TUESDAY OCTOBER 4

Morning

Afternoon

9:00-10:00

Opening remarks

►Hon. Mr. Shri Suresh Pachouri, Minister of State, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Government of India

Welcome remarks

►Mr. A.N. Tiwari, Secretary, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India

Introductory remarks

Ms Taboka Nkhwa, Deputy Director, GIDD, Commonwealth Secretariat (TBC 17/8)

Seminar objectives & context

►Ms Ruth Dantzer, President & CEO, Canada School of Public Service

1:30 - 3:00

Training choices

Role of the training institutes, in and beyond the classroom; where best to invest; school and faculty models; who are the training providers? What is the impact of cost-recovery mandate?

Chair: Alhaji M Yayale Ahmed, Head of the Civil Service of Nigeria (TBC 17/8)

►Mr. O.P. Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Training Division of the Ministry, Government of India

►Prof R.I.M. Moletsane, Director-General, Lesotho Institute for Public Administration & Management (LIPAM) and Dr F. Benson Kandoole, Malawi Institute of Management (MIM) – re learning in Singapore

10:00- 10:15

Break

3:00 – 3:30

Break

10:15-12:15

Learning for the 21^st century

Identifying skills and values needed to respond to new and emerging challenges

►Chair: Ms Noellie Alexander, CEO, Seychelles Institute of Management

►Bobby Soobrayan, Director General, SAMDI, South Africa

Dr Malek, Director, INTAN, Malaysia (TBC 17/8)

3:30 – 5:30

Learning models (1)

How best to impart knowing, doing & being: investing in senior leaders

►Chair: Dr Ruth Dantzer, President, Canadian School of Public Service

►Ruby Brown, Acting Executive Director, Management Institute for National Development (MIND), Jamaica and Dave Kidney, Director, Public Service Learning Academy, Trinidad & Tobago

►Peniame Naqasima, Director, Centre for Public Service Training, Fiji

12:15-12:30

Announcements & Group Photo

12:30 - 1:30

Lunch

Evening

7:00 – 8:00

Cultural programme

Hosted by the Government of India

8:00 -11:00

Dinner

Hosted by the Government of India

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5

Morning

Afternoon

9:00-9:15

Reflections

The learning journey thus far; priorities for day two

►Ms Gillian Mason, Executive Director/CEO, CAPAM

1:30 – 2:30

Evaluating learning results

Measuring impact; cost-benefit analysis

Chair: Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

Lim Soo Hoon

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9:15 – 10:30

Learning models (2)

Training methods and adult education principles and practices; integration of training & workplace; project and group work; coaching and mentoring; experiential education

Chair: Harry Ganoo, Secretary to Cabinet & Head of Civil Service, Mauritius (TBC 17/8)

►Dr Jeannine Comma, Centre for Management Development, University of West Indies, Barbados (TBC 17/8)

►Prof Stephen Adei, Director, Ghana Institute for Management and Public Administration

2:30 – 4:00

Cooperation and exchange

Exchange and joint ventures as learning models; the role of regional and international networks & organizations

►Chair: David Spencer, Principal, National School of Government, UK

►Alan Fels, Dean, Australia & New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)

Tunji Daodu, Wamdevin (TBC 17/8)

10:30 – 10:45

Break

4:00 – 4:15

Break

10:45 – 11:30

Harnessing technology to support learning

Yeoh Chee Yan, Dean & CEO, Singapore Civil Service College (TBC 17/8 and 22/8)

Mr D.S. Mathur, Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (TBC 23/8)

4:15 – 5:30

Building sustainable networks

Building networks for future cooperation: group discussion and resolutions

►Geoff Dinsdale, Canada School of Public Service (rapporteur)

►Hon Jocelyne Bourgon

11:30- 12:30

Supporting the government reform agenda

Chair: Samsudin

►Juka Jabong, Director General, Management Development Institute, Gambia and Dr J.Y. Maiyaki, Director General, Centre for Management Development, Nigeria

12:30 - 1:30

Lunch

Evening

7:00 – 8:00

Cultural programme 

Hosted by the Government of India

8:00 -11:00

Closing ceremony and dinner

Hosted by the Government of India