Home Affairs launches Strategic Plan programme
Minister Clement Rohee flanked by members of the change team following the opening of the SMD Strategic Plan Seminar
Minister Clement Rohee flanked by members of the change team following the opening of the SMD Strategic Plan Seminar

THE Ministry of Home Affairs has launched its Strategic Plan Seminar Programme with a one-day session at the ministry’s boardroom, Brickdam, Georgetown, in an effort to implement the strategic plan 2014-2019.

Programme Manager, Donna Todd in opening remarks said employees were selected to be a part of the Strategic Management Department (SMD) to assist the ministry in realising the seven goals identified in the Strategic Plan.

She added that the ministry’s commitment in changing its culture and the way we expect to do business with our stakeholders will be seen in the forthcoming years as they take steps to ensure that the strategic plan is implemented swiftly and applied effectively.

Todd stated that the group was selected within the ministry to implement the strategic plan.

However, in remarks also Samantha Wickham, Head of the Strategic Management Department (SMD), said the purpose of the change team is to implement the strategic plan to lend support for the ministry’s communication aspect of that plan.

She pointed out that the strategic plan is new and there was the need for employees to be informed, such as staffers drawn from various departments from MoHA.

Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee in opening remarks, said the strategic plan was launched one year later due to some hiccups that were beyond their control and the plan has come a very far way since its conceptualisation.

He told the gathering that the advancement of the strategic plan is welcome, even recognised new faces on the team and noted that the plan is not a one-day affair, but would take the ministry to a new dispensation.

Rohee said given the nature of the public service, movement will take place and the strategic plan will continue moving forward nevertheless, despite the challenges of upward mobility in the public service.

The minister urged the team to anticipate changes in personnel and have a plan in place; change, he said, is envisioned in the ministry which has implications for the better or worse, but the plan seeks an improved change.

Rohee pointed out that changes are on the horizon for the Guyana Prison Service, Guyana Police Force, and Guyana Fire Service, as they also seek to roll out their strategic plans as well.

He dubbed the activity yesterday morning as “important,” since the agent of change is at hand to sustain the ministry with the strategic plan and urged the change team to stick together to make the plan work.

(By Michel Outridge)

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