Monrovia, Liberia – The Government of Liberia through the Civil Service Agency (CSA) will for the first time host a regional public service leadership conference in the Country. The Civil Service Agency’s Director General, Josiah Joekai, made the announcement on Friday, stating that five nations are anticipated to attend the regional conference.
As a component of the CSA workforce development plan, he stated that they hope to establish a regional platform in Africa where Africans can exchange experiences, access resources, and participate in what he called a South-South cooperation.
“What I mean is that in such a continental partnership, Liberia will be able to look regionally or continentally for support or timely intervention instead of having to heavily rely on international organizations like UNDP, USAID forever to support it,” he continued.
“If Africa-Africa can engage and support each other, they will no longer be heavily impacted when such an international situation occurs,” he said, referring to the gaps that now exist as a result of USAID help being reduced.
Director Joekai explained that the South-South and/or Africa-Africa Partnership is one of the greatest options for Liberia to solve the present USAID financed gaps.
For its support of the regional meeting, the CSA Boss praised the Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean (HeDPAC). Additionally, the group is collaborating with the Ministry of Health and CSA, respectively, he added.
DG Joekai informed the media that they will collaborate with the CSA in two phases as part of the (HeDPAC) cooperation to include the Human Health workforce and its associated projects. He made these remarks when the CSA led an array of other government line Ministries and agencies all situated at the EJS Ministerial Complex for a one day cleaning up exercise.
According to DG Joekai, one of the goals of the one-day cleanup was to help preserve the facility’s look.
“Cleaningness is next to Godliness and we need to make sure that we live up to one of the pillars of the government development plan, The ARREST AGENDA for Inclusive Development which highlights Sanitation” , he told his fellow workers.
The CSA chief also gave the public the assurance that, in their capacity as leaders of the government agencies that operate at the Ministerial Complex, they will cooperate to establish a policy and coordinating mechanism that will guarantee the improvement and reinforcement of security on the EJS Ministerial Complex’s grounds.
“We will bring all security officers at the Ministerial Complex together to have a uniformed security for the complex,” he added.
The new move, he noted is to ensure security accountability and to have a well-coordinated structure to know who is responsible for the entire security of the compound.
