A GLANCE AT THE GIMPA PUBLIC SERVICES SCHOOL (GPSS)

GIMPA’s Public Services School (GPSS) was established on January 01 2005 with a mandate to provide a broad range of services to Ghana’s public services with specific attention to the Civil Service.  This is to he pursued with special reference to all of GIMPA’s original mandates. 

As part of its on-going development, GPSS is responsible for the effective operations of the GIMPA Gender Development,  ResourceCenter and the GIMPA French Laboratory.  This Center has among its core functions to promote gender equality and mainstream gender issues into GIMPA’s corporate governance.

GPSS has been established with responsibilities to :

1. provide world-class capacity building training for the public sector in Ghana
2. undertake Schemes of Services Training Programmes for the Civil/Public Services
3. research into ways to strengthen Ghana’s Public Services and enhance their systems, competences and outputs.

GPSS uses the best mode of delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa and maintain its competitive advantage above all non-African training institutions when it comes to building the capacity of the public sector in Ghana.

1.  Nabayin Pratt                                          -                       Ag. Dean

2.  Bright Oduro-Kwateng                           -                       Snr. Lecturer

3.  Olivia Bush                                              -                       Snr. Lecturer

4.  Sabra Asante                                          -                       Snr. Lecturer

5.  Charity Binka                               -                                   Lecturer

6.  Kofi Ocran                                                -                       Snr. Lecturer

7.  T S P N’yel                                               -                       Lecturer

8.  Maurice Macauley                                  -                       Asst. Lecturer

9.  Charity-Carthy Ewurama Hayford       -                       Asst.Registrar/Asst. Lecturer

10. Jasper Ahafianyo                                  -                       Snr. Research Assistant

11. George Pentem                                     -                       Administrative Assistant

12. Patricia Hasford                                     -                       Administrative Secretary

13. James Oduro                                          -                       Operations Assistant

Please find below the profile of some of the key lecturers in the School:

GPSS aims to achieve its goals and objectives through its research and publications, teaching and consulting services offered through the GIMPA Consultancy Services Center.  It ensures in the process that GPSS becomes a one-stop center of excellence for professional expertise on Ghana’s public services.

Currently GPSS runs the following training programmes:

1. Induction For Newly Recruited Civil Servant  

2. Postgraduate Certificate in Public Administration

3. Postgraduate Certificate in Agricultural Administration

4. Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration

5. Postgraduate Diploma in Agricultural Administration

6. Senior Management Development Course

7. Chief Executive Programme

8. Health Administration and Management Course

9. Postgraduate Certificate in Occupational Safety Health and Environmental Management.

10. Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Safety Health and Environmental Management

    11. Women in Management Senior Level

    12. Women in Management First Level

Upcoming ones are:

a.    Certificate in Urban Management

b.    Certificate in Decentralisation Management

c.    Certificate in Chieftaincy Affairs Management

d.    Postgraduate Diploma in Health Administration and Management

e.    Certificate In Gender Development and Human Resource Management

f.     Executive Masters Programme in Public Administration

GPSS is located at the A L Adu Complex, next to the School of Technology/Distance Learning Centre.  Do feel free to visit at anytime for more information on the School

APPLICATION FORMS

Application form for Examinable Short Courses

Application form for Non-examinable short course

 PROFILE OF SOME OF OUR FACULTY MEMBERS

PROFILE

Name:                         Mr. Nabanyin Pratt

Position:                     Ag. Dean

Department:              GIMPA Public Services School

Mr. Pratt is a communication specialist with interest in Public Relations.

He has almost 30 years experience working in the Public Sector.

He came to GIMPA from the New Times Corporation where he was the Managing Director.  He also worked at the Ghana National Procurement Agency for 16 years where he held various positions as Public Relations Manager, Personnel Manager, Senior Administrative Manager and Chief Manager and Head, Marketing Department.

He also served as President of the Institute of Public Relations Ghana, Member of the National Media Commission, and currently Member of the Governing Council of the African University College of Communication in addition to his extensive media work.

He has been a lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Journalism, adjunct faculty lecturer at Central University College, School of Communication Studies of the University of Ghana, Institute of Local Government Studies, among others.

His research interests include Media in Emerging nations, Press and Foreign Policy, Media and Governance Systems - Public Relations and Management, and Public Sector Communication.

PROFILE

Name:                        Mr. Bright Oduro-Kwateng

Position:                     Senior Lecturer

Department:              GIMPA Public Services School (GPSS)

Bright Oduro-Kwateng is currently a senior lecturer at GPSS with the responsibility of Coordinating the GPSS Post-Graduate Diploma in Public Administration, Senior Management Development Programme and the Manager of the GIMPA Gender Development and Resource Centre.

Bright Oduro-Kwateng has extensive experience in both academia and public service.  He was employed by University of Greenwich as an Economics Lecturer for six (6) years, specializing in economic planning in the third world, sustainable economic Development and Political economy.

Bright joined the U.K Local Government from academia and worked as a Senior Manager in several positions leading to the level of Executive Director with responsibility for Economic Regeneration, Performance Management, Operations Management, Gender Equalities, Diversity and Change Management.

Mr. Bright Oduro-Kwateng has over ten (10) years extensive working experience in Public Service with specialty in Operations Management, Performance Management in Public Service delivery, Gender Mainstreaming, Human Resource and Organizational Behaviour and Project Planning and Management.

PROFILE

Name:                         Mr. T. S. P. N’yel

Position:                     Lecturer

Department:              GIMPA Public Services School (GPSS)

AREAS OF SPECIALISATION

1. General Management
2. Public Administration
3. Local Government Management
4. Human Resource Management

He has been a Lecturer and Administrator in the Public Services for 36 years.

PROFILE

Name:                         Mr. Kofi Ocran

Position:                     Lecturer

Department:              GIMPA Public Services School (GPSS)

Mr. Kofi Arkaah-Ocran is a public sector specialist. He was a pioneer staff of the National Revenue Secretariat which was set up in 1985 to overhaul Ghana’s Tax Administration Agencies.  He was part of the project team put in place in 1987 to coordinate Ghana’s Structural Adjustment Programme. His career also includes work at the Ministry of Finance, first as Senior Economic Officer and, at later period, Technical Coordinator in the Chief Director’s Office in which role he directly assisted the Chief Director on range of technical /policy issues.

In 2003-2004, he actively participated in public sector reform work under the National Institutional Renewal Programme. After three years of work as a monitoring and evaluation specialist with the National Governance Programme he joined GIMPA. His research areas include Public Sector Economics and Tax Policy.