The Public Service Commission together with the National Institute for Public Administration signed an agreement with three universities in Indonesia to build the capacity of public servants.
The President of the Public Service Commission (KFP), Commissioner Liborio Pereira said the agreement was very important to formalize the cooperation between the KFP and the universities that built the capacity of public servants.
“The Public Service Commission sees that we won’t have capacity development of our public servants in other schools, this is an important investment so we can elevate the quality of work and the service within our society,” said Commissioner Pereira in Kolmera, Dili.
Besides signing the agreement with Brawijaya-Malang University, Jember University and Kristaun Satya Wacana University (UKSW), Commissioner Pereira said they also signed an agreement with public institutions in Indonesia like the Indonesia Australia Language Foundation (IALF) and others.
According to KFP statistics, currently there are 142 public servants studying in Indonesia, especially at universities that have contracts with KFP, and soon they would send more.
He said some of the public servants studied bachelor degrees, master degrees and diplomas in specific areas like computers, accountability, languages, ranging from two years to five years in duration.
Therefore he called on public servants to use the opportunities available to develop themselves and their capacity, then return to contribute to the development of public administration.
He said KFP and INAP would have no tolerance and threatened to stop public servants who become eternal college students and showed bad behaviour while studying in Indonesia, as there were many people who wanted to finish their studies.
“We’re looking to consolidate our supervision methods and evaluation, so we don’t just waste the money of our people the government put in the human development fund,” said Commissioner Pereira.
The professional criteria is that public servants must have worked for at least three years, have a good reference, have authorization from their director, show the will and potential to increase their capacity and finally they should work in the ministry upon returning.
In another part, the Vice President of National Parliament Aderito Hugo said the agreement was important to elevate the capacity of public servants in specific areas the state has prioritized.
He added this year the National Parliament approved a budget of at least $45 million for the human capital development fund, to build the capacity of public servants, students, the army and the police.
“The human capital development fund is not only for students but also for public servants working in public administration and those who work in the security sector including the national police,” said MP Hugo.
