The Institute of Public Administration (IPA) will be organizing 105 training programs covering 2,480 government employees at its headquarters in Riyadh and branch offices in Jeddah and Dammam, Saudi Press Agency said.
The programs aim to raise production efficiency of the trainees by providing them the required skills and positive behavior trends, IPA spokesman Abdulaziz Al-Hadlaq was quoted as saying.
Each training program will run from two to five days, the IPA spokesman said.
At the IPA headquarters in Riyadh, some 1,060 trainees will attend 49 training programs on a variety of topics including cooperative insurance, basics on information security, legal consultancy and studies and preparation of general budgets. Besides, the training programs will also cover secretariat works, IT crimes, financial privileges of employees, PR protocols, bibliography of information sources, ASP.NET and computer-based letter drafting.
The IPA programs will also impart training on analysis of investment economies, report design in Visual Basic environment, statistical surveys, news collection and editing, word processing, skills on how to deal with bosses and visitors, project offering and awarding, government financial reports, bank guarantees, questionnaire design, and internal control systems.
In Jeddah, 650 employees will attend 25 training programs covering similar areas. However, new areas will also be added like time management, database basics, e-archiving, warehouse arrangement, website page development on XHTML language, and employee promotion.
Another 374 employees will attend 15 training programs in Dammam covering similar areas as those in Riyadh and Jeddah.
Likewise, IPA Ladies Branch in Riyadh will impart training to 396 female government employees in 16 training programs on similar topics.
IPA to conduct efficiency training for employees
