource network online. The linkages among the training institutions in India will be useful for sharing training material, disseminating research findings, running distance-learning courses etc. This will further enhance the quality of capacity building efforts of the participating institutions.
The network of resource centers in India would act as the Regional Center of CAPAM and a web-portal of the network will be launched by Cabinet Secretary, Shri B.K. Chaturvedi during the CAPAM on 5th October 2005.
22 select institutions from India such as Administrative Staff College of India, Lal Bhahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, IIMs etc. are participating in the proposed network of Commonwealth public service training institutes. The Institutes have identified major areas of focus/interest in which they can design suitable training programmes to meet the requirements of Commonwealth countries. They are equipped with necessary infrastructure, including training material and faculty for hosting courses. CAPAM members may get in touch with the respective institutes to avail of their services.
The network of resource centers in India would disseminate CAPAM documents and material concerning excellence in public sector administration and management. They can also contribute in enrichment of Practice Knowledge Centre – the `Knowledge Bank’ of CAPAM – containing collection of material and publications from CAPAM affiliates and institutional members.
CAPAM members would be able to access the digital repository of best practices – Governance Knowledge Centre - available with the Ministry of Personnel, Government of India. This would help the members and Commonwealth public service training institutions comprehend, disseminate, share and augment their knowledge in the area of governance and public sector management.
The participating training institutes in India would offer customized programmes, region specific programmes/workshops and generic programmes, distance learning opportunities and consultancy services to the CAPAM members.
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