CIVIL service officers from Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore yesterday discussed challenges in developing strategic plans, with the emphasis on Brunei's experience, to reflect on and share key issues which the three countries could consider.
The discussion was conducted by Brunei guest speaker Zainal Abiddin Hj Tingal from Mind Matters Consultants in a talk entitled "Planning for the Unknown: Challenges in Strategic Planning — Brunei's experience" held at the Civil Service Institute (IPA).
The talk was part of the inaugural Brunei-Malaysia-Singapore Trilateral Leadership Development Programme (LDP), a two-week programme on leadership development specifically for civil service officers from the three countries.
The LDP is a joint programme between Brunei's IPA, Malaysia's Institute of Public Administration and Management Malaysia (Intan) and Civil Service College Singapore (CSC) with the aim of enabling civil service officers from the three countries to forge closer ties.
The programme, which has brought in several officers from various government agencies from the three countries, was officially launched in Singapore on November 2. It was followed by another session in Malaysia on November 5 and ends today in Brunei.
"The main objectives of this programme are to provide a platform to share and exchange ideas on the challenges faced by the civil services, to provide insights into the civil service systems of Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore as well as to provide opportunities for participants to interact in an informal setting and build rapport among colleagues from the civil services," said Hj Jefri Hj Md Salleh, Senior Special Duties Officer at the Public Services Department.
He added that the programme also focused on common or collaborative opportunities for both sides and included discussions on case studies and visits to public agencies. The trilateral programme featured four core principles: understanding each other's systems and principles, leadership development, challenges faced by the three countries' civil services systems and building closer ties.
The first ever leadership development programme was co-hosted by Brunei's IPA and Malaysia's Intan in 2006.
The Brunei Times
(Top) Zainal Abiddin Hj Tunggal, Principle Consultant of Mind Matters Consultants, delivering his talk on Brunei's experience and challenges in strategic planning. (Above) Participants of the inaugural Brunei-Malaysia-Singapore Trilateral Leadership Development Programme listening to the talk at IPA. Picture: BT/Al-Haadi Abu Bakar
Thursday, November 12, 2009
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