Third edition of the Seychelles Human Resource Development Award 

The third edition of the Seychelles Human Resource Development Award was officially launched in December 2019. A total of eight organisations took part in the completion, namely: ABSA Bank Seychelles Limited, Ministry of Education, Kempinski Seychelles Resort, SACOS Group Limited, Seychelles Pension Fund, National Council for the Elderly, Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority and Raffles Seychelles.

A Prize presentation ceremony was held on Friday 6^th May 2022, to officially reward organisations that showcased the best Human Resource Development (HRD) practices and provide guidance to organisations that need assistance in setting up mechanisms that will help them to perform more efficiently.

The winners for the third edition of the Seychelles Human Resource Development Award are:

Winners of Individual Awards of excellence are:

Excellence in employee development: Seychelles Pension Fund

Excellence in employee engagement: Seychelles Pension Fund

Excellence in graduate development: ABSA Bank Seychelles Limited

Excellence in HR technologies: ABSA Bank Seychelles Limited

Excellence in leadership development: Ministry of Education

Excellence in performance management: Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority

Excellence in recruitment and retention strategy: Kempinski Seychelles Resort

The winners for the second edition of the Seychelles Human Resource Development Award are:

Winners of Individual Awards of excellence are:

• Excellence in Employee development: Island Development Company
• Excellence in employee engagement: Seychelles Port Authority
• Excellence in graduate Development: Seychelles Breweries Ltd
• Excellence in HR Technologies: Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority
• Excellence in leadership Development: Cable & Wireless Seychelles
• Excellence in recruitment and retention strategy: Seychelles petroleum Company
• Excellence in Performance management: Seychelles Public Transport Corporation
• Excellence Workplace well-being: Kempinski Seychelles Resort

The SHRD Award was created in 2011 with the idea of encouraging and sharing best practices among HRD practitioners so that a database of good practices could be created and a network between Human Resources of different organizations could exist.

In conjunction with the HRD Audit, the SHRD Award is a way to evaluate the status of HRD in different organizations and to ensure that the standards set, locally as well as internationally, are met.

The objectives of the SHRD Award are to:

A) Sensitize stakeholders on the importance of HRD in their respective organizations.

B) Encourage HRD in workplaces.

C) Recognize and reward organizations which demonstrate excellence in HRD implementation.

The first edition of the Award held in 2012 saw the involvement of 14 organisations participating under 4 categories namely; medium public organisations, large public organisations, medium private organisations and large private organisations. The winners and runners-up for each category were as follows:

For the second edition which has already started there is a total of 18 organisations, some of them will be participating for the second time. The list of participating organisations in no particular order are as follows:

• Agency for Social Protection
• Seychelles Petroleum Company ltd.
• Seychelles Public Transport Corporation
• The Police Force of Seychelles
• Islands Development Company Ltd.
• Seychelles Bureau of Standards
• Seychelles Ports Authority
• Seychelles Planning Authority
• Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority
• Department of Social Affairs
• Four Seasons resort and Spa
• Seychelles Revenue Commission
• Airtel Seychelles
• Seychelles Trading Company Ltd
• Seychelles Breweries Ltd.
• Kempinski Seychelles Resort
• Le Meridien Fisherman’s Cove
• Cable and Wireless