India and the Maldives have renewed a Memorandum of Understanding for capacity building of 1000 Maldivian civil services officers during 2024-2029 as part of the development partnership discussions between the two nations.
Under the guidance of the Ministry of External Affairs, the National Centre of Good Governance NCGG has successfully conducted capacity-building programs for civil servants from Bangladesh, Tanzania, Gambia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia, along with multi-country programs for Latin American countries and FIPIC/IOR countries.
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As part of the capacity-building initiatives, an MoU was signed between the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) and the Maldives Civil Service Commission for capacity-building programs for 1000 Maldivian Civil Servants on June 8, 2019.
By 2024, the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) achieved a remarkable milestone by fulfilling the mandate of training a total of 1000 Civil Servants including Permanent Secretaries, Secretary Generals and High-Level Delegates from Maldives over a total of 32 Capacity Building Programmes in the Field Administration for the Civil Servants of Maldives including one program for Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and one for Information Commission Office of Maldives (ICOM).
Recognizing the success of this collaboration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maldives, requested the renewal of the MoU for another five years. On August 9, the MoU was officially renewed, committing to train another 1,000 Maldivian civil servants by 2029.
This renewed partnership will continue to enhance the capabilities of Maldives civil servants in public policy, governance, and field administration, further strengthening the ties between India and the Maldives, an official release on Monday said.