ILG Holds Mentor Review Workshop
The Ethiopian Civil Service University Institute of Leadership and Good Governance (ILG) launched Mentor review workshop on the 9th of October 2014 at Hilton Hotel. More than 50 participants drawn from 30 public institutions attended the event.
Dr WaqgariNegari, Director of the Institute of Leadership and Good Governance capitalized on the importance of the internship programme saying that
“experiential knowledge and skills obtained through the placements compliment theory taught at the institute and as a result, help build a strong human resource base that will service Ethiopian public institutions and contribute to the wider national transformational development agenda”.
He also appreciated researches and recommendations mentees produce during placements, both of which in turn continue to inform public institutions strategies for addressing gaps and challenges in order to ensure better performance and services delivery to the Ethiopian public.
Mr.Rodrigue Furcy, Deputy Director of Internships at ENA reflected on France’s practices in coordinating internships, his experiences as a three-time intern at ENA and lessons learned over the years since ENA’s establishment in 1948.
In the occasion the Ethiopian Standards Agency (ESA) Best practices in internship implementation were shared by representative of H.E. Mrs Almaz Kahssay, director of the Agency.
Ms. Abrehet Mehari, Consultant Coordinator and Internship Modules Professional at ESCU presented a paper on challenges faced while facilitating internship programme . Former student of ILG, Jemal, also shared his internship experience.
During the workshop Federal and regional public institutions’ representatives shared experiences on opportunities and challenges encountered in the last three years of internship coordination. On the internship exchange, mentors (public institution managers) are paired with mentees (prospect graduating students from ILG) whereby, the mentee engages in a wide variety of operations within the respective public institution.
Dr.Waqgari Negari, Director of the Institute of Leadership and Good Governance finally said that similar workshops will be held so as to make effective use of the internship programme.