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The Institute of Public Administration received participants from the eighth batch in the preparation diploma program for the public sector, who number approximately 50 new government employees from various ministries and government agencies, at the opening ceremony held yesterday at the Institute. In a speech delivered by the Executive Director of Business Development at the Institute of Public Administration, Yousef Al-Badr, he emphasized the role and objectives of the Institute and the connection of its programs with the national strategy in order to activate its initiatives. He also showed the development taking place in the program after it was redesigned based on a study identifying training needs carried out by the Institute, and the best international experiences in this field, in addition to the observations of graduates of previous batches, so that the result was appropriate to the Bahraini reality and the needs of its individuals. The coordinator of the public sector preparation diploma program, Khaled Al-Eid, also welcomed the trainees and explained to them the rules and laws followed at the institute. He revealed the extent of the program’s development after the study prepared by the institute, which clarifies the training needs that must be focused on, and after several meetings with certified specialists and trainers in this field. The ideal model was reached, which consists of three basic axes: I know, I care, and I work, from which the four program units stem: introducing government work, effective work teams, planning to implement tasks and operations, communication skills, and customer service. And about the details The Program Al-Eid indicated that the program will consist of a group of short courses, lectures and workshops, and in order to prepare the trainees for practical responsibilities, the trainee will be given the opportunity to carry out the necessary practical applications of what he faces in his work. In this context, the trainee will be given methods and methodologies through which he will collect the information required in each course from his workplace, and then return to share with other trainees the information he has collected, in order to consolidate and strengthen the concepts he acquires during the training, in addition to enhancing skills and behaviors through field visits to the reality of government work in Bahrain. On the other hand, the Director of National Communications at the Economic Development Board, Issa Mubarak, gave an introductory presentation explaining the Economic Vision 2030 and the National Strategy, which explains the general goals that the government seeks to achieve through some of the main tasks assigned to the state ministries. Mubarak also stressed that the strategy is the basic link that connects all ministries and state agencies and unites them in order to achieve goals that benefit the nation and the citizen. The head of public relations in the e-government, Ali Darwish, also gave an introductory presentation explaining the services provided by the e-government, and how to benefit from them in easy and accessible ways that save the citizen time and effort. It is worth noting that the preparation diploma program for the public sector It is the first of its kind in the region. It aims to prepare and qualify public sector employees to engage in their government work easily and conveniently, and to create a culture of citizenship and institutional loyalty in government work, as well as to create a culture of excellence in customer service in the government sector, in addition to linking public sector employees to Bahrain’s Economic Vision 2030.