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Palestine seeks Malaysia’s expertise in running civil service – Bernama

Palestine seeks Malaysia’s expertise in running civil service – Bernama

Palestine is mulling the possibility of working together with Malaysia to train its civil service employees, Palestinian envoy to Malaysia Dr Anwar H. Al Agha said in Putrajaya today.

He said Palestine wanted to enhance bilateral relations by sharing the Malaysian government's experience and expertise in its civil service sector and public administration.

"We have discussed the possibility of establishing training, probably in the areas of civil service and public administration because we have been talking about Malaysia's public administration institute," the ambassador to Malaysia said.

He said this to Bernama today after a closed-door meeting between Palestinian Cabinet Secretary-General Ali Abu Diak and Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa.

"There is a need to send some Palestinian trainees to come to Malaysia and make use of the Malaysian government's experience to serve Palestine," he said on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Association of Public Administration and Management (Capam) Biennial Conference 2014.

Anwar said that Ali Abu Diak has also extended an invitation to the Malaysian Chief Secretary to the Government to visit Palestine.

Commenting on Malaysia's proposal to establish a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Commonwealth Centre of Excellence, Ali Abu Diak said that he was in favour of the motion.

He said that the setting up of such a centre would enable the private sector to participate in the decision making and activities of the public sector.

Asked whether the Palestinian civil service sector faced any challenges as Palestine was under occupation, he said that the country was facing some obstacles.

"Because of the Israeli occupation, we are facing some obstacles. But of course for us, as the Palestinian government, we are always trying to overcome it.

"We try to find ways to develop more activities to enhance the capabilities of the Palestinian government and civil servants," said Ali Abu Diak, who is also a newly-elected member of the new Palestinian unity government.

Some 1,500 delegates from 53 countries are attending the three-day conference at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre, which started today.

The conference themed "Public Service Transformation: A New Conversation" is organised in collaboration with the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) and Commonwealth Secretariat. – Bernama, October 19, 2014.