Around 100 chairpersons participated in the workshop

Around 100 chairpersons, including chief executive officers, secretaries and board members of parastatal bodies participated in the workshop that was organised at the initiative of the Office of Public Sector Governance (OPS).

The main objective was to sensitise stakeholders on the principles of corporate governance. In his address at the opening ceremony, the OPSG director G Gopee recalled that it is government policy to promote good corporate governance practices within the public sector in line with international sound practices.

He pointed out that the responsibility of the OPSG is to make public sector institutions a model of good corporate governance.

The resource persons at the workshop were Jane Valls, CEO of Mauritius Institute of Directors and Rohit Ramnawaz, managing director of African Links Ltd, who spoke about the case of good governance and the role of management, the board and directors.

The workshop forms part of a series of activities which the OPSG will be organising to generate national awareness on corporate governance. Future activities include a series of workshops to create awareness and build capacity on corporate governance and a strategy workshop .