PHILOSOPHY FOR PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM Government's ...

White Paper on Public Sector Reform• utilise a more active approach to serving and satisfying its customers;• improve its capacity and capability to become more directly responsiveto the demands of a modern export-oriented competitive economy;• identify with the delivery of quality service as its normal standard ofperformance; and• constantly promote improvement in productivity at all levels of theendeavour in order to achieve personal and national objectives.The VISION for Public Sector Reform also emphasises, that in the globalmarket, Barbados must be a producer of goods and services of the highestquality and standard to remain competitive both locally and internationally andthat the public sector must play an integral role in this respect.The Vision for Public Sector Reform will be communicated to all stakeholdersand be made a ‘household word’ for action in all government agencies.5:2 OBJECTIVESA number of broad objectives will flow directly out of the VISION, and will beaccomplished in the short, medium and long term, at both the agency level andultimately the national level. Nine specific Objectives are identified for PublicSector Reform as follows:(i) Promote human resource development and capacity building to make thereform effective and to strengthen institutions.(ii) Refocus Government towards redefining the respective roles of thepublic and private sectors in the emerging social and economic order,thereby enabling government to respond creatively and timely to