The Minister for the Public Service and Administration, Mr Richard Baloyi will host the 32nd AAPAM Roundtable Conference on behalf of the South African government from 15 to 19 November 2010 in Durban.
The 32nd Roundtable will focus on ‘Repositioning the African Public Services for the Realisation of National Visions’.
While acknowledging the role of other actors in Africa’s strategic visioning process, the 32nd Roundtable will focus attention on the unique responsibilities that the process places on national public administration systems.
The main of objective of the Roundtable will be to examine the implications of implementing national strategic visions simultaneously with global and regional initiatives such as the millennium development goals (MDGs), New Partnership for Afric's Development (NEPAD), and sub-regional economic communities’ protocols on free movement of persons, goods and capital, and offer realistic answers to the attendant questions of overlap, duplication, resource spread, loss of focus and haziness or distortion of vision.
The Roundtable will also provide an opportunity for shared experiences by non-African countries like India, Malaysia, Singapore, China, and Brazil in national strategic visioning and strategic management.
Delegates at the Roundtable will include African Ministers for Public/Civil Service, Heads of Public Institutions, academics as well as analysts.
Members of the media are invited to the conference as follows:
| Date | Time | Activity | Venue |
| Monday, 15 November 2010 | 09h00 11h30 | Opening Ceremony with introductory remarks by Minister Baloyi Keynote Address by AAPAM Deputy President | Southern Sun Elangeni, Durban |
| Tuesday, 16 November 2010 | 08h30 11h15 | Enhancing the Capacities of the African public services for development Development Planning in Africa: Visions and Realities | |
| Wednesday, 17 November 2010 | 08h30 - 11h30 14h00 – 15h30 | Visioning for National Development: Focus on Public Administration systems with country case studies Presentations by finalists of the AAPAM Innovative Management Award | |
| Thursday, 18 November 2010 | 08h30 –16h30 | Learning visits (Departure from Southern Sun Elangeni) | |
| Friday, 19 November 2010 | 0900 1230 | Presentation of Reports Closing ceremony |
(NB. Members of the media are requested to submit on confirmation of attendance, a head and shoulders photograph and provide an identity document (ID) number for accreditation purposes. Only accredited media will be permitted to attend the Roundtable.)
For more information and to RSVP contact:
Philile Ntuli
Cell: 082 883 2335
Tel: 012 336 1112
E-mail: phililen@dpsa.gov.za
Lebohang Mafokosi
Cell: 082 312 4641
Tel: 012 336 1017
E-mail: lebohangm@dpsa.gov.za
