Message from the Chairperson, Ministerial Advisory Board

As a nation, we are increasingly looking to innovative learning to ensure that we are not only equipped to meet the challenges of an ever-changing world, but that we are also able to creatively leverage opportunities to benefit our country and its citizenry. The Tanzania Public Service College (TPSC) is crucial to the fostering of innovative learning in the entire public service and plays a significant role in the commitment of government to ensure improved public service delivery.

Underpinning this commitment is a dedication to the pursuit of excellence in the way government provides services to the public. This is made possible by having a knowledgeable public service. We acknowledge that sound public governance is an important trademark of a successful public service delivery. Through the Public Service Reform Programme (PSRP), the government hopes to evolve a set of principles and a culture that underpins our philosophy towards governance and public administration. It is therefore imperative that the TPSC being the “knowledge” provider of management skills in public service management imbues public officers with not only hard and soft skills, but also with the common values and perspectives that anchor government’s approach to best practices in public governance and administration.

TPSC, as the learning institution for the public service, has a critical role to play in strengthening the core of the public service. It has to provide a common platform for sharing perspectives, networking and nurturing a sense of shared ethos and purpose which unite us as public officers. It is therefore imperative that the TPSC’s training and development programmes not only transfer knowledge and skills, but also foster new thinking in governance, leadership and public administration. In this light, TPSC is challenged to crystallize, codify and diffuse the Public Service approach to leadership, public policy and, public administration. This should be achieved by strengthening the core competencies of the Service; facilitating knowledge sharing across public service agencies and help they make sense of emerging trends. By bringing people, ideas, experience and research together in a learning environment, the College will then be serving the role of a catalyst for thought leadership.

I wish TPSC and its management staff every success in the implementation of this Strategic Plan.

Ruth Mollel
Permanent Secretary, Presidents Office
Public Service Management and Chair, Ministerial Advisory Board