Service
13 March 2006
Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi met
with her counterparts from Mozambique and Ethiopia, representatives from the
African Union (AU), the European Union (EU) and the New Partnership for
Africaâs Development (NEPAD) on Friday, 10 March 2006, to approve work plans
for the Pan-African Ministers of Public Service and Administration.
Ministers Fraser-Moleketi, Fikru Delasenge of Ethiopia and Lucas Jeremias of
Mozambique are members of a Ministerial Project Steering Committee, which was
formed under the auspices of the Pan-African Ministers of Public Service and
Administration at a meeting in Johannesburg last year.
The meeting approved work plans for the Pan-African Ministers of Public
Service and Administration, and also signed a funding agreement with the
European Union Commission.
During their December 2005 conference, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the
ministers adopted the Addis Ababa Declaration. According to the Declaration,
programmes such as skills development, monitoring and evaluation, knowledge
exchange, human resources development and anti-corruption, among others, must
be implemented following the approval of the work plans and the signing of the
funding agreement.
Led by Minister Fraser-Moleketi as the Chairperson of the Fifth Conference
of the Pan-African Ministers of Public Service and Administration, the Project
Steering Committee will present details of progress on the ministersâ programme
of action to the Pan-African Ministerial Bureau, to be held in April 2006.
The programme of action is a continental governance and administration
initiative, driven by the AU to enhance state capacity and public service
reform on the African continent.
For more information, please contact: Clayson Monyela
Tel: (012) 336 1167
Cell: 082 806 7405
E-mail: claysonm@dpsa.gov.za
Issued by: Ministry of Public Service and Administration
13 March 2006
