Public sector officials from across The Commonwealth region are in Guyana for their biennial conference. The meeting opened this morning at the Marriott hotel and is examining climate change issues and the transformation of the public sector for climate governance.
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo declared the meeting opened and explained that today’s public sector has to face the effects of a changing environment and ought to make adjustments for those changes.
The Prime Minister said “the public sector is a critical stakeholder in the guardian of the national patrimony. The national patrimony cannot be divorced from climate considerations, anymore than it can be separated from matters of economics, related to improving the lives of our citizens”.
He added that today we are seeing “the tropical storms, typhoons, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters that have been ravaging the world around us”, noting that Climate change is real and there must be more partnerships across borders to tackle the issue.
The Prime Minister said the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management has a key role to play in ensuring there is a bridging of the gap between the public sector and climate change.
He said Guyana has been making moves to continue to demonstrate its commitment to climate governance and the green economy.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management said the environment remains one of the most important assets as the world looks at its sustainable development goals.
She said over the next days of the meetings, there is bound to be exchanges of ideas and information and even heated arguments.
According to the group, CAPAM provides a forum for the active exchange of innovations, knowledge and practice in citizen-centred service delivery, leadership development and growth, and public service management and renewal.
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