To bring further efficiency and results with effective implementation of governance reforms for the facilitation of general masses in the State, the Punjab Government on Sunday organised a two-day Specialised Training for e-Governance Program (STeP).
Focusing on the business models and public private partnership (PPP), the workshop was organised for the Principal Secretaries, Secretaries, Commissioners, District Collectors, Directors, heads of District level units including Deputy Commissioners, Additional Deputy Commissioners, and Project Managers for e-governance, where they have been equipped with ultra modern skills and latest updates and knowledge on business models and PPP.
The workshop-cum-training program was organised in association with National Institute of SMART Governance (NISG), Hyderabad, and was attended by the senior officers from various state departments and district offices.
Emphasising the need to strengthen business models and PPP mode in e-governance projects, Punjab Governance Reforms Department director VN Zade said that effective and result oriented implementation of Governance Reforms was the call of the hour in this cyber era.
“Punjab has received an enormous response of people by its newly enacted the Right to Service Act, 2011, as it was successfully provided more than 70 services while 87 new services have also been recommended, which would be included soon in the ambit of the Act,” he added.