A delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Monrovia has commenced the training of Liberian diplomatic officers and staff at its Embassy in Accra, Ghana.

Headed by the Deputy Foreign Minister for Administration, Thelma  Duncan-Sawyer, the eight-member delegation has been conducting a week-long training tagged ‘Performance Management System’ which is expected to be replicated to other Liberian foreign missions across Africa.

A release from the Liberian Embassy in Accra says the training is under the Public Sector Modernization Program and is sponsored by the World Bank.

During her introductory remarks, Deputy Minister Duncan-Sawyer told diplomatic officers and staff of the importance of the training to their respective assigned diplomatic and other related tasks.

For his part, Emmanuel Redd, Head of Human Resources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs further buttressed the essence of the training and its impact it would have at the targeted Liberian foreign missions.

The first day of the training also saw Mr. Alfred W. Nyanaso, Officer-In-Charge of the Assistant Minister of Administration, offering lectures on  ‘The Importance  of The Performance Management System’ or PMS, the release adds.

Via his power point presentation, Mr. Nyanaso mentioned that  the PMS produces high work performance culture, improves effectiveness, efficiency and produces results as well as giving clear job junctions to each employee in relationship with job descriptions, among others.