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In keeping with the tripartite strategy that was launched at the beginning of this year, His Excellency Dr. Raed Mohammed bin Shams, Director General of the Institute of Public Administration, launched the institute’s new website at www.ipa.gov.bh, as the need arose to develop the website in line with the strategic mechanisms calling for achieving advanced government performance for sustainable development based on training, research, consultation, guidance and evaluation, in order to achieve effective communication with all segments of society, diversify media channels and keep pace with current developments in the information technology sector. Hassan Qambar, Senior Director of Strategic Communications at the Institute, announced that the new website contains several different sections, including introductory pages about the Institute, which varied between an overview of the establishment and the strategy that the Institute followed since 2006 until it launched its strategy at the beginning of this year, in addition to an introductory page for the members of the Board of Directors, the organizational structure, and a map of the Institute’s strategic partners, who number approximately 40 partners around the world. Qambar added that the site meets the needs of training departments in various ministries and government agencies through easy access to, reviewing, and registering for training programs. The site also highlights electronic lectures, educational clips, games, and electronic courses within the e-training page. Cumber noted that the website also offers monitoring The opinions of all the trainees and participants in the training programs are displayed on the main page of the site in order to give visitors a realistic and deeper picture of the trainees’ experience. The site also covers the latest news and all the projects that the institute is conducting, under the media center section, through news, photos and videos, in addition to a page for all of the institute’s publications, which allows visitors to the site to easily download the publications, with the feature of being compatible with all software and smart devices. Since the Institute has many initiatives on a regional and international level, Qambar said that a page has been dedicated to the Middle East and North Africa Network for Public Administration Research (MENAPAR), the young network headed by the Kingdom of Bahrain represented by the Institute of Public Administration. The site reviews the network’s Board of Directors and international partners, in addition to the series of conferences that the Institute has held annually since 2014 in Bahrain, then in Tunisia in 2015, until this year in the Sultanate of Oman. Qambar added that the website has dedicated a page for the Master of Public Administration program, as the institute offers this program based on a supportive methodology for qualifying government leaders capable of making decisions and building policies. Therefore, this page is considered a collection of all important information about the program, including the registration mechanism, the study system, and graduation standards, in addition to the list of students participating in the program, and a presentation of the most frequently asked questions about the program. Qambar confirmed that the institute Every care is taken to activate the various communication channels with all segments of employees in the public and private sectors, so the institute’s social media channels have been highlighted on the website, which bear the title (BIPABH) to ensure ease of access and interaction at all levels.