PROJECT IN BRIEF
Focus Skills and knowledge development for Public Service employees in conflict affected areas of Sri Lanka
PROJECT OVERVIEW
The STEPS (Skills Through English for Public Servants) programme is part of a wider GTZ (German NGO) Human Resource Development project aimed at personnel working in government departments, NGOs, and civil society in 8 districts in the North and East of Sri Lanka. The programme has changed the way personnel operate in the workplace Participants come from a range of organisations and job designations in order to strengthen communication and improve coordination of development interventions at community level.
1000 people have followed courses in communicative and language development activities built around content designed to enhance knowledge and understanding of governance and development issues such as disaster management, conflict transformation and gender. Activities develop strategic management skills such as team building, communication skills, presentations, proposal writing and critical thinking.
The innovative training materials were jointly developed by GTZ and British Council teams during 2006 and were published as a stand alone course in April 2008.
The next phase is to prepare local trainers to ensure sustainability of the programme beyond 2008.
WHAT THE STAKEHOLDERS SAY
'The course had changed the way we think about work and we expect changes in behaviour as a result'
Mathumai Jayadevan, Course participant
'The courses get people talking in English and bring departments and communities together.'
Mr V. P. Balasingham, Chief Secretary for the Eastern Province
'Successful partnerships were forged between GTZ, the British Council and the North and Eastern Provincial Councils as a result of the project. It is bringing communities together'
Mr Walter Keller, Senior Adviser, Performance Improvement Project GTZ
MORE INFORMATION
Oliver Steel
Deputy Teaching Centre Manager
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