THE DPSA INTERNATIONAL WORK

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THE DPSA INTERNATIONAL WORK

• PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON
  PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION
• CAPE TOWN
• 1 AUGUST 2007

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Structure of the Presentation

• The power point presentation is divided into
  sections A E as follows
• Section A Overview and Introduction
• Section B. The African Agenda
• Section B (1) The Pan-African Ministers
  Programme Governance and Public Administration
  Programme
• Section B (2) Regional and International
  Anti-corruption Cooperation
• Section B (3) Post-conflict and Reconstruction
• Section C. South-South Cooperation
• Section D. Emerging Programmes
• Section E. Conclusion

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SECTION A

• Overview and Introduction

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Nature of the dpsa International Programme

• The dpsa international programme aims to enhance
  South Africas international interventions based
  on National Priorities.
• The main objective being an aim by South Africa
  to discharge its international obligations
  through the
• - Consolidation of the African Agenda
• - Promotion of South - South Co-operation
• - Fighting corruption
• - Promoting peace and security
• International work within the dpsa is
  inter-connected and cross-cutting within the
  dpsa, the portfolio and the public sector.
• The dpsa work also aims to ensure that South
  Africa's international interventions integrate a
  Public Service and Administration perspective
• The dpsa international programme is in the
  process of being fully formulated through the
  international strategy.
• Currently, dpsa activities reflects an emphasis
  on the African Agenda , however there is an
  increasing thrust towards a more global
  international strategy

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SECTION B

• THE AFRICAN AGENDA

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SECTION B (1)

• PAN-AFRICAN MINISTERS PROGRAMME ON GOVERNANCE
  AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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Key Objectives of the Programme

• To establish and implement a focused continental
  programme on G PA
• To establish the link between governance and
  public administration capabilities and the
  broader developmental agenda within the
  continent.
• Identify and affirm areas of common concern and
  challenge that would require future capability
  development support partnerships within the
  terrain of Governance and Public Administration.
• Knowledge sharing and learning, through a
  framework of exchange and capacity development
• Identify priority areas for support and exchange
  in governance and public administration
• Mobilise a collective commitment to priorities
  identified and establish clarity on the role of
  national, regional, continental and international
  organisations participating in the programme
  established by the Ministers.

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Secretariat

• The African Union
• Coordination at continental level
• Adapt decisions into AU policy organs
• NEPAD
• Implement the programme
• Mobilize resources
• Chairpersons Office
• Provide political leadership
• Convene Bureau meetings
• Convene PSC Meetings
• Mobilize resources
• Establish and sustain strategic partnerships
• Support to Champions to implement their thematic
  areas

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The Champions

• Functions of champions
• To promote member states buy-in and ownership
• Provide leadership in the implementation
  activities
• Coordinate implementation at regional level
• Accelerate and spread out implementation
• Champion programme at regional level
• 2. Who are the champions
• Nigeria Anti-Corruption
• Burundi - Post-Conflict
• Algeria - African Public Service Charter
• Mauritius All-Africa Public Sector Innovation
  Awards

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Africa Public Service Day

• Africa Public Service Day.
• Celebrated throughout the continent every June 23
  
• Aim
• To promote values such as professionalism,
  accountability, responsiveness, ethics and
  performance of the Public Service
• Progress to date
• In 2006 five SADC countries (Lesotho, Swaziland,
  Namibia, Mauritius and South Africa linked by
  satellite connectivity celebrated simultaneously
• On June 23 2007 the event was celebrated
  nationally and throughout the continent
• Event celebrated under one theme Promoting good
  governance with emphasis on anti-corruption and
  ethics
• Way- Forward
• Continental celebrations will take place in
  September 2007 in Namibia as the coordinator

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Africa Public Service Charter

• Aim
• Enhancing governance and public administration
  capacity and effectiveness
• Progress to date
• A framework, concept note, Aide Memoire and a
  questionnaire developed and adopted by Ministers
  in December 2006 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• SADC workshop on the review and update of the
  charter was held on the 5-6 July 2007 in South
  Africa
• Meeting adopted the SA model for replication to
  other regions in the continent
• Way- Forward
• South Africa is engaging technical partners to
  support the regional workshops in COMESA, ECOWAS,
  ECCAS and AMU
• South Africa committed to provide technical
  assistance to replicate the South African Model
  to other regions
• Training will be organized for SADC African
  heads of Public Service on the domestication of
  the charter

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Regional and International Anti - corruption
Co-operation

• This would be covered in more detail later in the
  presentation

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Public Sector Innovations Awards

• Aim
• To promote regional integration, reward
  innovative service delivery models, promote and
  replicate best practices in the public sector
  through the showcasing of African Innovation on
  the global scene
• Progress to date
• Awards launched in December 2005
• A Steering Committee comprising of AUC, NEPAD,
  Mauritius, the dpsa and CPSI was formed
• Four phases were identified and
  Conceptualization and the planning process have
  been concluded
• Marketing to four regions namely ECOWAS, COMESA,
  ECCAS AND SADC concluded , marketing on the radio
  and television to commence in the month of August
  
• Way Forward
• Adjudication will commence in September
• Awards ceremony targeted for 2008 during the
  6th Pan Ministers Conference

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Collaboration with Regional Economic Communities
(RECs)

• Aim
• Strengthening the role of RECS in supporting
  Public Sector Reform
• Progress to date
• Conceptual framework( Aide Memoir , concept note
  ) developed
• SADC Experts workshop was hosted on 2-4 July 2007
  in South Africa
• Way- Forward
• Share experience with other RECs on the SA model
  
• Facilitate the SADC Ministerial Forum in June
  2008

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Information and Communication Technology

• Aim
• To contribute towards helping to breach the
  digital divide among African member states
• To establish the Commonwealth Connects Programme
  through assistance to member states to meet their
  ICT needs
• Progress to date
• The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for
  Africa (FOSSFA) is based at the Meraka Institute,
  CSIR and the dpsa
• The dpsa will be responsible to
• Share information on ICTs and e-Government with
  Commonwealth Connect
• Share information from Commonwealth on ICT and
  e-Government with the South African Government
• Attend workshops and meetings of the Commonwealth
  Connect and generate reports
• Ensure that information and interaction is
  managed efficiently through the inclusion of
  other government departments and agencies, and
  that it is representative of the people of South
  Africa
• Way- Forward
• The Secretariat to organize the IDLELO 3
  Conference to be held in Dakar, Senegal in March
  2008
• Share ICT best practice with African states at
  Commonwealth Secretariat workshop in Nairobi,
  Kenya in August 2007.

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SECTION B (2)

• REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION
  COOPERATION

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EVOLUTION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAMME

• South Africas leadership role in the area of
  anti-corruption has evolved over time
• South Africa plays a key international role
  player within the anti-corruption arena in Africa
  and the rest of the world
• Between 2001 and 2003 the dpsa led the
  negotiations on the UN Convention Against
  Corruption (UNCAC) and the African Union
  Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption
  
• Assisted the SADC Secretariat with the
  development of the SADC Regional Anti-Corruption
  Programme

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PROGRESS WITH PROMOTION OF THE AFRICAN AGENDA

• Achieved through-
• Establishment of an Africa Organizing Committee
  to assist with the organization and planning for
  the Africa and Global Forums on Fighting
  Corruption
• Hosting of 2nd meeting of Pan African
  Anti-corruption Bodies, the Africa Forum and the
  Global Forum
• Bringing partners together and showcasing African
  anti-corruption good practice
• Developing a common understanding of corruption
  that was redirecting the global debates and
  agenda within GFV in support of the common
  understanding
• Show our commitment to supporting multi-lateral
  processes and in particular the UNCACs
  implementation process

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PROMOTION OF THE AFRICAN AGENDA IMPLICATIONS AND
WAY FORWARD

• As the Chair of the 2nd Pan African National
  Anti-Corruption Bodies, South Africa also has the
  responsibility of ensuring that the
  recommendations of these meeting are implemented
• Support to the AU Commission with the
  establishment of the Advisory Board and the
  finalization of the Action Plan for the
  implementation of the 2nd Pan African National
  Anti-Corruption Bodies, the AFFC and GFV
• As the host of GFV, South Africa is also required
  to facilitate global discussions on the future of
  global forum processes

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GLOBAL AND MULTI-LATERAL ENGAGEMENTS GFV

• Attended by over 850 delegates from 110 countries
  
• Preamble and operational parts of the GFV
  Declaration reflect the common understanding and
  priorities emanating from the Africa Forum
• Next Steps
• South Africa has the obligation of identifying
  host for GFVI
• Convening of the expanded International
  Organising Committee meeting to discuss and make
  recommendations regarding the future of the
  global forum processes and its links with other
  global cooperative frameworks

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GLOBAL AND MULTI-LATERAL ENGAGEMENTS UNCAC

• Very active as a Friend of the UNCAC, we are the
  11th country to ratify the UNCAC and we comply
  with the mandatory requirements
• UNCAC and its mechanisms remain the key platform
  for international work
• Implementation of the UNCAC also the basis for
  anti-corruption cooperation within the IBSA
  dialogue forum, with the current focus on
  exchange of good practice on areas of conflict of
  interest and community mobilization and
  campaigning around anti-corruption
• The dpsa will continue to lead participation in
  the work of the Work Groups that have been
  established to promote implementation of the
  UNCAC

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GLOBAL AND MULTI-LATERAL ENGAGEMENTS OECD

• Accession process to the OECD Working Group on
  Bribery as well as the OECD Convention on Bribery
  of Foreign Officials in International Business
  Transactions commenced in January 2004 and
  culminated in accession in April 2007, the first
  African country to do so
• Participates on the work of the OECD Working
  Group on Bribery
• Attended the OECD Working Group on Bribery
  meeting in June 2007 and is now preparing for the
  Phase 1 and Phase 2 peer reviews to support
  implementation of the OECD anti-bribery
  instruments, which will also involve Parliament
• Participation in the OECD Working Group has
  provided access to other parts of the OECD
  especially the OECD Public Governance and
  Territorial Development on areas such as
  corruption, Public service performance,
  Regulatory reform, Regional development and
  E-government

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SECTION B (3)

• POST CONFLICT AND RECONSTRUCTION

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Post-Conflict the DRC Work

• Aim
• To assist the DRC to rebuild its public service
  for effective governance and realization of its
  development goals
• Progress to date
• Following work sessions between South Africa and
  the DRC, an MOU and joint action plan was signed
  in August 2004 between the MPSA and her DRC
  counterpart on the field of Public Administration
  
• Subsequently, the two Ministers agreed that
  during the period leading up to elections the
  focus would be on the following two projects
• Public Service Census (excluding defence, police,
  high magistrates)
• Biometric enrolment for Kinshasa city-state was
  completed mid June 2007.
• The manual census for the entire DRC public
  service is 95 complete.
• Feasibility for provincial biometric enrolment
  study for Katanga, Bandundu and Bas-Congo
  finaliseD
• Anti-Corruption
• In 2005 two sub-projects were envisaged and
  agreed with the DRC, namely (1) assistance to
  roll out the DRC Code of Conduct for Public
  Officials and (2) the development of a model for
  a national anti-corruption framework for the DRC
• Completed Code of Conduct development and
  implementation training and material
• Currently negotiating a MOU between DRC, UNODC
  and RSA on establishing a national
  anti-corruption framework for the DRC

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Lessons on Post-Conflict from the DRC Work

• During transition all political leaders leaders
  supported the census project hence the good
  results delivered thus far
• DPSAs presence has played a pivotal role with
  regard to informing the way forward, providing
  strategic direction, continuity and
  sustainability of the census project
• The project has affirmed that an initial and
  upfront outlay of resources ensures a speedy
  entry into transformation in post-conflict
  situation
• Way-Forward
• Renegotiation of a new MOU which will include
  strategies on how to provide support to
  post-conflict countries.
• Upcoming BNC will provide further direction

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SECTION C

• SOUTH-SOUTH CO-OPERATION

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Overview of the South-South Co-operation

• The DPSAs South-South Collaboration initiatives
  currently focus on the work of the
  India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum.
  The key areas of this work are
• Establishing and formalizing the Working Group on
  Public Administration through the MoU to be
  signed at the IBSA Oct. 2007 Summit (SA)
• Collaboration with India Brazil to write
  trilateral papers on Service Delivery
  Improvement Service Delivery Centres
  Performance Management and Anti-corruption
• The DPSA also has a bilateral MoU with India
  which, among others, includes Human Resource
  issues, exchange of experts to deliver lectures,
  joint training programs capacity building and
  joint studies through comparative research and
  secondment of public officials from Indian and
  South African institutions.

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Promotion of South-South Cooperation through the
IBSA Dialogue Forum

• Aim
• To promote South-South cooperation through
  meaningful sustainable trilateral relations
  engagements with India and Brazil on public
  administration and governance
• Achievements
• South African Concept Paper adopted as an IBSA
  guide for establishing Working Group on Public
  Administration
• South African framework adopted as an IBSA guide
  for writing thematic papers on Service Delivery
  Improvement, Service Delivery Centers,
  Performance Management and Anti-corruption
• Way- Forward
• The signing of the IBSA MoU to formalize the
  Working Group

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South-South Bilateral Co-operation

• Aim
• To promote South-South Co-operation through the
  development of meaningful and sustainable
  relationships on public administration and
  governance with countries of the Global South
• Progress to date
• To-date the following countries have visited the
  dpsa with a view to establishing bilateral
  relations
• India
• Brazi
• China
• Bolivia
• Pakistan
• Thailand

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SECTION D

• EMERGING PROGRAMMES

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Emerging Programmes

• Bilateral and Exchange programmes
• Aim
• To promote regional integration and support the
  African agenda
• Progress to date
• Several Africa Countries have visited the dpsa to
  share lessons on the transformation of the South
  African Public service.
• To-date the following countries have visited the
  DPSA
• Nigeria 7. Ethiopia,
• Sudan 8. Lesotho
• Kenya 9. Namibia
• Ghana 10. DRC
• Way- Forward
• In order to ensure that all parties derive
  maximum benefit from these visits the dpsa is
  developing guidelines which structure the
  exchanges for better cross pollination of
  experiences and knowledge

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SECTION E

• CONCLUSION

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Key Challenges

• Integration of a governance and public
  administration agenda into the national and
  international strategy
• Resources mobilization influence by availability
  of fund and preferences of donors
• AU/NEPAD capacity
• Sustainability of the Ministers programme
  through collective responsibility for the
  implementation of the programme
• Member states commitment
• Sustaining the political leadership on the
  International programmes
• Infrastructure challenges
• Sustainability of the Programme and the Africa
  agenda after the Chairmanship by South Africa

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Suggested role of Parliament

• To ensure Public Service consideration in the
  work of other Parliamentary Portfolio Committees
• To provide political support and guidance at the
  national level
• To support resource mobilization efforts
• To support budgetary vote allocations to the
  programme
• To provide advocacy and information dissemination
  about the programme to South Africans at the
  grassroots levels.
• To establish a partnership with Parliamentarians
  in the implementation of the Governance Regional
  and International Programme .
• Ensure the domestication of legal agreements and
  instruments
• Provide oversight on the implementation of the
  International legal instruments

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Ke ya Leboga

• Thank You