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| Gilbert Atta-Boakye, Facilitator |
Accra, Ghana – In an attempt to redefine work ethics across the
sub-region, a five-day workshop to enhance the performance of parliamentary administrators
and technical staff by equipping them with requisite skills to adopt
Resource-Based Management (RBM) practices has opened in Accra.
In a statement read on behalf of
the Director-General of the National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS),
Dr.Ladi Hamalai, at the workshop, the DG explained there was a “need for
parliaments to be more accountable for their performance than ever before.” It
was therefore imperative to adopt “coherent approaches that join up performance
monitoring at micro and macro level for value maximization.”
The statement added the topic for
the workshop is “apt particularly given that democracies are premised on the
idea that citizens can hold their leaders accountable.” Dr.Hamalai further
enjoined participants to apply the new skills they would acquire in setting
defined goals, track and measure performance indicators.”
The Director of Operations of the
African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Dr.Coffi Nouman said “Parliaments
do not only provide avenues for citizen’s participation in decision-making process,
but ensure effective and efficient financial governance, hence the need to make
parliamentary institutions strong, vibrant & result-driven.”
On his part, the representative
of the Secretary-General of ECOWAS Parliament Amuta J Onogwu averred the workshop
will “sharpen administrative and technical skills of legislative staff.”
The workshop covers discussion on
a wide range of issues, including: Introduction to Results-Based Management
Concepts and trends; understanding the general concepts of management
approaches, specific indicators, development and use of results frameworks for
Parliaments and results-Based Management and Parliamentary Results Chain.
The workshop is organized by the
National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS), which is the foremost,
effective and credible regional institution with counterpart funding from the
African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). In the last four years, it has
remained committed to scaling up legislative capacity development and deepening
institutional memory of West African legislature.
Emmanuel.K.Bensah/Africa in Focus Show/National Institute for
Legislative Studies National Assembly
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