MONTSERRAT – EMPOWERING EXCELLENCE Government of Montserrat Policy Objective 4.2 for Fiscal Years 2016/2017 and 2018/19, related to Goal 4: Good Governance in the Sustainable Development Plan 2008 – 2020 (SDP) states: “Public Service reformed to improve efficiency and effectiveness in the provision of essential public services. To carry out this objective, Cabinet has established a Cabinet Committee for Empowering Excellence (CCEE) chaired by Her Excellency, the Governor, Elizabeth Carrier, the Honourable Deputy Premier Delmaude Ryan and the Honourable Deputy Governor, Mrs. Lyndell Simpson. They are leading the Human Resource Management Transformation Programme for the Government of Montserrat, Empowering Excellence through Human Resource Management Transformation. For ease of reference the Cabinet Committee is referred to as the Cabinet Committee for Empowering Excellence (CCEE), and the programme of work agreed is the Empowering Excellence Programme (EEP). Empowering Excellence Programme Purpose: To catalyse a transformation in leadership of the Government’s human resources service provision, learning and change management, so that empowered public officers are able to demonstrate excellence in their work, and effectively lead, facilitate and enable the achievement of the Government of Montserrat’s economic growth and social development goals. Goal: To transform the Government of Montserrat’s Human Resource Management to achieve substantial measurable improvements in prioritised areas of human resource management and leadership, services and performance, delivery and change management. Vision: Mission: An empowered, high performing public service. To empower people and build capacity to deliver excellent services Motto: A People of Excellence Moulded by Nature, Nurtured by God Tag Line: Empowering for Excellence The EEP, a high-level, widely consulted, selective and specific Human Resource Management Transformation initiative is one aspect of addressing the need to transform the public service. It is also intended to complement and enable reforms already underway in Public Financial Management and Programme Management. The EEP desired outcomes include: Clarifying, strengthening and delegating leadership and accountability; Developing, recognizing and harnessing public officers’ capability and talent towards civil service principles and Montserrat’s SDP goals; Instilling the attitude and practice of delivery and customer services; Embedding a more open culture that embraces and manages change and learning, strives for excellence as well as empowers and motivates public officers to work more efficiently and effectively. 2
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