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 The
Staff Development Organisation (SDO) is the central training agency of the
Public Service.
Its mission is to: “foster and, where
appropriate, provide training and development activities and
approaches which help the public service to deliver
economically, efficiently and effectively, policies and
programmes which meet the requirements of the government and the
citizens of Malta.”
The overall aim of the SDO is to
‘institutionalise’ training in and for the Public Service. In
other words, it exists not merely to run training courses, but
to make training an integral part of the management of the
Public Service as well as regulate the training function.
Beyond the central training objectives, the SDO
has a key role to play in building the capacity of the human
resources with which the Public Service is endowed, and in
improving the image and esprit de corps of the Public
Service. Its strategy is in line with the process of
decentralisation of human resource management and development
which is now underway in the Public Service, the introduction of
Quality Service Charters, and Malta’s membership of the European
Union.
SDO organises a wide range of training
programmes for public officers, including management training,
language training, induction courses for newly appointed public
officers, training programmes on matters relating to the
European Union, and Information and Communication Technology
training among others. Other specially designed programmes cater
for specific ministry and departmental needs.
While some courses are run by SDO staff, others
are facilitated by local and sometimes foreign providers. The
SDO also provides consultancy services to line ministries and
departments on external training opportunities and secondment of
Maltese officials to foreign institutions. It also administers
the Masters in Business Administration Award Scheme and other
Sponsorship Schemes, and works very closely with various
organisations both locally and abroad in fulfilling its mission.
Since 2005 the
Charter Support Unit has also
been incorporated within the SDO.
Click
here for more information about the training provided
by the Staff Development Organisation.
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Joanna Genovese, BA (Hons) Business Management
Director (Staff Development Organisation)
Joanna Genovese joined the Public Service in
1990 working at the Department of Trade before
moving to the Office of the Prime Minister in
1996. She was appointed Assistant Director
Charter Support Unit in 1999 and Director of SDO
in 2002. Ms Genovese is on the Board of
Directors of Malta Information and Training
Services Ltd and the Foundation for Human
Resources Development, sits on the Board of the
European Institute of Public Administration, and
is chairperson of the Standing Conference of
European Public Service Training Agencies.
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PRIME MINISTER'S SECRETARIAT