COVID-19 - Good Governanace Practices in a Pandemic

The Two-Day Multi-Country ITEC-NCGG Training Programme on COVID-19 – Good Governance Practices in a Pandemic through a webinar on 18th June 2020 was inaugurated by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India. The conference was attended by 71 International Civil Servants from 16 countries including the Chief of Staff, Sri-Lanka Army Major General HJS Gunawardena, 08 Secretaries to Government of Bangladesh, 11 District Administrators from Myanmar, Senior Officials from Bhutan, Kenya, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Somalia, Thailand, Tunisia, Tonga, Sudan and Uzbekistan. Dr. Jitendra Singh welcomed and acknowledged the participants and emphasized the importance of team work, compassion and statesmanship that defined India’s Governance in response to COVID – 19 Pandemic. As it becoming the part of human lives, considering the threat the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi given a clarion call for “Do Gaz ki Doori” (a distance of two yards) – Social Distancing. He added that “Awareness not Anxiety” should determine the response.