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The President of the Civil Service Commission, Mr. Ahmed bin Zayed Al Zayed, confirmed that the implementation of the job performance system (Adaa), which was approved by the Council of Ministers in July 2014, included all employees at job levels up to the level of assistant undersecretary and those of the like in all government agencies falling under the umbrella of the civil service. He stressed that the implementation of this system comes from the directives of our wise leadership and its interest in comprehensive development, foremost of which is interest in the human element. Mr. Ahmed bin Zayed Al Zayed explained in his speech yesterday morning (Wednesday) at the first training program activities implemented by the Civil Service Bureau in cooperation with the Institute of Public Administration for the (Adaa) system for agents and assistant agents in government agencies that implementing the system comes within the government’s policy to improve job benefits for all employees subject to the civil service, which will contribute to improving government work and raising the level of performance and quality of productivity, as the system includes linking the government employee’s performance to incentives, promotions, accountability, and the training system. The head of the Civil Service Bureau stated that the (Adaa) system is an integrated system for managing employees’ job performance, and it is a continuous communication process based on partnership and encouraging regular communication and dialogue between the employee and the direct supervisor. It is based on the principle of strategic compatibility through which the goals related to the job and behavioral capabilities are determined. Then, assessing expectations about the performance of the tasks assigned to the employee and the extent of their contribution to achieving the organization’s objectives, he pointed out that the system focuses on raising the capacity of human resources by focusing on establishing administrative and legal controls aimed at developing and raising the productivity of human resources, making them capable of achieving the strategic objectives of the government entity. Mr. Ahmed Al-Zayed confirmed that the Civil Service Commission, in joint cooperation with the Institute of Public Administration, will provide training programs compatible with the training needs of government agencies and groups concerned with managing employee performance according to elaborate training standards and strategies, through which those concerned will be trained on the latest developments in this field, provide them with modern skills, and train them on contemporary practical, scientific and behavioral applications to increase their efficiency in managing employee performance. For his part, Dr. Raed Mohammed bin Shams, Director General of the Institute of Public Administration, praised the strategic partnership between BIPA and the Civil Service Commission, which stems from the strategic priority within the work program of the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain for the years 2014-2018 AD, which is “an effective and efficient government in order to serve citizens.” He stressed that the Adaa program is one of the important joint projects that contribute to improving government work and raising the level of employee performance and the quality of their productivity, as the system includes linking the performance of government employees to incentives. Bonuses, promotions and training system. The Director General of the Institute of Public Administration explained that the program targets four main categories in its design: undersecretaries, assistant undersecretaries and their equivalents, managers and their equivalents, and supervisory positions in addition to coordinators. The program also includes four main parts divided into general concepts in performance management, management by objectives, capabilities in performance management, evaluation interviews and its outcomes, in addition to coordination and follow-up processes and practical applications on the performance system. For his part, the planning and development consultant and lecturer at the Institute of Public Administration (BIPA) in leadership programs, Dr. Osama Al-Ali, stressed that the training program highlights the consolidation of the concepts of strategic compatibility between strategic goals and individual goals and the system of monitoring strategic performance and following up on work by following up on readings of performance indicators by providing a coherent and integrated methodology for managing the work of individuals that supports the strategic directives of government agencies and establishing a comprehensive understanding of the strategic goals of government agencies falling under the umbrella of the civil service and their progression and detail at functional levels.