Establishment

It provides oversight of the modernisation of the Service in keeping with its changing environment and requirements. The Public Service Act Chapter 23:01 (PDF, 751KB) of the 1991 laws of Dominica establishes and sets out the functions of the EPTD, establishing its authority to manage, direct and control the Public Service, subject to sections 68 and 85 to 90 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Dominica. The Act details specific responsibility for maintaining a classification of offices, treating with public sector representative bodies and/or public officers and administering or ensuring the administration of regulations governing the Public Service. The primary clients of the EPTD are other Ministries and Departments of the Public Service, whom the EPTD works closely with to ensure that efficiency is maintained in the Public Service. In the exercise and performance of its functions, the Department also works with the Public Service Commission to ensure that opportunities in the Public Service for promotion is based on merit, ability and integrity, and with public sector representative bodies to keep under review the pay and allowances payable to public officers. Our Values