The Botswana Public Service College (BPSC) was established by Presidential Directive No 13/2008 which establishes the BPSC within the Government mainstream under the Directorate of Public Service Management (DPSM), Ministry of State President. BPSC started operating in 2010 and it exists primarily to provide capacity building for the Botswana Public Service. The establishment of the College reflects an appreciation of the peculiarities, dynamism, demands and complexities of the modern Public Service. Whereas public officers may have the required technical skills, they often do not have the essential leadership and management competencies and other soft skills that they need to operate effectively at different levels within the Public Service, hence the BPSC.
MANDATE
BPSC exists to provide capacity building of public officers at all levels through the following objectives/functions:
Provision of relevant leadership and public administration competencies.
Enhancement of capacity to Implement Government reforms agenda to promote a culture of innovation and excellence in the public service.
Provision of relevant & practical research & professional advisory services.
VISION
Premier public service-learning Centre
MISSION
We provide learning and development to nature the culture of excellence through adaptive methodologies for a high performing Public Service.
CORE VALUES
EXELLENCE
COLLABORATION
INTEGRITY
INNOVATION
BOTHO
- Training/ Learning Programmes
- Research and Advisory Services
- Learning Resource Centre
Centre for Leadership Development,
Centre for Public Administration and Management,
Centre for Organisational Excellence,
Programmes Coordination and Partnerships, and
Corporate Services.
Centre for Leadership Development
The key offerings of CLD are as follows:
Career Milestone Programmes
These are mandatory programmes designed for different levels of senior officers which they will attend at key stages of their career. These programmes are designed to equip them with relevant knowledge and skills at different levels, help them gain a better understanding of issues in the government and encourage them to network with their peers.
Leadership Enrichment Programmes
These are mostly short-term, ad-hoc programmes which meet specific needs or competency gaps of leaders.
Centre for Public Administration and Management
This Centre offers the following suites of training programmes:
Corporate and Financial Support Development
This Unit designs, develops and delivers courses which are inclined to all corporate supporting functions. It is therefore the largest and far-reaching Unit. It caters for subjects such as IT, Public Procurement, Public Relations, Public Finance, Project Management, Records Management, Contract Management, Communication and others. Currently this Unit carries 15 courses. The courses range from ½ day to a full five (5) days. The courses are delivered by a collaborative combination of internal Trainers, Public Officers from custodian Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as well as Associate Trainers.
Productivity Development
This Unit focuses on courses that are aligned to productivity and matters of reforms of the Public Service. It is here that training such as Monitoring and Evaluation, Balanced Scorecard (BSC), Work Improvement Teams (WITS), Coaching for Performance, Measuring Performance, Customer Service, Business Process Management, etc. are designed and delivered.
Human Resource Development Unit
As the name suggests the Unit deals with Human Resource Development skills. In that regard, this Unit houses the Public Service Induction as well as the Executive Induction. It also houses Supervisory Skills training as well as Competency Based Interviews, Safety Health and Environment (SHE) training, Managing the Training Function, Boeteledipele as well as Employee Relations.
Centre for Organisational Excellence
This Centre performs the following key functions to help public sector organisations in Botswana to achieve excellence:
Research
This function focuses on conducting practical research on new approaches and best practices in management and organisational excellence. Research can also be conducted to support the government reforms agenda.
Learning Resource Centre (Knowledge Repository)
The repository serves to facilitate knowledge sharing and dissemination of good practices and norms in the public sector. It will help agencies learn quickly from one another without reinventing the wheel. The repository, once fully developed, will be a very useful source of knowledge for the Public Service.
Advisory Services
This involves the provision of professional advisory services to MDAs by BPSC researchers/consultants to assist them to carry out their reforms agenda and help them work towards better service delivery.
Programmes Coordination and Partnerships
PCP provides core functional support services through the coordination of programme delivery, as well as collaborative partnerships for continuous improvement of participants’ learning experience. The unit thus has two major functions:
Coordination of Learning Programmes
This entails overall coordination of all of BPSC trainings, workshops and forums; from planning to ensuring effective delivery through provision of training support services and client/stakeholder management.
Management of Collaborative Partnerships
Collaboration with strategic sister institutions; locally and internationally, so as to leverage on each other’s strengths for enhanced delivery of programmes and to remain relevant.
Corporate Services
Houses units handling corporate functions such as Administration, Finance, Human Resources, IT, Procurement, Public Relations and Marketing.
