Bin Shams: We aim to prepare government leaders to manage government operations at all functional levels
His Excellency Dr. Raed Mohammed bin Shams, Director General of the Institute of Public Administration (BIPA), stressed the importance of the National Program for Government Leadership Development in preparing government leaders at various functional levels capable of making decisions and making government policies that contribute to improving the government operations in the Kingdom of Bahrain and meeting citizen services. This came during the announcement of the Institute’s training plan for the year 2018, which was launched by the Institute in the presence of officials of government agencies, institutions and bodies. Bin Shams pointed out that the Institute aims, through the National Program for Government Leadership Development, to develop a unified national strategy for training government sector employees, which contributes to building a government system that relies on an administrative methodology that considers every employee a leader at his or her job level and is compatible with the training needs of employees from the moment they join as new recruits in the public sector, to also keep pace with the employee’s career development until he reaches the supervisory and administrative levels, reaching the senior leadership levels on the career ladder in the public sector. Bin Shams explained that the National Program for Government Leadership Development is government-supported for all government sector employees at all levels of government, with the aim of preparing government leaders capable of managing the government operations and meeting the needs of citizens, noting that all training programs offered by the Institute of Public Administration are based on the principles A solid scientific approach that relies on making the government employee the main focus of the development process, as the primary focal point for developing government work.
Content last updated: 5 November 2026
