CARICAD is currently providing technical assistance to several member states. The specific assignments are: Developing a new Public Sector Transformation Strategy for Dominica A Succession Plan for the Public Sector of Saint Lucia A Strategic Plan for the Department of Finance, Saint Lucia A post-hurricane Recovery Strategy for the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) In addition to the above, Assistant Executive Director Rosemund Warrington assisted Montserrat with the recruitment process for the Director of the Emergency Department in that territory. NEW PUBLIC SECTOR TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY FOR DOMINICA CARICAD’s Assistant Director has been coordinating work to produce a Medium-Term Public Sector Reform Strategy (MTPSRS) which guided the public sector transformation effort in Dominica between 2003 and 2008. It has not yet been replaced by a successor strategy. In that regard, CARICAD was formally engaged in 2015 by the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (GoCD) to carry out an elaborate evaluation of previous efforts, as well as to design a comprehensive programme for public sector transformation, in effect, a successor strategy. Notwithstanding the delays resulting from natural disasters (Tropical Storm Erica in 2015, Hurricane Maria in 2017) as well as the leadership transitions at the Establishment, Personnel and Training Department (Four Chief Personnel Officers in three years), CARICAD has been able to deliver some critical components of the assignment. However, significant areas of work were yet to be addressed, but action has been taken to rectify the situation. There are two specific areas of focus for the work that is now being done: 1. DESIGN AND DEVELOP THE NEW PUBLIC SECTOR TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY i. Design an overall resilience-focused framework for public sector transformation in Dominica and detail key elements in the transformation strategy; support the PST Committee in presenting the framework to the Committee of Permanent Secretaries and to the Cabinet of Ministers. ii. Prepare a detailed Public Sector Transformation Strategy 2. DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN i. Prepare an Implementation Plan for the PST Strategy using a Results-Based Management approach. An Accountability Framework for Permanent Secretaries should be incorporated in this component of the assignment. CARICAD has engaged the services of Mrs. Maria Mason-Roberts and Dr. Gwendolene Williams to ensure timely completion of the remaining components of the assignment. 8
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