adminKUALA LUMPUR: The working visit to the United Kingdom successfully achieved all the targets set in an effort to strengthen the country’s Public Service Reform Agenda (ARPA).
Chief Secretary to the Government, Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar, said the visit also brought back new perspectives, best practices and global strategic networks to enhance the capabilities and competitiveness of the public service.
“Among the targets achieved include efforts to improve the position of the civil service index, the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Oxford University and the Razak School of Government (RSOG) and the strengthening of the civil service reform framework from a global perspective,” he said in a statement via social media on Friday.
He explained that the visit also focused on efforts to strengthen the delivery of government services abroad.
“Alhamdulillah, all these targets were successfully achieved. Hopefully the benefits and results of this visit will be translated into tangible actions and reforms towards a more agile, resilient and future-ready public service,” he said.
Through the three-day working visit starting on September 21, various efforts to strengthen global institutional relations were implemented, including dialogue sessions with scholars and public administration thinkers from the University of Oxford, with a focus on education, leadership and human capital.
This also included a meeting with the Director of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS), Dr Farhan Nizami, who emphasized discussions on global Islamic governance, research, social development and Islamic leadership, as well as various agendas of MADANI Malaysian values strengthened in a roundtable session with the Blavatnik School of Government University of Oxford.
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