'Proper delivery of public service can ensure good governance'

" A good governance must comprises economic efficiency, transparency, ethical integrity and delivery of public utility services," said a French expert Helene Gadriot-Renard in her keynote presentation on 'Challenges to Governance', at the lecture organised by Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) at its auditorium.

Helene who is a public auditor at government accounting office and head of the governance and role of the state division in France, said

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good governance is a present day buzzword faced with multiple challenges.

While pointing out how the issue of decentralised and good governance surfaced in the forefront world over, Helene said in a globalised world system a state enters into different international accords and regional unions undertaking the pledges to do public good which requires it to rethink of governance system.

She said the public sector must communicate some traditional values to the private sector to keep up the social aspects and retain public trust in the governance system as the latter's main focus is profit-making.

She said the civil service should be "performance oriented" and there should be an efficient system to demarcate sincere and insincere public servants.

Gilles Lagarde, general secretary of the Saone et Loire prefecture of France, also spoke on local and central governments in France featuring their various structural aspects.

BIISS Chairman Mufleh R. Osmany and Director General Major General Abdul Mubeen were present on the occasion.