Reform of Public Sector Towards Private Sector Facilitation

The project had six specific objectives that included:

• Enhancing capacities in the Civil Service Department;
• Enhancing public servants’ skills in facilitating the private sector through experimental competence development;
• Enhancing the capacities of the top leadership of the public service in change management;
• Improving public-private dialogue and consultation mechanisms;
• Improving the reform of policy and regulatory framework on public –private sector facilitation;
• Promoting public servants’ understanding of the private sector’s characteristics and potential needs, and identify the private sector’s potential contribution to the country’s development through a customer focused and integrated performance management system; and
• Creating a clear understanding within government and between government departments and the private sector on their respective and mutually supportive roles, encourage private sector participation in contract and non-core services.

The project had three components, namely,

• Private sector facilitation and leadership;
• Private sector participation; and
• Performance management systems