Institute
28 August 2007
Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, in her
capacity as the Chairperson of the fifth Pan African Ministers of Public and
Civil Service, invites all media to the First Biennial Conference of the
African Management Development Institute Network (AMDIN).
The theme of the conference is "Developing Public Sector Capacity Needs for
Africa's 21st Century Needs."
As part of our initiatives to improve the capacity of the state to deliver
services on our continent as well as within our borders, the AMDIN was
conceived arising out of the recommendations of the third Pan African Ministers
of Public Service and Administration conference and was subsequently launched
on 24 and 25 August 2005 by Management Development Institutes (MDIs) from
across the continent in Johannesburg, South Africa.
AMDIN aims to provide a credible platform for Management Development
Institutes on the continent to share experiences and collaborate on governance
and administration matters pertinent to the development of the African
continent and its public sector institutions. As such this initiative is
inextricably linked to the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad)
programme on Governance and Public Administration.
The launch will take place as indicated in the programme below.
MDIs: Developing Public Sector Capacity for Africa's 21st Century needs
Date: 29 to 31 August 2007
Venue: Vulindlela Training Centre, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA),
Midrand, South Africa
Programme
Opening session: First AMDIN Biennial conference and general meeting
Venue: Auditorium, Vulindlela Training Centre, DBSA, Midrand
Thursday: 09h00 to 11h00
Welcome and introduction
Callistus Ndlovu, Chairperson, AMDIN
Address: Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Chairperson of the fifth Pan African
Conference of Ministers of Public and Civil Service and Minister for Public
Service and Administration, Republic of South Africa (Confirmed).
Address: Joseph Mugore, UNDP Officer-in-Charge: Regional Service Centre for
Eastern and Southern Africa (Confirmed) on behalf of Gilbert Houngbo, Assistant
Secretary General, United Nations and Director of the Regional Bureau of
Africa.
Address: Christina Golino, Unit Manager: Agencies, DBSA
Messages of support
Vote of thanks: Callistus Ndlovu, Chairperson, AMDIN
Conference photograph
11h00 to 11h30: Refreshments, Foyer
Plenary session one
Thursday: 11h30 to 13h00
Overview of public administration and management in Africa
Chair: Sheikh Abdullah, Deputy Chair, AMDIN & DG, ASCON
Mr Tlohang Sekhamane, Government Secretary, Lesotho (Confirmed)
Victor Ayeni, Editor African Journal of Public Administration, formerly from
the Commonwealth Secretariat (Confirmed)
Pierre Vincent Ngambo Fondjo, Cameroon (Confirmed)
What does a historical analysis of the discipline on the continent reveal? How
is globalisation influencing public administration and management practice and
theory in Africa? What do we want to keep/ build on from the past influences
and which influences do we want to neutralise or reverse? What are the
distinguishing features of African public administration and management? What
are the public administration and management goal we are developing
towards?
13h00 to 14h30: Lunch, Foyer/ Restaurant
Plenary session two
14h30 to 16h00
Trends in public sector capacity needs in Africa
Chair:
Dr Noel Gbaguidi, Director-General, ENAM, Benin
Speakers:
* Joseph Mugore, UNDP � Officer-in-Charge: Regional Service Centre for Eastern
and Southern Africa (Confirmed)
* Dr Hespina Rukato, Nepad Secretariat (confirmed)
* Mr David DeGroot, Senior Urban Specialist, South Africa Country Office, The
World Bank (confirmed)
* Clayton Johnson, Public Sector Executive, IBM (invited)
What are Africa's public sector capacity needs for the next two decades? An
assessment of the public sector capacity gap over this term. What are the
drivers that can either shrink or grow the predicted gap? What makes Africa's
needs regarding public sector capacity different from elsewhere on the
globe?
16h00 to 16h30: Refreshments, Foyer
16h30 to 18h30, Biennial general meeting, Venue: Auditorium, Vulindlela
Training Centre, DBSA, Midrand
19h00 till late: Gala dinner
Venue: Auditorium, DBSA main building
Thursday: Programme organised and sponsored by the DBSA
Plenary session 3
Friday: 08h30 to 10h30
What role for MDIs in Africa?
Venue: Auditorium, Vulindlela Training Centre, DBSA, Midrand
Chair: Mark Orkin, Treasurer AMDIN and Director-General: SAMDI
Speakers:
* Scholastica Kimaryo, Resident Coordinator: South Africa, UNDP
(confirmed)
* Dr Mamadou Dia, the African Union Commission (confirmed)
* Dr Margaret Kobia, Director and CEO, Head of Kenya Institute of
Administration (confirmed)
* Oscar Monteiro, Former Head of the Institute Superiod de Administracio
Publica (ISAP), Mozambique (confirmed)
What contributions can MDIs make to close the predicted capacity gaps, needs
and challenges to turn our public sectors into capacitated state machinery to
address the needs of our people? What are the factors that are slowing us down
or preventing us from playing our perceived role? What should we do about that?
How are we to professionalise MDIs products; services and management of these?
How can we extend traditional spheres of influence of MDIs, including
participation in the public sector reform debates?
10h30 to 11h00, Refreshments, Foyer
Parallel working group sessions
Thursday: 11h00 to 13h00
Working group one
Venue: Auditorium, Vulindlela Training Centre, DBSA, Midrand
Purpose: Developing a continent wide position on a conducive environment within
which MDIs can function optimally in order to help developing and restoring
public sector capacity on the continent.
Chairperson: Professor Hail Michael Aberra
Input paper: Anne Githuku-Shongwe, UNDP, Policy Advisor: Southern Africa
Capacity Initiative (SACI) (Confirmed)
Discussant: Helena Kerr do Amaral, Head of the National School of Public
Administration (ENAP), Brazil (Confirmed)
Working group two
Venue: Breakaway room one, Vulindlela Training Centre, DBSA, Midrand
Purpose: Raising the quality of MDIs overall performance across the continent.
How do we move towards agreeing on shared standards/ benchmarks and processes
of assessment and/or accreditation? What guidance does the research prepared by
the UNDESA/IASIA taskforce provide for African MDIs? Are these appropriate for
the African context? How do we intend engaging with and influencing the global
discussion on Standards of Excellence? How do we improve the standards of
excellence within and across African institutions?
Chairperson and Facilitator: John Kiyaga-Nsubuga (UMI)
Input:
* Stephen Adei, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)
(confirmed)
* Neo Poh Ling, Assistant Director, Singapore Civil Service College
(confirmed)
13h00 to 14h30: Lunch, Foyer/Restaurant
Closing session
Venue: Auditorium, Vulindlela Training Centre, DBSA, Midrand
Chairperson: Callistus Ndlovu, Chair, AMDIN
Summary of the conference: Almiro Lobo, Head, Institute Superiod de
Administracio Publica(ISAP), Mozambique General Rapporteur
Resolutions/ Communiqu�
AMDIN Council and Executive Committee Members 2005/07
West Africa:
Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Professor Sheikh A Abdullah
(Deputy Chairperson)
Ecole Nationale d'Administration et de Magistrature (ENAM) Benin, Dr AN
Gbaguidi
Ghana Insitute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) � Professor
Stephen Adei
Eastern Africa:
Uganda Management Institute (UMI) - Dr John Kiyaga, Nsubunga
Ethiopia Civil Service College - Dr Haniel Micheal Abera
Central Africa:
Burundi Centre de Perfectionnement et de Formation en cous d'emploi
Professor Charles Nditije (before Mr D Muryago)
Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), Democratic Republic of Congo �
Professor P Kita
Southern Africa:
Institute Superiod de Administracio Publica, Mozambique (ISAP) � Dr Almiro Lobo
(Before - Prof Oscar Monteiro
South African Management and Development Institute (SAMDI) - Professor Mark
Orkin � Treasurer and host of the Secretariat (Previously Mr Bobby Soobrayan
and Professor Stephen Hendriks)
Zimbabwe Institute of Public Administration and Management (ZIPAM) Professor
Callistus D Ndlovu � Chairperson
Northern Africa:
Algeria � still to identify name of representative
Second position - vacant
Ex officio representation:
African Union Commission - Commissioner Julia D Joiner, Commissioner for
Political Affairs
Nepad � Professor Firmimo Mucavele (CEO: Nepad Secretariat)
Representative of the Chairperson of the Pan Africa Conference of Ministers
of Public/ Civil Service � Ms Hanlie van Dyk-Robertson (Special Advisor to the
Minister and acting CEO)
For more information, please contact:
Nelson Kgwete
Tel: 012 336 1382
Cell: 082 806 2292
Issued by: Department of Public Service and Administration
28 August 2007
