PMO inks APA with its 7 bodies

Staff Correspondent: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) yesterday signed the Annual Performance Agreement (APA) with its six offices/agencies and Ashrayan-2 Project aimed at implementing the government’s development goals under an effective, efficient and dynamic administrative system.
The APA was inked at a function at the meeting room of the PMO in the city’s Tejgaon area this afternoon with PM’s Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus in the chair, PMO sources said.
The organisations which signed the APA are: Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA), Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA), Public-Private Partnership Authority (PPPA), National Skill Development Authority (NSDA), NGO Affairs Bureau and the Ashrayan-2 Project.
The PMO secretary inked the APA for the fiscal 2021-22 on behalf of the Prime Minister’s Office while chief executives of the six offices/agencies and project director of the Ashrayan-2 Project signed it on behalf of their respective organizations.
BIDA Executive Chairman Md Sirazul Islam, BEZA Executive Chairman Paban Chowdhury, PPPA Chief Executive Officer Sultana Afroz, BEPZA Executive Chairman Major General Md Nazrul Islam, NSDA Executive Chairman Dulal Krishna Saha, Director General (DG) of NGO Affairs Bureau KM Tariqul Islam and Project Director (PD) of Ashrayan-2 Project Md Mahbub Hossain, personal secretaries to the Prime Minister, director generals, directors and senior officials of the PMO were present at the APA signing ceremony.
At the function, the chief executives and project director of the organizations have been advised to work sincerely aiming at making the organizations affiliated to the PMO the best examples for others in attaining the indexes set in the APA for the fiscal 2021-22.
The APA is a result-based working plan to reach the desired goals by increasing the efficiency and accountability in the government services.