The Centre for the Public Service Innovation (CPSI) is to host its fourth annual Public Sector Innovation Conference on the 31 August to 1 September 2010 at Emperors Palace, Kempton Park.
The focus for this year will be on "Restoring Citizens' Dignity: Innovative Responses to Public Service Delivery Challenges".
Deputy Minister for the Public Service and Administration, Roy Padayachie will officially launch the conference that will see a range of presentations and case studies on innovation within the public service.
The conference will enable public servants and partners from a range of sectors to collaboratively interrogate service delivery approaches, strategies and solutions and to empower them to embrace innovation as a vehicle for achieving government’s service delivery priorities.
Key speakers will include the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee Chairperson on Public Service and Administration, Ms Joyce Moloi-Moropa and the executive mayor of Ekurhuleni, academics, director-Generals, chief executives and innovators.
The conference intends to:
- Demonstrate the role and centrality of innovation as a tool for responding to current government priorities and for anticipating citizens' changing needs
- Explore key elements for successfully implementing and sustaining innovative programmes within the public sector that restore citizens' dignity and
- Sharing of innovative perspectives and practices that respond to service delivery priorities.
The CPSI was born out of a need to build the capacity of the state to deliver public services more effectively and acts as a facilitator for the unearthing, development, testing and practical implementation of innovative ideas within and throughout the public service.
Media is invited as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Time: 10h30
Venue: Emperors Palace
For more information visit: http://www.cpsi.co.za
The full conference programme is available on: http://www.cpsi.co.za/conferences/4th%20Public%20Sector%20Innovation%20Conference%20FinalProgramme.pdf
Contact:
Thulani Ngubane
Cell: 076 983 9840
