Huambo - The director-general of the Institute for Local Development (FAS), Belarmino Jelembi, said on Friday in Huambo that proximity governance requires trust and transparency from managers to reliably implement public policies.
The official made the statement, while addressing the topic of "Proximity Governance for Inclusive and Participatory Local Governance", as part of the 1st National Workshop for Young Leaders in Local Governance, organized by the Ministry of Territorial Administration, in partnership with the Njila - World Bank project.
According to Jelembi, the grassroots governance must be built with a committed, disciplined and rigorous team in the implementation of public policies, following work methodologies that confer public trust, transparency and allow for interactivity with the population.
The official spoke of the need to awaken team spirit and combine social and economic projects in a contextualized way, according to the reality found in the region, in order to achieve positive results.
The representative of the international non-governmental organization Clube de Médicos (Doctors' Club), Marcelo Elvis, suggested the need to work on increasing the number of Angolan doctors in order to bring hospital services closer to the population, without any difficulty in providing timely assistance for any illness in the country. LT/JSV/ALH
