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White Paper on Public Sector Reform• Communicating performance improvement actions.The Government affirms its commitment to the public sector reform processbecause it is a sine qua non for making Barbados work better at being morecompetitive global and being more responsive to the needs of the public.Government is pledged to provide a critical minimum amount of resources on apriority basis in the action areas where the Reform will produce the most beneficialresults.13:3 COST IMPLICATIONSThe transformation of the public sector envisaged in this White Paper will requireadequate financial resources to ensure its successful implementation. However,without detailed analysis, it is not feasible to quantify these costs in any preciseway at this stage. It is known, that costs will be incurred over the range ofactivities already outlined. The priority areas requiring financial resources are -(i) Training and retraining in• human resource management• financial strategic management• policy development and analysis• management information systems(ii) The provision of computers and other modern office technology withrecurrent costs for operations and maintenance.(iii) The provision of external consultancies to organise and conductspecialised training.
White Paper on Public Sector Reform(iv)(v)Office accommodation renewal, maintenance and upgrading of officefurniture and equipment.Upgrading of the physical plant and technology at the TrainingDivision, together with personnel, to enable it to undertake specifiedtraining service-wide.The costs will not be exclusively new costs, but will be absorbed as part of theallocations to the various agencies for on-going activities. New costs will occur inthe areas of infrastructure upgrading and acquisition and installation of newinformation systems through out the public sector.It is expected that some of the training and retraining elements of the reformprogramme, will attract support from international agencies and will be undertakenin collaboration with private sector training agencies. In addition, currentresources will be redirected where possible, to give support and momentum to theprocess. It is expected that the costs associated with the foregoing five areas couldbe in excess of one million dollars per year over a three year period.13:3:1 BENEFITSBenefits will accrue at both national and organisational levels in the public sectorreform programme. Some benefits are -National Level• faster delivery of public services;• increased customer satisfaction;• more attractive investment environment;
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