For immediate release
October 24, 2005
OTTAWA - The Honourable Reg Alcock, President of the Treasury Board, today announced an investment of up to
$35 million per year for a new learning and development initiative in the career-long learning of the public service.
"All the guidelines and standards in the world have no value without a confident and dynamic public service. Our country
is fortunate to have a public service with great talent, dedication and integrity," said Alcock.
"As a government, we need to create an environment of career-long learning to allow public service employees to adapt to the
pressures of constant change caused by technology, a changing Canadian population and an ever more competitive world. Learning
and development underpin the success of every element of our Management Improvement Agenda."
The government will put in place immediately a new learning framework to foster:
- individual capacities to do the job, to be ready for the next job, and to lead change;
- organizational leadership for transformation inside the public service and in all aspects of service to Canadians; and
- innovation to keep the federal public service at the leading edge of public sector management.
The government's investment in learning will focus on the specific needs of three different groups of public servants:
- new employees, who are the future of the public service and who must begin careers right with a clear understanding of the special
role and expectations of a federal public servant; therefore, starting in 2006, new employees will attend an orientation program
designed to convey not just an introduction to government, but also the values and ethics of public
service;
- specialists in the fields of finance, audit, procurement, materiel, information management and human resources, on whom an
effective public service depends so much to achieve the balance of efficient program delivery and compliance, and who will have
access to specialized training programs to support professional development and certification; and finally,
- supervisors at all levels, who bear particular responsibilities for organizational leadership and for important authorities
granted to them in financial and human resource management, and who will receive focused training and leadership development programs.
The public service needs the right mix of people to get the job done, so the government will continue to recruit and develop staff
in priority areas, including chief financial officers, chief audit executives, and procurement, materiel, and human resources
management specialists.
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For more information, contact:
Lise Jolicoeur
Press Secretary
Office of the President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board
(613) 957-2666
Lisa Allaire
Media Relations
Canada School of Public Service
(613) 943-7875
If there is a discrepancy between any printed version and the electronic version of this news release, the electronic version
will prevail.
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