Priorities and Draft Training Programs for Senior Civil Service in 2011 Oleksandr Saenko Director of the School for Senior Civil Service
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School Priorities in 2011: context Priorities defined by the President and Government of Ukraine “Among the most important tasks –increase of professionalism of leaders and managers based on objective approaches in personnel management. The majority of stuff is not ready for the work in current framework and for the future. Fist of all, because they unable to analyze, develop, implement and adjust policy decisions on time.” Foreword of the President of Ukraine Enlarged Meeting of the Government 23.06.2010
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School Priorities in 2011: legal framework Main provisions of the draft Strategy for Personnel Policy of Ukraine for 2011 – 2020 approved at the Council of Regions meeting on June 24, 2010 Concept on Formation and Development of Senior Civil Service
Rules on development and introduction of trainings by the School of Senior Civil Service
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Activities in 2011: resources State Budget of Ukraine – USD 1.15 mln. (2010 – USD 0.96 mln.) Technical assistance projects of Kingdom of Denmark (USD 3.1 mln.) and Canada (USD 4.8 mln.) US Embassy and Great Britain grants
International expertise under bilateral agreements
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School Priorities in 2011 Institualization and development of senior civil service Information and resource support of the senior civil service Training programs and other activities on priority issues in public administration 5
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Institualization and development of senior civil service (І) Improvement of selection and assessment procedures for senior civil service: • Work on leadership competency profile for senior civil service and methodology for its assessment • Methodology for job analysis and descriptions
• Development assessment
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introduction of job
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Institualization and development of senior civil service (ІІ) Training programs for senior civil servants : • Leadership Development Program 2011 - developing of key leadership and management competencies • Program for Newly Approved Senior Civil Servants • Program for the Leadership of Executive Agencies at the Regional Level • Training Programs on actual issues of public administration (public-private partnership, anticorruption)
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Information and Resource Support of the Senior Civil Service (І) 2 Information and Resource Center of the School for Senior Civil Service: • Internet portal for leaders and managers in civil service (www.publicmanagement.school.gov.ua) • Access to OECD resources via OECD iLibrary, other world information resources
• Repository of training materials and project “book from a trainer” • Distance learning
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Information and Resource Support of the Senior Civil Service(ІІ) Creation of professional community of the senior civil service (Association of Senior Civil Servants in Canada) «events on exchange of experience» (seminars, informational sessions, “round tables” on actual issues of public administration)
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Training programs and activities (І) Trainings on human resource management for the Council of Personnel Departments Heads Training programs for civil servants Partnership – Regional Training Center
of
Eastern
Trainings for the press secretaries in the central agencies Trainings for mayors on efficient management of the city 10
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Training programs and activities(ІІ) Trainings and other activities on: • Ukraine's integration into European and world community;
• Euro-Atlantic Cooperation; • Language training for civil servants
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Training programs for the Senior Sivil Service: international experience
Training programs are based on: • the profiles of leadership competencies that employees of the Senior Civil Service should have
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• the requirements of the Government in general, recognizing the importance of constant support for the leadership development
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Leadership Development Program 2011: training needs assessment (І) The needs were analyzed at the level of the community in general (the needss were analyzed on the operational/functional level ) The analysis of expectations in term ofknowledge, skills, attitudes, approaches that appear in performance behavior (the training needs analysis based on competence) The application of the «360 grades» method – training needs assessments from different points of view – colleagues, leaders, subordinates… 13
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Leadership Development Program 2011: the training needs assessment(ІІ) The determination of the required competences [2009] • questionnairies (55 central executive authorities, 545 feedback forms, including 176 representatives of the Civil Service) • 4 focus groups (13 central executive authorities, 33 personalities)
The training needs analysis [2010] • 2 series of focus groups (66 personalities from 38 central executive authorities) • 2 series of semi-structured interviews (with the deputy heads of 15 departments) • Feedback from active partisipants audience of the Leadership Development Program 2010 14
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Training needs assessment: the main outcomes Findings from the Leadership Development Program: • to be a part of and oriented to the general requirements of the community of Sivil Service • to correspond with international practice of Sivil Service’s development • to be mandatory to (according to 78% of surveyed audience of Program 2010) • to be aimed primarily at development of leadership’s professional skills
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The key competencies, that need development
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Leadership Development Program 2011: the main modules (І) Module 1. LEADING EFFECTIVE COMUNICATION • Training «Making Effective Presentations and Work with Mass Media» or «Feeling Confident before you Speak» • Training «The Art of Negotiation» or «Getting to Win-Win»
Module 2. STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
HUMAN
RESOURCE
• Training «Leading a Team» or «Moving Leaders from ‘Me’ to “We’» 17
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Leadership Development Program 2011: the main modules(ІІ) Module 3. LEADERS AS REFORM CHAMPIONS • Training «Leading Change» or «Without Followers There are NO Leaders» • Training «Leading Performance Management» or «Seeing the Big Picture: Visionary Leadership»
Module 4. LEADERSHIP CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT • Training «Personal Leadership Development: selfreflection and action» or «Who am I? Leaders Always Learn» 18
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Program for Newly Appointed Senior Civil Servants 2011 Leadership Development Program 2011 + Module 1. ENTERING CIVIL SERVICE “How the Ukrainian Government Works” ACCESSION TO OFFICE • Training «Public Administration: main issues» • Training «Effective financial and information management»
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Thank you for attention! The School of Senior Civil Service
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