EEPP   Program Support Unit 

Functions and Team Building for the PFTC Department, EEAA 

Introduction 

The Retreat was planned by the head of PFTC, Eng. Dahlia Lotayef and EEPP facilitators.  It 

is the first of a series of retreats aimed at improving department performance and EEAA 

program planning.  For several months the PFTC has used a method to improve its internal 

organization and productivity.  In the process of looking at itself, the department  

a. 

looked at all of its Civil Service approved functions and set up, 

b. 

specified in detail all the various work outputs it is required to produce 

c. 

re confirmed an interim organizational structure of four units 

d. 

provided opportunities for staff to select specializations 

e. 

anticipated constraints in implementing the decision to reorganize. 

The four units for the department are seen to fit the existing work load and personnel.  The 

list of outputs for the department is seen to be what is required by law and by professional 

standards of program management and international cooperation.  By combining the Civil 

Service structural system with purpose and objectives (the work outputs), is expected to 

become more manageable and more productive.  Now that the department has used this 

methodology successfully on its own performance problems, it can undertake a similar 

reorganization any time conditions may warrant.   

The Retreat was a concluding event in the reorganization effort by PFTC, and is included as 

tasks 5 and 6 in the EEPP Tranche 2 work plan.  The draft agenda for the Retreat is 

Attachment 1.  The actual implementation of the agenda is Attachment 2. 

The Minister of State for the Environment and the EEPP National Coordinator visited the 

Retreat and had informal discussions with the PFTC.   The Minister told the PFTC of the high 

expectation he held for the department.   He established a sense of pressure on the PFTC 

group which helped streamline the deliberations at the Retreat so that all objectives were met.    

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INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES GROUP