The annual performance agreements (APAs) 2022-23 were signed between the prime minister’s office and its attached six agencies including Ashrayan-2 project on Thursday.

PMO senior secretary Tofazzel Hossain Miah and the heads of the agencies inked the agreements on behalf of their respective sides at the PMO.

In the APAs, the six agencies made different commitments over their performances for the fiscal year of 2022-23.

Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Ahmad Kaikaus and Principal Coordinator for SDG Affairs at the PMO Zuena Aziz spoke at the signing event presided over by Tofazzel Hossain Miah.

The six agencies are Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority (BEZA), Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA), National Skills Development Authority (NSDA), Public Private Partnership (PPP) Authority, NGO Affairs Bureau and Ashrayan-2 Project.

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

In the 2014-15 fiscal year, the Awami League government introduced the APA method in a bid to get better performance from all the ministries and divisions.

In the process, all the subordinate departments, agencies or offices also sign the APAs with their respective ministries, divisions or higher offices.