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Published on February 23, 2015
Under the agreement the ministries would ascertain vision, mission and strategic goals in consistence with the development priorities of the government, long term perspective plan, five year plan and allocation and business and budgetary allocation of the ministry.
Cabinet Secretary and secretaries of ten ministries/divisions signed the agreements in presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during weekly cabinet meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat here today.
Briefing reporters after the cabinet meeting Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said with the agreement, the ten ministries have come to the agreement with the Cabinet Division for evaluating the performance of the officials under Government Performance Management System (GPMS).
"It's an internal mechanism of the civil administration to ensure accountability of the government officials and measuring their annual performance," cabinet secretary said adding the APA contains required guideline for measuring the performance of the officials.
"Every government has a political vision and it's the responsibility to the government officials to realize the vision in an effective manner. In view of this it's also necessary to monitor and evaluate the performance of the government officials," the cabinet secretary said.
Musharraf Hossain said a core committee headed the secretary (coordination and reforms) prepared the guideline of the GPMS through reviewing the civil servants' performance evaluation procedure in India, Bhutan, Kenya, Malaysia and South Africa.
The signing ministries/divisions are Road Transport and Highway Division, Home Ministry, Textiles and Jute Ministry, Energy and Mineral Resources Division, Industries Ministry, Commerce Ministry, Housing and Public Works Ministry, Bridge Division, Social Welfare Ministry and Economic Relations Division.
Other ministries/divisions would sign APA with the Cabinet Division gradually, the cabinet secretary said.
After the signing of the agreements the Prime Minister hoped that performance management system and annual performance agreement would help improve the efficiency and accountability of the government offices and expedite the implementation of government policies and programmes under an intensive monitoring system.
Cabinet Secretary said the government decided to introduce GPMS in the light of the recommendations of the Public Administration Reforms Report-2000 and National Integrity Policy- 2012. The Cabinet Division organized three workshops in June and November last year in this regard for secretary, additional secretary and joint secretary level officials.
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