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Director General of the Institute of Public Administration (BIPA) Dr. Raed Mohammed bin Shams stressed the importance of investing in human capitals through the development and training of public sector employees to raise the level of government performance, considering training officials as key investors in these capitals, this came during BIPA's announcement ceremony concerning its training programs plan for 2014, in which it revealed granting 4 training programs international approval and linking the short courses with the wheel of core capabilities that based on a study of training needs. Bin Shams added that the government pays great attention to the training outputs, and in this sense BIPA sought the credibility of its programs from well-known international institutions, while retaining the essence of the local design of these programs, therefore programs such as preparation program for government leaders (LEADERS), new government leaders preparation program (CADRES), and customer service program in the government sector (SERVICE), in addition to the excellence program in the management of government services (EXCELLENCE) were all granted the adoption of the Institute of Leadership and Management in Britain (ILM). After that the Director of Registration at BIPA Mr. Najem Salmeen reviewed the training programs plan for next year, where 8 programs will be offered to keep pace with the jobs' needs of the public sector employees in terms of leadership, specialty and basic levels, as well as e-courses and short courses. For his part, Senior Director of Basic Development and Creative Learning Mohammad Al-Saba'a explained how a short courses plan was put forward, where it was linked to 9 essential capabilities of the study of the training needs for the public sector - which was carried out by the Institute earlier - making it easier to assess the needs of the staff in accordance to certain degrees that suit various short courses, Mr. Al-Saba'a also indicated that gaps filling process of functional capacities is continuing and has a variety, as the institute added nearly 20% of new courses, introduced for the first time to keep pace with developments and training needs of the government working sector. In conclusion, the floor for discussion was opened for the training officials and programs' directors at the institute, to answer their various questions about matters related to training, where tribute was paid to the efforts of the Institute and its role in the rehabilitation and development of public sector employees, in addition to the level of its programs and its advanced courses.