Permanent Secretary (Civil Service Governance) at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Ajman bin Haji Meludin encouraged 25 participants of the 31st Executive Development Programme for Senior Government Officers (EDPSGO) to strengthen their leadership skills towards becoming leaders who are resilient, forward-thinking, and able to deal with growing challenges such as climate change.
He said this during the programme’s opening ceremony at the Civil Service Institute (IPA) yesterday.
Since its inception in 1996, this marks the second EDPSGO conducted and organised by the IPA in collaboration with Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.
The 13-week programme aims to enhance participants’ leadership capabilities, analytical skills in the field of public policy and strategic management as well as stakeholder analysis and engagement. EDPSGO is a flagship programme under the Civil Service Leadership Pipeline (CSLP) initiative created to support Brunei Vision 2035 aspirations through the Institutional Development Strategy under the Public Service Framework.
Deputy Permanent Secretary (Civil Service Governance) at the PMO Pengiran Haji Raffizanna bin Pengiran Haji Razali; and Director of IPA Dr Hajah Noor Maya binti Haji Md Salleh as well as Adjunct Assistant Professor and representative from Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore Caroline Brassard were present.