At least 20 staff from the Ministry of Public Service, Administrative Reforms, Policy Coordination and Delivery on Tuesday concluded a two-day training on Functional Reviews (FR) of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Government of The Gambia.
The two-day synergy was convened from 15 and 16 April 20204 at Bakadaji Hotel in Kotu, with the aimed to provide the participants with knowledge and use of the technical skills associated with performing functional reviews of the Government of The Gambia’s MDAs.
Permanent Secretary (PS), at the Ministry of Public Service, Administrative Reforms, Policy Coordination and Delivery, Pateh Jah on behalf of the Secretary General and Head of the Civil Service, Salimatou E.T. Touray and Minister of the said Ministry named above, Hon. Baboucarr Bouy thanked participants for their present at the training.
“You are here to equip yourselves with the basic knowledge on Functional Reviews (FR) of MDAs of the Government of The Gambia. FR is part of the Ministry’s mandates especially PMO in particular,” PS Jah explained.
In that regard PS Jah went on, ministry deemed it necessary to get an expertise to equip the staff on how to go about Functional Reviews process within Gov’t MDAs.
“Feel free to ask relevant questions and anything that is related to Functional Reviews. Interact with each other to know the basic knowledge of FR of the Government’s MDAs,” said PS Jah.
He commended Public Administration International (PAI) for their continue support to the Government of The Gambia especially to PMO for the past years.
Director, Civil Service Reforms and Planning Unit under the Ministry of Public Service, Administrative Reforms, Policy Coordination and Delivery, Sheriff Jallow chaired the official opening ceremony where he informed that the training of this nature was timely.
During the two-day session, the Project team leader/Public Reforms Advisor from Public Administration International (PAI) in UK, Mr. Stephen Catchpole delivered the training, supported by the power point presentations on FR of the architecture of the government MDAs.
