Training for development

DNP WILL IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT WITH CONSULTANT HELP. DNP WILL DEVELOP AN INTERNAL PROCEDURES MANUAL FOR NTS TO DEFINE ROLES OF NTS PARTICIPATING AGENCIES (PA"S) AND PROVIDE OPERATIONAL NORMS AND TRAINING CRITERIA. THE FOLLOWING WILL BE ESTABLISHED FOR NTS WITHIN DNP: (1) A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM TO COLLECT/ANALYZE INFORMATION FROM PA"S; (2) AN INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS DESIGN UNIT TO DEVELOP A COMPETENCY-BASED, INDIVIDUALIZED, MODULAR CURRICULUM FOR ADMINISTRATIVE/MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR NTS; TRAIN INSTRUCTORS FROM PA"S IN NTS MANAGEMENT; AND PROVIDE PA"S WITH ADVISORY SERVICES; (3) A PERSONNEL RECRUITMENT/SELECTION UNIT TO PROVIDE CRITERIA FOR TRAINEE SELECTION AND INFORMATION ON TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES; (4) A UNIT TO COLLECT/ANALYZE DATA FOR EVALUATION OF NTS; (5) A UNIT TO CONDUCT RESEARCH IN LONG AND SHORT-TERM PUBLIC SECTOR MANPOWER NEEDS, INCENTIVES NEEDED TO RETAIN PUBLIC SECTOR PERSONNEL, AND DESIGN OF A PUBLIC CAREER PLANNING SYSTEM; (6) A UNIT TO COLLECT/DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ON AVAILABLE TRAINING COURSES, CATALOGUE CURRICULUM MATERIALS, AND PROVIDE NEW SUCH MATERIALS (APPROXIMATELY 80 MODULAR CURRICULA/MATERIALS WILL BE DEVELOPED). DNP WILL PROMOTE INSTITUTIONAL LINKAGES BETWEEN PA"S THROUGH SEMINARS FOR CABINET AND NTS PERSONNEL, BY MONITORING PA MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING COURSES, AND BY OFFERING ADVISORY SERVICES TO PA"S. IN-COUNTRY TRAINING IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION/MANAGEMENT, RESEARCH AND EVALUATION, INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT, TRAINER TRAINING, MANPOWER PLANNING, AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE GIVEN TO 252 INDIVIDUALS, 20 OF WHOM WILL RECEIVE 3 MONTHS OF OVERSEAS TRAINING, MOSTLY IN TRAINER TRAINING. EIGHT NEW INTER-INSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEES (IIC"S) WILL BE ESTABLISHED (FOR A TOTAL OF 10) TO ANALYZE/SOLVE PUBLIC SECTOR TRAINING PROBLEMS AT THE REGIONAL AND PROVINCIAL LEVELS. EIGHT INDIVIDUALS FROM EACH IIC WILL BE TRAINED IN NTS FUNCTIONS AND IN AREAS LISTED ABOVE FOR NTS PERSONNEL, WITH EMPHASIS ON LOCAL PARTICIPATION.