CIVIL SERVICE TRANSFORMATION

Civil Service Transformation Department (CSTD) was created to provide strategic leadership on all initiatives on Civil Service reforms, ensure service-wide innovative and cultural awareness through effective change management, leveraging on effective use of technology.

 

FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES, PROGRAMME/PROJECTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

FUNCTIONS OF CSTD:

The Department is charged with the following functions:

  1. Definition and Management of Civil Service values and culture;
  2. Carrying out ethics awareness campaigns;
  3. Carrying out organizational culture and related initiatives survey;
  4. Civil service week coordination;
  5. Co-ordinate the activities of the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Units, (ACTUs) in MDAs in collaboration with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Relater Offences Commission (ICPC);
  6. Coordinating, implementing and driving Civil Service Reforms (CSR) initiatives (Pillar 4  of NSPSR);
  7. Monitoring & Reporting of implementation of reforms initiatives;
  8. Maintain Institutional linkages, strategic alliance and networks on CS Reform;
  9. Knowledge management including communities of practice;
  10. Development and Promotion of framework for knowledge Management including Communities of Practice and other innovations in Service;
  11. Propagate and support change management in the civil service;
  12. Liaison with relevant bodies to introduce enabling technology and guide its use Service-wide;
  13. Propagate and support Change management in Civil Service; and
  14. Mid-wifing innovations in the Civil Service.

 

ACTIVITIES OF CSTD:

  1.  Work Ethics and Value  Re-orientation in the Nigerian Public Service;
  2.   Activities of Anti-Corruption and Transparency Units (ACTUs) Service-Wide;
  3.   Civil Service Day Celebration;
  4.   Institutionalization of Strategic Planning across the Civil Service;
  5.   To Reviewing Federal Public Service Bill;
  6.   Reforming Public Service System to improve effectiveness and efficiency;
  7.   Development of Monitoring and Evaluation Tools;
  8.   Development of Capacity to use ICT to drive new work environment, desired culture and work process in the FCS (using OHCSF as pilot);
  9.  Knowledge Management:  Business Innovation Training Program (BITP);
  10.  Enterprise Culture and Commercial Awareness Programmes; and
  11.  Consultancy Services to MDAs (ODD, CST, LMSP and L&D).

 

PROGRAMME/PROJECTS OF CSTD:

  1. EPIC Culture Service-Wide;
  2. Civil Service Week Celebration;
  3. Strategy and Policy Development in OHCSF;
  4. Establishment of Enterprise Culture and Commercial Orientation; and
  5. Consultancy Services to MDAs.

 

ACHIEVEMENTS OF CSTD:

  1.  Improving  transparency and accountability in Public Service delivery;
  2.  Revising the Federal Public Service Bill;
  3.  Setting up of Steering Committees on the Federal Civil/Public Service Guidelines on the Use of ICT and Records & Information Management;
  4.  EU-SURFEGOR Project;
  5.  Establishment of Quarterly Meeting of the Permanent Secretary SPSO with Directors Reforms Coordination and Service Improvement;
  6. Civil Service Week Celebration;
  7. Establishment of Quarterly Peer Review and Sensitization for ACTU Officers in MDAs.