The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines will join with the rest of the International Community in celebrating World Public Service day on 23rd June, 2017; a day in which public servants are acknowledged for their contribution to national development. The national theme for this year is “Accelerating Innovative Citizen-Centered Approaches for Improved Service Delivery”
To commemorate this day, the Public Sector Reform Unit (PSRU) will be convening a week of activities from Monday 19th – Friday 23rd June, 2017.
It is the aim that this year’s events will foster new friendships and strengthen the professional relationship among public officers; highlight and embrace the collaboration among the public, private and social sectors and ultimately initiate the improvement in the quality of service delivery through the engagement of citizens.
The planned activities for Public Service week 2017 are as follows;
- A Church service will take place on Monday 19th June at the New Testament Church of God, Wilson Hill, Kingstown from 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Well-wishers are free to attend the service.
- Public officers of participating Ministries and Departments will on Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st June be engaged in the Inter-ministerial staff Internship. The exchange of public officers amongst Ministries and Departments is to promote the transfer of knowledge and experiences which would enable the acceleration of innovative citizen-centered approaches resulting in improved quality of service delivery.
- Individuals within the Public service who have exhibited exceptional comportment and years of service are to be rewarded with The Public Servant Recognition Award: It is slated for Thursday, 22nd June, 2017.
- In addition, the public will have the opportunity to choose the Government Department with the best customer service. Voting for the Best Customer Service department runs from 7th to 21st June, 2017. Persons can use their Digicel mobile cell phones and NTRC’s Website (ntrc.vc/vote) to vote.
- The departments that emerge the winners will receive the Customer Service Excellence Awards while those who vote via text can win prizes. It is the aim to learn from the public as well as from the winning department best practices that can be replicated across the Public Service in order to serve the general public with the highest quality service delivery.
- The first to third place winners will be announced at the event ‘Public Service Forum: Panel Discussion’ slated for Friday 23rd June, 2017 at the Peace Memorial Hall, Kingstown starting at 9:00a.m.
