Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance 2003-2011

Good Practices and InnovATIONS in Public Governance
as the name implied, an advisory body. When the original partnership expanded to
include UNDP and IFES, it was necessary to create a governing body and to put
protocols in place to ensure the smooth and productive governing of the project. It
was also important to revisit the partners’ expectations for the project to ensure they
did not contradict each another. The BPC has been very effective as it has overseen
the development and implementation of BRIDGE Version 2 and is now overseeing
the development of DG BRIDGE. To date, all deadlines have been met and all new
curriculum documents have been developed to the satisfaction of the partners and
BRIDGE clients.
BRIDGE implementation has expanded dramatically in the last two years, particularly
in the Middle East and South Asia. This growth has led to another lesson
learned: that it is vital to ensure adequate numbers of high-quality facilitators. There
are three types of BRIDGE facilitators: specialist facilitators, accrediting facilitators
and workshop facilitators. The most pressing concern was the shortage of accrediting
facilitators, as the presence of an accrediting facilitator is required for a new facilitator
to be authorised to become a workshop facilitator. A decision was made to clarify
the minimum skills and hours of experience needed to attain each position. The
BRIDGE website and, in particular, the BRIDGE partner newsletter were used to
facilitate discussion and outline this new approach.
Contact Information
Mr. Ross Attrill
Acting Director International Services
Australian Electrical Commission
Level 8
2 Lonsdale Street
3001 Victoria
Melbourne, Australia
E-mail: ross.attrill@aec.gov.au
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