MSG SECRETARIAT HOLDS 1st 2022 SENIOR STAFF MEETING

PORT VILA, VANUATU (24 January 2022): The first meeting of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat’s senior staff was convened today with an individual and organizational reflection on how it can better itself with its existing resources.

Acting Director General, George Hoa’au, challenged staff on how each can interact and deal with the Secretariat’s stakeholders as diplomats but achieve results as entrepreneurs.

He encouraged staff to continue to be competent and emphasized the need to continually accept change as without it there can be no progress. Furthermore, ADG Hoa’au touched on the importance of management leadership; self-responsibility; innovation; thinking on our feet and improvising with online resources.

The meeting agenda included the vision of the MSG Secretariat against expectations; Leadership Issues; holding a work-from-home mock event; having ICT as a platform for work; Annual Report; and Strategic Partnerships, among others.

It was also an opportunity for senior staff to briefly present their major work programme activities, how they would approach it and what events have been identified as priorities for the first quarter 2022.

Caption: Senior staff discussing their respective work programmes for the year.