Bangkok--29 Jul--AIT
Civil Service Commission (CSC) of Republic of Maldives has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create more capacity among civil servants to pursue public sector reform initiatives. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Mr. Mohammed Fahmy Hassan, Chairman of Maldives CSC, and Prof. Sudip Kumar Rakshit, Vice President — Research, the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 25 July 2011.
The MoU aims to facilitate staff exchange programs, training of trainers and offer of professional degree and certificate programs. AIT experts will visit Maldvies to offer management and training consultancy. AIT will also encourage Doctoral and Master’s level research in areas of relevance to Maldives. AIT Extension will despatch a fact finding mission to Maldives to determine the capacity development needs of various ministries in the country.
Apart from Mr. Mohammed, the CSC delegation included Ms. Khadeeja Adam, Commissioner, CSC; Mr. Abdullah Jihad, Commissioner, CSC; and Ms. Mariyam Zeeniya, Assistant Lecturer, Civil Service Training Institute. Dr. Jonathan Shaw, Executive Director, AIT Extension; Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage, Associate Dean, School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD); and Mr. Tenzin Rabgyal, Senior Program Officer, External Relations and Communication Office (ERCO) also attended the meeting.
Apart from Dr. Shaw, AIT Extension (AITE) was represented by Mr. Fazle Karim, Head, Information Technology and Engineering; Dr. Faiz Shah, Head, Development Management; Mr. Voravate Chonlasin, Head, Public Sector Capacity Building; Dr. Zakir Hossain, Head, Agriculture, Environment and Resources; Dr. Sundar Venkatesh, Advisor; Ms. Niramol Ponvilai, Senior Program Officer, Administration; Mr. Bahul Shrestha, Programs Officer, Client Management and Marketing; and Mr. Faisal Alih, Program Officer, Development Management.
Photo caption: Prof. Sudip Kumar Rakshit (left) and Mr. Mohammed Fahmy Hassan