The government has issued four conditions regarding its officials taking foreign trips.
The Budget Department of the Ministry of Finance issued a circular in this regard on Monday.
The government relaxed the restrictions on foreign trips subject to conditions to continue to facilitate increasing skills of the officials.
The circular states —
1. Foreign trips are allowed for study in Master’s and PhD courses with foreign or government funding or under scholarships/fellowships provided by various development aid agencies/universities/countries.
2. Foreign trips will be allowed to participate in specialized/vocational training organized under the management and development budget based on Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between various foreign training institutes/universities with the government.
3. Foreign trips will be allowed to participate in overseas training organized at the invitation and fully funded by the foreign government/institution/development partner.
4. Officials with technical knowledge are allowed foreign trips for the purpose of quality audit inspection of services/products funded by suppliers/contractors/consultants.
However, in the context of the current global economic situation, participation in exposure, workshops, seminars under the scope of APA and Innovation will remain suspended.
