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Government takes steps to improve efficiency in project implementation

This story was posted 3 years ago
5 April 2019
in Politics, PRESS RELEASE
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Dr Keith Mitchell
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The Government of Grenada is taking steps to improve the efficiency with which projects are implemented across government.

The Department of Public Administration (DPA), a department within the Prime Minister’s Ministry is spearheading the effort, which seeks to establish a robust institutional arrangement that creates synergies and leverages available resources to improve government’s project implementation rate.

The department, in collaboration with the Ministries of Finance, Infrastructure Development and Implementation and ICT recently hosted a World Bank mission which focused specifically on streamlining project management operations for the whole of government.

Representatives of the World Bank team met with Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell during their visit.

Dr Mitchell said, “Many projects have cross-cutting functions, therefore working in silos does not help. Departments must communicate with each other so that we avoid duplication of efforts. We can create greater efficiency by streamlining project implementation activities and we will also be better positioned to capitalise on funding opportunities.”

Dr Mitchell is confident that the new approach will also lead to greater levels of accountability.

The Prime Minister welcomed the offer of technical support from the World Bank and encouraged the Department of Public Administration to assess what the capacity needs are and work towards bridging those competency gaps so as to sustain this move.

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  1. A. Matthew says:
    3 years ago

    Well said ADM, seems like the government has definitely hired the wrong set of individuals for project completions , do we really need to hired the world bank to tell us how efficient we need to be at our jobs , if that’s the case then we should be looking to hire better professionals that has the expertise that the jobs require. from my perspective it clearly indicates that there is a lack of leadership form the departments head , I am in the construction business , the G.C in charge of the project is totally responsible for every phase of the project ,which in turn has the sole responsibility to report back to the department head on every stage ,either weekly bi-weekly on the progress. there is certainly a lack of accountability ,individuals need to take they job seriously or risk loosing it ,the tax payers deserves a better outcome for their hard earn money, but most of all the country deserves much better than what is presently at hand .

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  2. ADM says:
    3 years ago

    Is it really that difficult to implement a project, or is it just laziness and lack of accountability?
    In my line or work, you implement a project team and set timelines for the completion of each task or stage of the project, that way you can identify the culprit responsible for the delay and take necessary managerial action.
    Of course, the “modus operandi” of staff within these government departments, whereby only one person has the capability to perform a particular task, together with the 8.00 am to 4.00 pm working, minus time lost for later arrival, early departure and extended lunch break means failure to meet

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  3. ADM says:
    3 years ago

    Is it really that difficult to implement a project, or is it just laziness and lack of accountability?
    In my line or work, you implement a project team and set timelines for the completion of each task or stage of the project, that way you can identify the culprit responsible for the delay and take necessary managerial action.
    Of course, the “modus operandi” of staff within these government departments, whereby only one person has the capability to perform a particular, together with the 8.00 am to 4.00 pm working, minus time lost for later arrival, early departure and extended lunch break means failure to meet completion time..

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