PHILOSOPHY FOR PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM Government's ...

White Paper on Public Sector ReformLegal reform is another critical element of the reform process. The development ofa new Public Service Act to streamline and consolidate legislation on the publicservice is indicated.Costs implications of the transformation programme are discussed in Section V. Itis known that costs will be incurred over the range of activities identified,specifically in areas such as training, technology improvements, consultancies,office accommodation and other infra-structural requirements. The costs will bemet from on-going allocations and from new provision where necessary.International agencies are also expected to contribute towards the training. Asummary of actions planned for public sector reform is also provided in thisSection.Section VI of the White Paper presents a conclusion that Public Sector Reform isan on-going activity and not a finite goal. It recognises and highlights the need forurgent transformation in the present way of doing business so that the policies,attitudes and inherited habits in organisational culture, which now proveunhelpful, will be replaced with the requisite flexibility and capacity to make theBarbados public sector more dynamic and competitive into the twenty-first centuryand beyond.Chapter 1INTRODUCTION1.1 THE NEED FOR PUBLIC SECTOR REFORMThis White Paper on Public Sector Reform emerges from the need for the