Maldives Civil Services Commission signs an MOU with the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), India for the capacity building of 1,000 Maldives civil servants during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Male on this Saturday. The Ministry of External Affairs of India will bear all expenses of the training programme and India's leading civil services training institution NCGG will train 1,000 Maldives civil servants over the next five years. The areas of training programme will include public administration, e-governance and service delivery, public policy and governance, information technology, best practices in fisheries in coastal areas, agro-based practices, self-help group initiatives, urban development and planning, ethics in administration and challenges in implementation of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). And suitable civil servants in the senior, executive and middle management levels will be nominated for these training programs.
The NCGG will likewise help the Civil Services Training Institute, to develop training programmes and materials, and to organise the exchange of experts as needed by the Commission.