Research and Community Service

Purpose Statement and Brief Profile of PSRRC

The University established Public Service Reform Research Center in 2007, accountable to the office of the vice-president for research and community service. The purpose of establishing PSRRC as reform research center is for institutionalizing and coordinating all public service reform related research, seminars, community services and validation workshops. Ultimately, the goal of ECSU through PSRRCis to contribute its share by engaging problem solving research in public service reform to the enhancement of the national endeavors regarding reforming the public sectors and geared towards ensuring the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs)

PSRRCenvisages to keen-sighting the establishment of  an effective public institutions that can accommodate the on-going changes through reform with a changed established bureaucratic structures, behavior and practices and provide effective and quality service delivery within the public services across the country. The center valueincludes effective and efficient quality service delivery through problem solving research, commitment, partnership, accountability, responsibility, fairness, transparency, innovation, community engagement and participation.

PSRRC’s duty and responsibility is to undertaking problem solving research on reform in general and reform tools in particular, organizing seminars, undertaking validation workshops, undertaking community services. Moreover, PSRRC’s strives to contribute towards the realization of the vision, mission of ECSU and at National level in promoting sustainable development in the country by through undertaking problem solving researches in reform so as to enhance the service delivery system of the country

To serve as a pivotalcenterby engaging in problem solving research on reform, to calibrate the public sector reform programs and build the capacity of the public sectors to deliver quality public services and to contribute to the achievement of ECSU goals as well as the National mission of building effective and efficient public service sectors the center has the following objectives:

• To contribute to responding to the enhancement and calibration ofpublic service reform programs through research &community services
• To coordinate reform related researches within the University and outside the university
• To play leadership role by developing and strengthening partnership & collaborations with the various stakeholders
• To organize seminars and distribute up-to-date, relevant and reliable Information, to the university community and the public sector at large.

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