The Government of Liberia is holding a two-day training on the recently signed Performance Management and Compliance System (PMCS), a comprehensive framework to monitor and evaluate public sector performance across all public institutions.
The training brings together over one hundred focal persons from ministries, agencies and commissions (MACs) and aims at setting targets at all levels of government.
Speaking during the opening of the training on Monday, November 4, 2024, the Secretary of the Cabinet Gerald Hanyor said the PMCS is there to benefit the people of Liberia and the country at large, through a clear structure for public servants with citizens having the chance to offer feedback to the government.
Hanyor said the PMCS will not only be for Monrovia but will extend to the counties so as to monitor the local governments.
“Our primary objectives are to enhance government accountability and service quality, set measurable performance standards to align with national goals and to foster a results-driven, citizen-focused public sector by incorporating real-time feedback,” he said.
He said the key components include, contracts performance, monitoring and evaluation, stakeholder engagement and citizen feedback mechanisms.
He said this will strengthen internal systems to implement the service delivery charter and deliver citizen-centered and responsive public service.
For his part, the Director General of the Cabinet Nathaniel T. Kwabo told participants that whatever target they set, should not only link to their mandate areas as entities, but also be aligned with the national development agenda.
“We have 103 to 105 spending entities in the country; if they were all working together well, if their wheels were well oiled, I don’t think we’ll be experiencing some of the serious and major problems we experience within our system,” he said.
Kwabo said President Joseph Nyumah Boakai has taken the PMCS very seriously and even before his inauguration as president, the conversation was ongoing.
By Lucky M. McGee, Cub Reporter
