His Excellency Dr. Raed Mohammed Bin Shams, Director- General of the Bahrain Institute of Public Administration (BIPA), reasserted the fact that the 2018 government conference exemplifies the government methodology which is based on achievement of the citizen’s aspirations in the first place by the concerted effort of all government organizations designed to advance the standards of the government services offered to the citizen. The conference was organized with the generous sponsorship by His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, the Prime Minister, and on the initiative of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al- Khalifa, the Crown Prince, the Deputy Supreme Commander and the First Deputy Prime Minister.
Dr. Bin Shams stated that what had been achieved of the government processes program does reflect the leading role of the government of the Kingdom of Bahrain to produce quality achievements that have raised the bar of the citizen’s satisfaction level and that we as the team of Bahrain work together as a whole government system that operates in line with a unified government strategy and futuristic vision that has embraced government creativity and innovation as a methodology through consolidation of the efforts and harnessing of the capabilities for the service of the citizen in the first place and in the effort to attain service sustainability and enhance the standards of the services offered to the citizen.
Dr. Bin Shams further stated that the government conference has charted a standardized path for our system that would ensure realization of sustainable development at the various fronts through the government initiative which is designed to boost the contributions of the public sector to the total development enhancement of preparedness to deal with the various requirements of development in addition to the promotion of the performance of the government organs in order to attain excellence in the execution of the various projects and programs which will contribute to transformation of the vision into a tangible reality.
Dr. Bin Shams added that the purpose of “Financial Equilibrium Program”, which includes a set of initiatives to cut the expenses, beef up government revenues, coupled with continuity of development and sustained attraction of investments, is to enable the Kingdom of Bahrain to achieve financial sustainability by conserving continuity of development, increasing investments, consolidation of investment opportunities, facilitation of government procedures that would enable the citizen to avail of the quality opportunities. He explained that this program is one of the important initiatives launched by the government in order to preserve the standards of government performance. The government sector does have the fundamental capability for continuous operation and development amplified by sufficient flexibility to adapt to any condition to ensure sustainability of performance and offering the various services to the citizen with a high degree of efficiency. This is the joint duty of the government shared by all institutions in the public sector. Today, we have in our passion the correct and valid academic principles and systems to meet the demands of the citizens, coupled with achievement of the government financial sustenance.