NEPAD Governance and Public Administration Programme: Creating the Link Between Continental Prioriti

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NEPAD Governance and Public Administration
Programme Creating the Link Between
Continental Priorities and Provincial
Initiatives FREE STATE PROVINCESENIOR
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE11-13 AUGUST 2005
Mr. Cunningham Ngcukana NEPAD Secretariat
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

• NEPAD BACKGROUND AND MANDATE
• PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
• PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES AND FOCI
• IMPLEMENTATION TO DATE
• CURRENT CHALLENGES
• LINKAGES BETWEEN NEPAD AND PROVINCES
• RESPONSES THROUGH THE NEPAD INITIATIVE

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NEPAD BACKGROUND AND MANDATE

• African owned and African led development
  programme
• African leaders demonstration of a shared
  commitment and vision to
• eradicate poverty
• Place African countries individually and
  collectively on a path of sustainable development
• Shifting the paradigm of historically unequal
  relationships between African countries and
  developed countries
• African leaders recognition that in the absence
  of democracy, respect for human rights, peace and
  good governance, development is impossible

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NEPAD BACKGROUND AND MANDATE Democracy and
Political Governance Initiative

• Aims to contribute to strengthening political and
  administrative framework
• Key principles
• Democracy
• Transparency
• Accountability
• Integrity,
• Respect for human rights
• Promotion of the rule of law

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NEPAD BACKGROUND AND MANDATE Democracy and
Political Governance Initiative (continued)

• Strengthening political governance and the
  capabilities of political and administrative
  framework of member States requires reforms
  focused on
• Administrative and civil services
• Strengthening parliamentary oversight
• Promoting participatory decision-making
• Adopting effective measures to combat corruption
  and embezzlement
• Undertaking judicial reforms

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CAPACITY PROGRAMME OVERALL OBJECTIVE
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (Governance and
Public Administration)

• To establish a collective African Minister's of
  Public Service capacity development programme on
  Governance and Public Administration within the
  fold of the New Partnership for Africas
  Development (NEPAD)

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PROGRAMME ORIENTATION (PRINCIPLES)

• A Framework for Collective and Individual
  Advantage
• Building Synergies with Existing Programmes and
  Institutional Activities
• Need to Demonstrate Visible Individual Country
  and Regional Benefits
• A Focused and Manageable African Owned Programme
• Emphasis must be on African resources for
  implementation
• Programme delivery must seek to leverage impact
  possibilities by encouraging Donor investments.
  

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OVERVIEW
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AREA OF FOCUS, INTERVENTION AND LEVERAGE

• FOCUS ON THE INSTITUTIONAL STATE /NATIONAL AND
  REGIONAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SYSTEMS
• Experiences in Africa ( National and Regional
  Initiatives)
• Post-September 11 focus on the State/Social and
  Economic Security
• Role of the State Peace and Security/Framework
  Conditions/ Development Facilitation/Managed
  Globalization/Managed Integration
• Beyond Public Service Reform/Governance and
  Public Administration
• CONTINENTAL AND SUB-REGIONAL INTERVENTIONS
• Main focus of existing state building efforts
  at the National Level
• Recognition of the limits of supply orientation
  to Capacity Development Interventions
• Substantive focus on influencing and supporting
  national efforts through knowledge exchange
• Creating foundations for institutional
  integration, policy congruence and harmonization
  of standards
• LEVERAGE EXISTING INITIATIVES AND MAXIMISE IMPACT
• Build on existing and historical initiatives
• Transition from the OAU to the AU and opportunity
  to establish a supportive model for the AU
• Partnerships and building existing institutions/
  Maximum Impact

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PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

• PROGRAMME FOCUS AREAS (PFA)
• INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT
• Training and linked institutional development
  support
• KNOWLEDGE AND POLICY LEARNING
• G PA Policy Briefs
• Journal for African G PA
• Case-Studies and Policy Publications
• Knowledge Seminars
• DATA COLLECTION AND EXCHANGE
• Data Base on G PA
• Data Reports and Briefs
• Directories of Experts
• Web-Site and e-communication
• INNOVATION AND PARTNERSHIP FACILITATION
• Innovation Projects
• Innovation Awards

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PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

• PRIORITY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS (IDA)
• CENTRES OF GOVERNMENT
• REVENUE COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES
• SERVICE DELIVERY INSTITUTIONS (Health, education
  and policing)
• CAPACITY AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT
  INSTITUTIONS

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PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
INITIATE

• Initial NEPAD Meeting on the 8th March 2002
• Ministers of Public Service Consultative meeting
  on the 1st November 2002
• Partnership meeting on the 18th February 2003 (
  ACBF, CAFRAD, AAPAM, OFPA, CPSI)
• Preparatory meeting for the 4th Pan-African
  Ministers meeting 24th and 25th March 2003
• Partnership meeting 25th March 2003 - including
  the Centre for Excellence in Public
  Administration and Management (CESPAM) . A SADC
  established institution at the University of
  Botswana
• NEPAD - 4th Pan-African Conference of Ministers
  of Public Service (with AU and other stakeholder
  participation) 4th 7th May 2003
• Presentation and approval at the NEPAD HSGIC
  Meeting ( Maputo)
• AU Declaration on the Implementation of NEPAD
  (Maputo Summit)
• Detailed integration process currently underway
  with the AU

ENGAGE
AGREE
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COLLECTIVE PROCESS
GLOBAL PARTNERS
AFRICAN PARTNERS
AAPAM
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SHAPING THE CONTENT OF THE PROGRAMME
Other conference in Governance and Public
Administration
Previous Meetings of Officials
Previous Pan-African Ministers Meetings
Interactions with African and Global Partners
NEPAD/AU
SHAPING THE AGENDA THROUGH RESEARCH LEARNING AND
KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE
Little active comparative research in Africa
We know very little about ourselves!
We dont have our own agenda
Reflection on Governance and Public
Administration ANECDOTAL
Paradigm Dominance of Donors and External
Agencies
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SHAPING THE CONTENT OF THE PROGRAMME
Initial Work Prior to 4th Ministers Conference
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IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK
A A P A M
FRAMEWORK Programme Championing Open Ability
to accommodate effort Partner Ownership of
projects Model Reciprocity and Trust Effort
Varies across each project
ROLE OF NEPAD
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IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK
PAN-AFRICAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF PUBLIC
SERVICE
COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS OF PUBLIC
SERVICE (Chairperson and two (2) Minister per AU
region) SUPPORTED BY OFFICIALS (Prior Meetings
and in Attendance at the Ministers Meetings)
GROUP OF EXPERTS (Academics, Private Sector
Experts and Civil Society)
PARTNERSHIP MEETING (CAFRAD, CESPAM, OFPA, DPMF,
CPSI, etc)
DONOR MEETING (All participating and supporting
donors)
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OUTPUTS AND ACTIVITIES ( 2003-2005)
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OUTPUTS AND ACTIVITIES ( 2003-2005)
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ACTIVE IMPLEMENTATION 2003-2005 (ILLUSTRATIVE)

• E-Governance (19th 24th October 2003 in Morocco)
• Leadership Development (January 2004 in Uganda)
• Exploratory Meetings for Establishing a Network
  of Management Development Institutions (December
  2003, December 2004 in Ethiopia)
• Negotiating Technical Support from the OECD
• Data on G PA
• Ethics and Corruption
• Planning in Government ( Public Finance)
• Predicting state failure (early warning) and
  post-conflict state building
• Performance Management Publications
• Workshop of senior officials HR Management/
  Excess Capacity in the African Public Service
  (September 2004)
• Continent wide Human Resource Management Survey
  (September 2004 present)
• Launch of AMDIN (August 2005)
• Meeting of RECs and Ministers of Public Service
  (August 2005)
• Securing EU finances (February 2005)

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PROGRAMME CHALLENGES

• WIDE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT/SUSTAINING
  THE MOMENTUM
• CLEAR AND SPECIFIC INTEGRATION STRATEGY VERY
  SPECIFIC VALUE ADD (Working Committee between
  DPSA/AU/ NEPAD Secretariat)
• CAPACITY OF PARTNERS TO DELIVER/ CORE FUNDING
• ABSORPTION CAPACITY AND ANTICIPATED REQUIREMENTS
• Approximately 20 m over 3 Years
• POTENTIAL FUTURE INVESTMENTS vs CURRENT POLICY
  DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES
• World Bank Capacity Development Policy Review
• OECD increasing engagement with NEPAD
• ALIGNING DONOR INVESTMENTS WITH AFRICAN
  PRIORITIES
• Building African Supportive Capacity
• Maximizing Impact
• Building Sustainable Societies/ Communities

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LINKAGES BETWEEN NEPAD AND PROVINCES CRITICAL
ISSUES FOR SENIOR MANAGEMENT SERVICE

• POLICY DEVELOPMENT
• Strategic alignment between planning processes
  across government spheres (national/provincial/
  local) and actual activities
• Ensuring that public sector management systems
  are performance and results-oriented
• HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR SERVICE DELIVERY
  IMPROVEMENT
• Deployment of appropriate and skilled HR in
  relevant functions
• Talent Management Creating institutions that
  enable meaningful work, cultivate shared
  professional norms, teamwork etc
• PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
• Creating clear linkages between individual
  performance measures and institutional priorities

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LINKAGES BETWEEN NEPAD AND PROVINCES CRITICAL
ISSUES FOR SENIOR MANAGEMENT SERVICE

• Creating concrete linkages between continental,
  regional and national/ provincial processes
• African Public Service Charter and Batho Pele
  principles
• Developing systematic cross country knowledge and
  experience exchange opportunities with
  counterparts in the continent
• African Senior Officials meeting on management of
  human resources (September 2004) How best
  should cross country provincial learnings be
  exchanged?

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SOME RESPONSES THROUGH THE NEPAD INITIATIVE

• Leadership Development Workshop -- (January 2004
  in Uganda)
• Support for Development of Continental Framework
  for Leadership Development
• Supporting Processes for Improving Capacities For
  Planning in Government
• Public Finance Management Support for InWent
  Budget Official Training Workshop (August 2005,
  Accra, Ghana)
• Support in Brokering Programme Integration into
  African Union
• Establishment of AU/ NEPAD/ DPSA Working
  Committee

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SOME RESPONSES THROUGH THE NEPAD INITIATIVE

• Resource Mobilisation
• Workshop of senior officials HR Management/
  Excess Capacity in the African Public Service
  (September 2004)
• Continent wide Human Resource Management Survey
• Launch of AMDIN (August 2005) and AMDIN 5 Year
  Programme (JICA)
• Securing EU finances (February 2005)
• Organisation of Critical Meetings
• Meeting of RECs and Ministers of Public Service
• Committee of Ministers Meeting (Preparations for
  the 5th Pan African Conference of Ministers of
  Public Services)

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