Webinar on UN Public Service Day 2021

The UN Public Service Day is celebrated on 23 June each year and focuses on recognizing ‘the value and virtue of public service to the community’, highlighting the contribution of public service in the overall socio-economic development process, recognizing the work of public servants, and encouraging young people to pursue careers in the public sector.

Indeed, this last decade is characterized with digital revolution that changed the way we live, communicate, work, and govern. Nowadays, technology and data driven innovations are omni-present and have increased the pace of our daily life, opened up information and elevated civil society voices and changed how we solve problems, design policy and deliver services. Thus, governments all over the world are obliged to re-adjust themselves under resource pressures and increasing citizen demands.  The unprecedented event of Covid-19 pandemic has evidentially urged public organisations to re-visit their modus-operandi so as to ensure business continuity as such introducing remote work in government, digital service delivery, virtual service teams, and even new initiatives. 

The Ministry of Public Service, Administrative and Institutional Reforms in collaboration with the Civil Service College Mauritius (CSCM) organised a one-hour Webinar in the context of the United Nations Public Service Day. The theme set this year by the UN was: “Innovating the Future Public Service - New Government Models for a New Era to Reach the SDGs.”

Moderator: Prof. (Dr) Ramesh Durbarry, Director General - CSCM

Opening & Keynote Address by: The Hon. Teeruthraj HURDOYAL, Minister of Public Service, Administrative and Institutional Reforms

Speakers:

• Myriam TIMOL, Director General Health Services - Ministry of Health and Wellness

• Mr Sheik Dawood JANNOO, Director Human Resource Management – Ministry of Public Service, Administrative and Institutional Reforms

• Mr Suraj RAMGOLAM, Assistant-Director of the Public Sector Business Transformation Bureau - Ministry of Public Service, Administrative and Institutional Reforms

• Mr Zakir Hossein CAUNHYE, Director - Economic Development Board (EDB)

• Mr Vasenden DORASAMI, Managing Director DORACREA

The webinar was held on Wednesday 24 June 2021 at 11:00 - 12:00 pm.

70 participants attended the webinar.

Webinar for Chairpersons OSH Committees

The Civil Service College Mauritius (CSCM) in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Service, Administrative and Institutional Reforms (Health & Safety Department) had organised a one-hour Webinar in the context of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work. The theme set by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for Year 2021 is "Anticipate, prepare and respond to crises - Invest Now in Resilient Occupational Safety and Health Systems’’.

Prof.(Dr). R Durbarry, Director General of Civil Service College Mauritius was the facilitator together with four panellists; 

1. Mr.  Seeneevassen Coolen, Director of Health & Safety Unit – MPSAIR
2. Mr.  Chris Bungshy, Director/Trainer
3. Mr. Sarvesh Dosooye, Industrial Psychologist
4. Associate Prof. (Dr) Rajesh Jeewon – University of Mauritius (Health and Science Faculty), discussed on the following:

• How to build and maintain resilient for an effective OSH system plan in the public sector
• How to deal with staff mental care/wellness (emotional resilience) in relations to work-from-home, work life balance and productivity.
• How go ahead with ‘’the new normal’’ and how to deal with new challenges at both work & home place.

The webinar was held on Wednesday 28 April 2021 at 11: 00 am - noon. (Lockdown period)

58 participants attended the webinar.

Webinar on COVID-19: Anxiety, Stress, Work-From-Home - How to Manage?

During this unprecedented sanitary crisis (Covid-19), we are constantly facing various forms of stress and anxiety impacting negatively on our mental health. These can range from lack of information, including fake ones on various social media platforms, managing the learning/education of children, job lost, lockdown, work from home, economic and social stress. Our routines have undoubtedly been disrupted and the uncertainties prevailing can bring about emotional exhaustion.

In this webinar, Prof.(Dr). R Durbarry, Director General of Civil Service College Mauritius was the facilitator together with two panellists; Mr. Sarvesh DOSOOYE who is an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist and Director of Forward Psychology® Consulting and Mr. Vijay RAMANJOOLOO who is a Clinical Psychologist, discussed on the following:

• how to deal with anxiety, pressure and anger (rules of anger management) in covid-19 context,
• how to identify signs of anxiety, stress and even, depression and how to develop/ strengthen personal wellbeing and resilience (emotional resilience).

Since many employees are working from home, our panellists also discussed the benefits of Work life-balance whether in a work-from-home or workplace setting.

The webinar was held on Tuesday 30 March 2021 and 01 April at 18:00 - 19:00. (Lockdown period)