Rwanda : Local government leaders undergo “Management for Results†training
Local Government Minister James Musoni
Local Government Leaders, including all District Mayors and Directors of Planning in Local Governments are undergoing one week “Management for Results†training.
The training is a second phase of Local Government Leaders’ training offered by Singapore Experts. It will be conducted in three shifts and taking one week each.
The “Management for Results†training is meant for Mayors, Vice Mayors in charge of Finance and Economic Development and Vice Mayors in charge of Social Affairs as well as Provincial, City of Kigali and District Executive Secretaries and Directors of Planning.
It is a logical and supplementary continuation of the Leadership Development training that was also attended by Local Government Leaders in May and September 2011.
The principle objective of these trainings According to MINALOC is to empower local government leaders with skills and capacities that will enable them to improve their performance and expedite realization of the Country’s socio-economic transformation.
According to the Local Government Minister James Musoni, Government is building capacities for Local Government officials purposely to promote efficiency, effectiveness and to develop in them
self-confidence, patriotism, sacrifice so as to have dignified Society and Nation.
“Such series of trainings are designed to provide technical skills as well as develop values among Local Government Leaders of integrity, clarity of purpose by clearly understanding why they are in these positions,†he said.
Minister Musoni emphasized that one cannot achieve results without these values and even if one attains the results, they would not be sustainable.
The Government believes that, these trainings will help Local Government officials understand their crucial roles and responsibilities in Rwanda’s socio-economic transformation and more especially managing for results, which should provide answers to different challenges facing local government leaders. These specifically are in the areas of planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
