The Prime Minister's Office on Thursday signed the Annual Performance Agreement (APA) with its seven organisations for fiscal 2022-23 aimed at implementing the government's development goals under an effective, efficient and dynamic administrative system, reports UNB.

The APA was inked at a function at the PMO at Tejgaon in the capital.

PM's principal secretary Ahmad Kaikaus and principal coordinator on SDG affairs at the PMO Zuena Aziz spoke on the occasion as chief and special guest respectively.

PMO senior secretary Md Tofazzel Hossain Mia presided over the function, while senior officials, including chiefs of subordinate offices of the PMO and director generals of the PMO, were present.

The organisations which signed the APA are the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority, the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority, the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority, Public-Private Partnership Authority, the National Skill Development Authority and the NGO Affairs Bureau and the Ashrayan-2 Project.

The PMO Secretary inked the APA for fiscal 2022-23 on behalf of the Prime Minister's Office while chairmen of BIDA, BEZA, BEPZA, PPPA and NSDA, director general of NGO Affairs Bureau and project directorof Ashrayan-2 Project signed it on behalf of their respective organisations.

At the function, a comparative review was held on achievements against different indexes of the APA of the last fiscal year and the targets set in this year's APA.

Speaking on the occasion, the PM's Principal Secretary said that the APA should incorporate the rewards and punishments while PMO Secretary stressed the need for its regular monitoring.

The APA is a result-based working plan to reach the desired goal through increasing the efficiency and accountability of the public servant.