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The Civil Service Training and Development Institute formulates training policies and  provides support to bureaux and departments in training and development matters. Its four core functions are senior executive development; national studies programmes; consultancy services for departments on human resource management (HRM) initiatives; and promotion of a continuous learning culture in the civil service.

(1) Senior Executive Development
   
  Leadership development programmes, including mainland studies programmes, enable directorate and would-be directorate officers  to acquire new skills, adopt best practices, and develop new ideas for meeting the challenges ahead. The institute also offers advisory service to bureaux/departments on appropriate training to support directorate succession planning.
   
(2) National Studies and Training Services
   
  National studies programmes, including staff exchange programmes with the Mainland, are organised.  On top of the programmes offered by the Tsinghua University, the Peking University and the National School of Administration for senior civil servants, the institute has also arranged the National Studies Programme for Middle Managers at Sun Yat-sen University or Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University since 2006.  Local seminars on National Studies topical issues are also organised regularly. In addition to training on National studies, the Institute also offers programmes, publications and theme-based promotional activities on the Basic Law to deepen civil servants' understanding of the constitution.
   
(3) Human Resource Management Consultancy Services
   
  The institute partners with bureaux/departments  to enhance their HRM capacity. Consultancy and advisory services  include: promoting good HRM practices; facilitating bureaux/departments in rolling out and managing change initiatives; developing competencies required of different grades and ranks; reviewing and designing performance management systems; conducting training needs analysis; and assisting in planning and organising training activities.
   
(4) Promotion of a Continuous Learning Culture and E-learning
   
  The institute offers a broad range of e-learning resources, promotes the wider use of e-learning, provides advice to bureaux/departments on e-learning strategies and functions; facilitates the development of e-learning infrastructure and learning resource; and promotes and develops knowledge management systems. A web-based portal, the Cyber Learning Centre Plus, is open to all civil servants. Departments may also use the portal to disseminate department-specific learning resources to their staff.

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