The Interim Government has issued 13 directives discouraging foreign travel by government officials and employees.
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This information was confirmed on Wednesday (December 11) by a reliable source in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Earlier on Monday (December 9), these directives were issued through a circular.
The instructions are:
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- 1. Foreign travel will be discouraged in general.
- 2. A list of potential foreign trips for the year must be prepared and maintained.
- 3. A ministry-specific database for foreign travel should be created. The Chief Advisor's Office will develop and maintain this framework.
- 4. Government officials at all levels are advised to avoid traveling abroad simultaneously.
- 5. Ministry advisors and secretaries should generally refrain from traveling abroad together. However, if such travel is deemed essential for national interest, the necessity must be explicitly stated.
- 6. Secretaries of ministries and heads of subordinate departments or agencies should avoid traveling abroad together unless there is an unavoidable national interest.
- 7. When proposing participation in foreign seminars/workshops, it must be clarified which level of officials the inviting authority has invited and what levels of officials from other participating countries will attend.
- 8. Proposals for foreign travel must include the necessity of the travel, the relevance of the proposed official to the activity and the expected benefits.
- 9. In cases of procurement, pre-shipment inspections, or factory acceptance tests, only the relevant specialists should be considered for travel.
- 10. Unnecessary travel funded by public money must be avoided.
- 11. Officials at all levels should avoid leisure trips abroad.
- 12. Government officials and employees should refrain from taking long-term educational leave.
- 13. Proposals for foreign travel must include a detailed record of the proposed official's foreign travel over the past year.
