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AFRICAN UNION 6th Conference of African Ministers for Public/Civil Service (CAMPS) REPORT OF THE BUREAU MEETING HELD ON 9TH SEPTEMBER, 2010 AT THE JOACHIM CHISSANO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE
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Table of Contents Table of Contents ............................................................................................................ii Abbreviations ................................................................................................................ iii 1.0 Welcoming Remarks ................................................................................................. 1 2.0 Opening Remarks by Chairperson ............................................................................. 1 3.0 Adoption of Agenda .................................................................................................. 2 4.0 Introductory Remarks by AUC Commissioner ........................................................... 2 5.0 Chairperson’s Report to the Bureau ........................................................................... 4 7.0 Presentation of Progress Reports by Service Champions .......................................... 12 8.0 Experts Meeting on the Charter ............................................................................... 20 10. 0 Consultations on the 7th Conference ...................................................................... 22 11. 0 Closing Remarks .................................................................................................. 22 Appendices...................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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Abbreviations
AAPSIA All Africa Public Sector Innovations Awards
AAPAM Association of African Public Administration and
Management
ACDF African Capacity Development Fund
AGPAP African Governance and Public Administration
Programme
AU African Union
AUC African Union Commission
APSD African Public Service Day
CAFRAD Centre for African Research in Administration for
Development CAMPS Conference of African Ministers of Public/Civil Service CESPAM Centre of Specialization in Public Administration and Management ESAMI Eastern and Southern Africa Management Institute
PRC Permanent Representatives Committee
STCs Specialized Technical Committees of the AU
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
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1.0 Welcoming Remarks
The host of the meeting, Honourable Victoria Diogo, Minister for Public
Service of the Republic of Mozambique, expressed her delight in welcoming
the Bureau members to Mozambique and to the meeting. She said it was a
great honour for Mozambique to host the Bureau meeting and the other
meetings held back to back with the review of the African Charter on Values
and Principles of Public Service Administration. She expressed her
government’s commitment to the CAMPS and pledged the continued
support of Mozambique as rapporteur of the Conference of Ministers.
2.0 Opening Remarks by Chairperson
In his opening remarks, the Chairperson welcomed the delegates to the
meeting and acknowledged the presence of Togo, Liberia and Algeria who
were attending the Bureau meeting for the first time. He pointed out that the
meeting in Maputo was unique as it had been preceded by an Inception
Meeting on development of management guides, a service champions
meeting and an All Africa Public Service Innovations Awards (AAPSIA)
Steering Committee meeting which were all held back to back to the
meeting on review of the African Charter on the Values and Principles of the
Public Service and Administration that was held from 6th - 8th September,
2010. He said that the enthusiasm of the service champions in spearheading
the identified thematic areas signified that the Ministers Programme was
gaining momentum.
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The Chairperson informed the meeting that as the 7th Conference of African
Ministers for Public Service draws near, the focus and attention should be
directed on concluding the planned programme activities agreed on at the
start of the 6th Conference. He appealed to the Service champions who had
yet to commence implementation of activities in their work plans to fast
track the activities to enable the 6th CAMPS hand over agreed deliverables to
the 7th Conference of African Ministers for Public/Civil Service.
The Chairperson informed the meeting that the Ministers of Public Service
had opportunity to meet with the President of Mozambique early in the
morning of 9th September, 2010 to brief him on progress made towards
implementation of CAMPS activities.
The Chairperson concluded by thanking the government of Mozambique for
agreeing to host the meetings and UNDP for its continued financial support
to the Conference of Ministers Programme.
3.0 Adoption of Agenda
The Chairperson tabled the Preliminary Agenda for adoption.
The agenda was proposed by Namibia and was seconded by Nigeria. The
Agenda was adopted without any amendments.
4.0 Introductory Remarks by AUC Commissioner
In her remarks, the AUC Commissioner, Her Excellency Jolly D. Joiner
(Mrs.) acknowledged the effort and energy provided by the Bureau under the
overall leadership of Kenya in furthering the theme of the 6th Conference of
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African Ministers for Public/Civil Service (CAMPS) which emphasizes the
centrality of state capability for development and integration in the
continent.
The Commissioner reported that due to the focused leadership of the Bureau
and interventions of the Special Envoy of the President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, the Executive Council of AU at its 17th Ordinary
Session in Kampala, Uganda held on the 25th July 2010, had adopted a
decision on ‘Public Service in Africa’ which, among others, referred the
matter of establishing a dedicated Secretariat for the CAMPS at the level of
the Commission to the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC). She
was hopeful that the PRC would be responsive to this high level decision in
order to establish a more sustainable capacity for implementation of the
Ministers Programme.
Commissioner Joiner applauded the service champions for their role in
spearheading implementation of thematic areas and urged that though there
may be challenges, there was need for patience as the process of realization
of state capability was long-term.
The Commissioner said that in relation to the work of the Ministers
Programme, Year 2011 would be very significant. This is because
deliberations of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and
Government Summit which is scheduled to be held in early 2011 will be
centered on Shared Values with a focus on Governance and Democracy. It
is anticipated that the reviewed African Charter on Values and Principles of
Public Administration will be presented to this Summit for adoption. She
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therefore advocated that besides using the opportunity of the Summit to
highlight the continental governance agenda, it is crucial that the work of the
Ministers Conference be made more visible. In this regard, participation of
Member States will be crucial in order to drive the adoption by the Summit
of key framework documents of the Conference of Ministers such as the
African Charter.
She expressed her gratitude to the people and Government of Mozambique
for their kindness in hosting the Bureau and other related meetings in
Maputo.
5.0 Chairperson’s Report to the Bureau
The Chairperson began his report by welcoming the members to 5th Bureau
Meeting. He said that the adoption of the Work Plan during the Bureau
Meeting held in Cairo in December 2009 set the pace for implementation of
the program activities. He added that since then, commendable progress had
been registered in all thematic areas and that the concept of service
championship adopted by the Bureau as the delivery mechanism for program
activities has worked extremely well. He expressed appreciation to all the
service champions and Bureau members for their commitment, passion and
dedication in carrying out their respective responsibilities.
The Chairperson pointed out that the as a tradition, the Bureau meeting had
been preceded by a service champions meeting at technical level to discuss
various issues and make recommendations to the Bureau. He reported that
the service champions had thus held series of meetings in Maputo from
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Monday 6th September 2010 which had discussed and made
recommendations on the issues which were before the Bureau.
The Chairperson tabled his report which covered the following areas:
i. Progress on implementation of resolutions made in the last Bureau
meeting in Namibia
ii. Finalization of the Long-Term Strategy of African Governance and
Public Administration Programme (AGPAP)
iii. CAMPS Succession
iv. Preparations for the 7th Conference
On the progress made in implementation of resolutions from the last Bureau
Meeting in Namibia, firstly touching on Bureau representation from the
Central Africa Region, he reported that in spite of efforts made by his Office
to reach out to the countries in the region, the issue of Bureau representation
from Central Africa had yet to be resolved. The Bureau had requested AUC
to assist by using their good offices to bring the Central Africa Region on
board. Nigeria and Burundi had also indicated willingness to seek ways of
reaching out to the countries in the region. He said he had not received any
information yet on the success of these missions.
On participation by Member States in the Ministers Programme, the
Chairperson pointed out that during the tenure of the current Bureau, the
number of service champions had increased from the initial 5 countries to
15. The West African region was the only region that had completely
domesticated the Ministers Program regionally by taking up all the thematic
areas. Unfortunately out of seven champions from the region, only four were
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active. These included Nigeria and Ghana which had been joined by Togo.
Benin, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Liberia had yet to actively take up their
roles as service champions. To address this situation, the Chairperson’s
office and Ghana were planning to hold a mini ministerial meeting for
Ministers from these countries before the end of November, 2010 to discuss
their active engagement in the program.
The Chairperson said he was impressed to note that some members of the
Bureau had taken interest in the issue of poor participation by member States
in the Program and had their own initiated action. He recognized the effort
made by Nigeria to address the issue at the AUC. He requested Nigeria and
the AUC Commissioner to apprise the Bureau on progress made so far.
On strengthening capacity at African Union Commission in order to
effectively facilitate administration of the Ministers’ Programme, the
Chairperson recalled that the Bureau had agreed in principle in previous
meetings on this issue and requested member States to second officers to
AUC at the cost of the seconding Member State. He reported that South
Africa had responded to this request by seconding an officer to AUC for a
period of two years. He commended South Africa for its support on this
issue.
In regard to finalization of the Long-Term Strategy on African Governance
and Public Administration, the Chairperson pointed out that the 5th
Conference of Ministers had in its declaration taken note of the paper on the
Long-Term Strategy of the African Ministers of Public Service and had
emphasized that the Strategy be used as the basis for the future work of the
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Ministers’ Programme. The Strategy paper recommended that further work
be undertaken in terms of:
1. Defining implementation strategies and work plans for each of the six
pillars proposed in the strategy;
2. Recommending institutional framework required for implementation of
the Strategy taking into account its relationship, linkages, synergies and
value-addition to the broader AU system as well as the existing and
ongoing regional processes; and
3. Developing an implementation framework for the consolidated strategy
including identifying indicators and timelines.
The Chairperson informed the Bureau that his Office with the support of
UNDP had advertised for consultants to finalize the Strategy. The
consultants were expected to be on board by mid September, 2010 and the
final report was to be ready by end of November, 2010. The Strategy was
thereafter to be validated before presentation to the Conference of Ministers
for adoption and subsequent implementation. The Bureau was invited to note
progress in this area.
On CAMPS succession, the Chairperson noted that as the 6th CAMPS was
coming to end, one of the issues that threatened sustainability and eroded
progress made was lack of a clear system to manage succession in CAMPS.
This is because succession management in CAMPS had been handled in an
ad hoc manner. This challenge was recognized during the last Bureau
meeting where AUC was requested to assist in developing rules of
procedure. AUC had advised that the Bureau may not need to develop rules
of procedure for Ministerial Bureau meetings and that matters should
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generally unfold in accordance with a consensual approach from members of
the Bureau. This still left the challenge of ensuring retention of some
institutional memory and ring fencing the gains realized in program
implementation.
The Chairman reported that the service champions discussed this matter and
recommended the following proposals for consideration by the Bureau:
A. Composition of the Bureau
i. The composition of the Bureau be expanded to include the outgoing
chairperson as a member of the Bureau;
ii. The chairperson of CAMPS shall rotate to all regions of the continent
provided that within each region the members shall designate their
representation;
iii. The chairpersonship of CAMPS may be retained in the same region
for a duration of two terms;
iv. Members of the Bureau shall be eligible for election for two terms of
two years each;
v. Bureau membership shall reflect regional representation; and
vi. Members of the Bureau shall retire sequentially. At least three
members of the Bureau will be eligible for reelection at any given
time
B. Tenure of Office of the Chairperson
The chairperson shall hold office for a period of two years, provided that
the Bureau may elect a chair for a further 2 years non-renewable;
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The chairpersonship of CAMPS is a regional entitlement. Each region
entitled to the chairpersonship shall transparently determine its nominee
for chair. Nothing contained in these rules should be read to imply that a
sitting chairperson is entitled to two mandatory terms or that a sitting
chairperson should not be eligible for re-election for a second non-
renewable term; and
At the expiration of two years, the sitting chairperson shall vacate the
chair and the region shall elect a new chairperson or re-elect the sitting
chairperson.
C. Principle of Rotation of Chairpersonship
Each region and as many countries should have the opportunity, by
application of rules of equity, to lead CAMPS;
The next region eligible for the chairpersonship shall be determined by
the Bureau taking into cognizance the focus of CAMPS for the strategic
period and other considerations, provided that regions may indicate an
interest to chair CAMPS at least a year preceding the elective Bureau.
This is without prejudice to the current situation;
When, for any reason whatsoever, a region fails to agree on its
representative or to nominate one, the Bureau shall exercise its
appointive power as per these rules;
The out-going chairperson shall be an ex-officio member of the in-
coming Bureau for one term; and
The in-coming chairperson should preferably have been a member of the
Bureau or a service champion for at least one term provided that a
member that meets the other criteria for chairpersonship may be electable
as chairperson, the foregoing notwithstanding.
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D. Eligibility Criteria for Election to the Bureau
Commitment to CAMPS agenda, strategy, programs and ideals of good
governance;
Demonstrate commitment and readiness to mobilize national, regional,
continental and international support for CAMPS;
Demonstrate capacity to support CAMPS with technical expertise;
Preparedness to champion/co-champion some of the CAMPS program;
and
Demonstrate commitment to the AU integration agenda.
The Chairperson invited the Bureau to consider and make a decision on this
proposal.
The Bureau deferred discussions on strengthening capacity at
AUC/Institutionalizing the CAMPS structure at the AU, including
succession arrangements for CAMPS in order to allow AUC and CAMPS
Secretariat to jointly develop a comprehensive operations framework
document for CAMPS to be tabled in the next meeting. The comprehensive
framework document should detail the structures of the Programme
(objectives, structures, leadership, operating mechanisms, capacity,
communications, resources) and be aligned to the general operational
modalities for Specialized Technical Committees (STCs) of the AU.
The Bureau however noted the recent decision of the Executive Council of
the AU at its Seventeenth Ordinary Session in Kampala, Uganda on the 25th
July 2010 on Public Service in Africa which, amongst others things, referred
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the matter of establishing a Secretariat at the level of the Commission to the
Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC).
In regard to the 7th Conference of African Ministers for Public/Civil Service,
considering that the Conference of African Ministers was the apex body in
terms of providing political guidance for the Ministers’ Programme and
scrutiny of the reform agenda in the continent as informed by reports
submitted by the Bureau of Ministers, the Chairperson reported that the
service champions had discussed and recommended to the 5th Bureau the
following as key deliverables to the 7th Conference of Ministers:
a. Management Guides;
b. The finalized Long-Term Strategy; and
c. Reports on Implementation of Thematic Areas
The Chairperson indicated that in addition to the plans to finalize the Long-
Term Strategy on African Governance and Public Administration
Programme (AGPAP), consultants had been recruited for the thematic areas
developing management guides and modalities for finalizing this assignment
had been discussed by service champions at their Inception meeting.
Consequently, the service champions had considered this issue and
recommended to the Bureau to consider postponing the 7th Conference by a
few months up to the first quarter of 2011 to allow finalization of the
documents. The Bureau was invited to note this development and give
guidance.
In conclusion, the Chairperson invited the Bureau to discuss the Report.
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The Bureau commended the Chairperson for the report presented for its
comprehensiveness and clear indication of the way forward. It noted with
appreciation the progress made towards implementation of the thematic
areas.
On the participation of Central Africa Member States, the Bureau welcomed
the offer by Nigeria and Burundi to continue their efforts to encourage the
Central Africa Member States to participate in the Ministers Programme.
7.0 Presentation of Progress Reports by Service Champions
The following are the progress reports made by the service champions to the
meeting:
Thematic Areas Developing Management Guides
Mozambique presented the progress report on behalf of the other service
champions spearheading development of management guides in Human
Resource Planning and Policy Architecture, Leadership and Management
Development and Performance Management including Monitoring and
Evaluation thematic areas.
It was reported that an Inception Meeting that had brought together the
service champions and consultants recruited to develop the guides was
held from 6th - 7th September, 2010 back to back to the meeting on review
of the African Charter. The objective of the meeting was to create a
common understanding on the terms of reference on development of the
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guides and have consensus on the expected outputs and deliverables,
methodology and timeframes, and management of the consultants.
It was reported that development of the guides will be a consultative
process which will give due consideration to the different legal systems
across the continent and that the guides should generally be user friendly
and have an adoptive framework of code of service compatible to
international standards. The tools developed should be applicable to all
situations in the continent.
The duration of consultancy would be 70 calendar days. The timelines for
delivery of specific targets and validation process of the guides were
agreed on in the meeting and a Final Report would be completed by mid
November, 2010.
Validation of the Zero Draft will be done by a reference group that would
be constituted while validation of the 1st Draft would be carried out by an
all inclusive meeting involving the reference group, all service
champions and other member states. The CAMPS Secretariat would
manage the consultants in consultation with the service champions and
UNDP who are funding the process.
All Africa Public Sector Innovations Award
It was reported that three (3) AAPSIA Steering Committee meetings had
been held since the last report tabled in May 2010 during the Bureau
Meeting in Namibia. The Steering Committee meetings were held to
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prepare for an Adjudication workshop scheduled for October, 2010 and
the Awards gala dinner during the 7th Conference.
On marketing and promotion of AAPSIA, it was reported that between
May and July 2010, a team had visited Nigeria, Lesotho, Mauritius,
Ghana, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Kenya and
South Africa to promote AAPSIA.
Ghana and Egypt as co-champions had contributed substantively to the
marketing drive within their regions by distributing the forms, translation
and media exposure (Egypt). CAMPS Secretariat had also contributed to
marketing of AAPSIA across the Continent. The marketing drive ended
with the closing of submission of entries on 31st July 2010. A total of
131 entries had been received from ten countries namely Botswana,
Egypt, Kenya, Ghana, Lesotho, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania
and South Africa.
The secretariat of AAPSIA (South Africa), was reported to have
commenced packaging the entries received in preparation for the
Adjudication workshop. The process of appointment of adjudicators from
all the African regions in was in progress. The lead champion was to
share the full entries database with both the co-champions and CAMPS.
The AAPSIA champion and co-champions had taken up the
responsibility of coordinating funding for the programme. As part of the
support, it was reported that Egypt had sponsored marketing and
translation of entry forms in the North African Region and reviewed the
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scoring sheets. Ghana had offered to pay for the trophies and certificates
for all the winners during the Awards ceremony. It had also offered to
pay a stipend to adjudicators while Kenya through the CAMPS
Secretariat had offered to cover costs relating to the Awards Gala dinner.
The main challenges to the implementation of this thematic area were
given as funding. It was recommended that the Bureau should assist the
Steering Committee to mobilise funding for the planned activities,
amongst others, the Adjudication workshop, gala dinner and development
of knowledge management products, including a Guide to Innovation
Awards and the final AAPSIA report.
Africa Public Service Capacity Development
The lead champion of this thematic area reported that for management of
the Programme, a Steering Committee led by the lead champion
(Republic of South Africa) supported by the co-champions (Togo,
Nigeria and Liberia), Office of the Chairperson of the Bureau (CAMPS
Secretariat), Regional institutions (CESPAM, CAFRAD, ESAMI,
ACDF) and Development Partners (donors) as Ex-Officio members had
been constituted. The inaugural meeting of the Steering Committee was
slated to be held by November 2010 with the purpose of finalizing the
draft strategy and the programme proposals and to develop a detailed
activity plan with short, medium and long term objectives.
On progress made, it was reported that a Consultative Meeting on the
Continental Capacity Development Programme was held in Cape Town
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in December 2009 which determined the landscape of capacity
development initiatives existing in the continent; developed a Draft
Strategy to implement the continental capacity development programme;
identified mechanisms to implement the programme; and identified the
Stakeholders to constitute a Continental Steering Committee.
The developed Draft Continental Capacity Development Programme
Proposal as a draft working document would detail the historical
perspective of the programme, purpose, theme, benefits, design,
management, challenges and activity plan. The Continental Steering
Committee would be tasked with fine-tuning the document.
Togo and Liberia, who were attending the meeting for the first time, gave
assurance as co-champions to work and support South Africa to realize
the agreed objectives of the thematic area.
Africa Public Service Day (APSD)
The lead champion reported that the service champions in this thematic
area had reviewed their Two Year Work Plan, prepared a report on the
2009 Continental APSD Celebrations held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;
developed a guide/checklist on preparation and celebration of APSD; and
took initial measures to establish a database on APSD celebrations across
the Continent.
The report on the 2009 Continental APSD and guide/checklist aimed at
establishing minimum standards on preparations and celebration of the
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APSD had been submitted to CAMPS Secretariat for circulation to
member countries for comments before submission to the next Bureau
meeting for approval and adoption.
Member countries were requested to submit reports on their 2010 APSD
celebrations to the CAMPS Secretariat and the service champions to feed
into the developed database.
The Bureau commended Tanzania for championing the African Public
Service Day thematic area and welcomed the offer by Egypt to host the
next African Public Service Day in 2011. In addition, it recommended
that Tanzania, Ghana and Namibia, meet with Egypt, the new host for
2011, to discuss and propose the theme for the 2011 African Public
Service Day (APSD) and ensure proper briefing is done to enable Egypt
host the celebrations.
Information Communication Technology as an Enabler
The lead service champion for this thematic area reported that plans were
underway to hold a conference by December, 2010 on E-Government in
Africa. Capacity development workshops were also scheduled to be held
by December, 2010.
Post Conflict Reconstruction and Development
The lead champion reported that implementation of planned activities in
this thematic had not commenced pending directions from AUC on how
to progress. Liberia, which is a co-champion of this area, affirmed its
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commitment and readiness to share experiences in reconstruction and
development.
AUC reported that it was consulting the service champions in order to
fast track implementation of activities in this thematic area by November,
2010 within the framework of the Peace and Security Council of AUC.
Public Sector Anti-Corruption
It was reported that following the resolutions of the Fourth Service
Champions Meeting in Nairobi in April 2010, Draft Terms of Reference
in on conduct of a baseline assessment on the current status of
implementation of the African Union (AU) Convention on Preventing
and Combating of Corruption had been circulated between the champion
(Nigeria) and co-champions (Kenya, Tanzania and Burkina Faso).
Feedback on this is yet to be received from the service champions before
forwarding to it CAMPS Secretariat for the procurement of a consultant
to undertake the baseline assessment. The existing self-assessment tools
and reports of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),
United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), African Union
(AU) among others will be adapted for the baseline assessment.
On collection and collation of data from member states using the
proposed checklist (self-assessment tool), it was reported that this will be
contingent on procurement of a consultant. On establishment of an Inter-
Agency Task Force with membership drawn from the existing regional
bodies for African-wide coverage, consultations were on-going. It was
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reported that an Eastern Africa Regional workshop to share “best
practices” on Public Sector Anti-Corruption was scheduled to be held in
November 2010. The actual dates were to be communicated to CAMPS
Secretariat. Three regional workshops have been planned for the
respective regions.
Kenya (through Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission) was considering
hosting a continent-wide exhibition showcasing best practices by anti-
corruption agencies in Nairobi by November 2010 to coincide with the
Annual General Meeting of the East Africa Association of Anti-
Corruption Agencies (EAAACA). The continent-wide workshop was
anticipated to be a forum to share lessons learned and document
continent-wide improvements in public sector anti-corruption initiatives.
African Charter on Values and Principles on Public Service and
Administration
The progress report on this thematic area was covered under the Agenda
as reported here below under the Experts Meeting on review of the
Charter
The Bureau noted that significant progress had been made towards
implementation of each of the thematic areas and urged the Champions to
maintain the momentum. It reaffirmed the responsibilities of champions and
co-champions in leading the thematic areas to ensure the successful
achievement of set results.
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8.0 Experts Meeting on the Charter
The progress report was presented to the Bureau by Nigeria as the
Rapporteur of the Experts Meeting held from 6th – 8th September, 2010 in
Maputo, Mozambique to review the African Charter on Values and
Principles of Public Service and Administration.
It was reported that the mandate for the meeting emanated from a decision of
the Executive Council of the AU to convene an Experts Meeting to review
and make amendments to the Draft Charter which was located in the overall
Programme of the Conference of African Ministers of Public Service
(CAMPS) and which was primarily entrusted with the responsibility of
enhancing State Capability for Development and Integration in Africa.
The Charter emanated initially from the 2nd Conference of African Ministers
of Public Service. However, as the initial process on developing the Charter
was outside of the African Union, the Ministers at their Conference in Addis
Ababa in 2005 decided that the initial document should be reviewed and
finalised for incorporation as a document of the African Union. After
meetings held in Algeria and South Africa, the Draft Charter was presented
for adoption at the 6th Conference of Ministers as a tool to facilitate greater
focus on all the dimensions to the Ministerial Bureau’s programme including
the Africa Public Service Day celebrations, the All Africa Innovation
Awards and all of the learning and sharing engagements that fall within the
purview of the Ministerial programme. The Charter was adopted with a
proviso for its review and finalization by Member States Legal Experts for
presentation to the Assembly of Heads of State and Government.
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The purpose of the review meeting was therefore to improve on the quality
of the draft Charter with particular focus on language formulation and
harmonisation; and not to write up a new Charter. The content of particular
articles was addressed without changing the ideals espoused in the Charter.
Amendment and review of the draft Charter was consensual taking into
consideration the diversity of the African public service and the imperative
of capturing the concerns and interests of Member States. The intended
purpose of the Charter is to establish a broad framework to guide Member
States to develop their public service, rather than capturing standards that
obtain in Member States.
The experts recommended that the AUC should constitute a Committee to
harmonise the language of the Charter. The membership of the Committee
will be made up of the AUC, the Rapporteur (Nigeria), the lead champion of
the Charter and who is the 1st Vice Chair of the Bureau (Algeria), and the
UNDP as the technical partner. This committee would be supported by the
language specialists at the AUC. The final Draft will be presented to the
Summit of Heads of State and Government in January 2011.
The Bureau noted the progress made on review of the Charter by the
meeting of Legal Experts and requested AUC to present the reviewed
Charter to the Assembly for adoption through the Executive Council.
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10. 0 Consultations on the 7th Conference
On holding of the 7th Conference, the Bureau agreed to reschedule the
Conference from November, 2010 to the end of the 1st quarter, 2011 to allow
for completion of ongoing activities and ensure a proper handover with
substantive deliverables.
11. 0 Closing Remarks
The Bureau recorded its deep appreciation to the Government and people of
the Republic of Mozambique for the warm hospitality and facilities made
available to all the delegates during the meetings. It thanked the Chairperson
for the able manner in which he had conducted the affairs of the Bureau.
In his closing remarks, the Chairperson thanked the Bureau members for
their support and participation in the meeting and for their able stewardship
of the Ministers Programme. He urged for increased resolve from the
members to push through the planned activities in order to attain the
objectives of the African agenda of a transformative public service across
the continent.
In her remarks, Honourable Victoria Diogo once again thanked the members
for choosing to hold the meetings in Mozambique. She expressed her
satisfaction at the enhanced pace in implementation of activities of the
Ministers Programme and the vigor shown in championing the prioritized
areas by Member countries. She hoped that the resolutions made in Maputo
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will propel the Ministers Programme further to the benefit of the continent
through enhanced service delivery.
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Appendices Appendix 1 Participants at 5th Extended Bureau Meeting
AFRICAN UNION
6th CONFERENCE OF AFRICAN MINISTERS FOR PUBLIC/CIVIL SERVICE
5th Extended Bureau Meeting held on Thursday, 9th September, 2010 – Maputo, MOZAMBIQUE
NO. NAME COUNTRY DESIGNATION TELEPHONE CONTACTS
E-MAIL ADDRESS
1. Hon. Dalmas Otieno, EGH, MP
Kenya Chairperson
2. Hon. Victoria Dias Diogo Mozambique Minister
3. H. E. Comm. Julia D. Joiner(Mrs.)
The Gambia AUC Commissioner
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for Political Affairs
4. Hon. Hawa A. Ghasia, MP Tanzania Minister
5. Hon. A. Sendazirasa Burundi Minister
6. Mr. Djamal Kharchi Algeria Director General of Public Service/Minister
7. Carlos Alberto Cauio Mozambique Legal Adviser +258823019200 [email protected]
8. Ghada Moussa Egypt Advisor +20224000100 [email protected]
9. Pierre Schoonraad RSA Chief Director +27122812 [email protected]
10. Brian Kagoro UNDP AGPAP Advisor +27116005000 [email protected]
NO. NAME COUNTRY DESIGNATION TELEPHONE
CONTACTS E-MAIL ADDRESS
11. Jacob Ntseke RSA Director +27124416009 [email protected]
12. Richard Ndubai Kenya Perm Sec/PCD +254 722280638 [email protected]
13. Salim Latib RSA AUC Advisor +27827893938
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14. C. William Allen Liberia Director General +2316543096 [email protected]
15. Amb. Stephen Olukorede Willoughby
Nigeria Perm Sec. +2348028876082 [email protected]
16. Dr. Mac John Nwaobiala Nigeria Perm Sec. +2348034613774 [email protected]
17. Stephen Oronsaye Nigeria Head of Service/Minister
18. Zamaradi Kawawa Tanzania +255784434776 [email protected]
19. Mary Kinyawa Tanzania Ag. Asst.
Director
+255708675 [email protected]
20. Florence Nyagah Kenya Programme Officer/CAMPS
+254722332624 [email protected]
NO. NAME COUNTRY DESIGNATION TELEPHONE
CONTACTS E-MAIL ADDRESS
21. Victor Mayomi Nigeria Technical Assistant-Reforms
+2348035914784 [email protected]
22. Hakizimana Potame Burundi Director +257 77703780 [email protected]
23. Banyiyezako Pelagie Burundi Inspector +257 79902042 [email protected]
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24. Alex Mahapa South Africa
Deputy Director General
082 708 7583 [email protected]
25. Unathi Bonglo South
Africa
Chief Director 0794973759 [email protected]
26. Nana Yaa Osei-Brimpong Ghana Chief Director +233 302672333 +233 244758174
27. Felicia Owusu-Bonsu Ghana Technical Advisor/PSR
+233 244962163 [email protected]
28. Forster Akuoko Ghana UNDP RBA/RSC, Dakar
+22177002595 [email protected]
29. Jane W. Chege Kenya DD/HRM +254722852233 [email protected]
30. Robert Katina Kenya Programme Officer/Legal
+254 710944444 [email protected]
NO. NAME COUNTRY DESIGNATION TELEPHONE
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31. Judy Ongolo
Kenya Admn/Protocol +254722529851 [email protected]
32. David Kiiru Kenya Programme Officer
+254 [email protected]
33. Steven H. Isaack Namibia Director +264612872195 [email protected]
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34. Dr. C. N. Wamwea
Kenya Deputy Director +254722404359 [email protected]
35. Ernestima Neves STP Directrice +2399907362 [email protected]
36. Gilbert Lukhoba Kenya Senior Office Education/KACC
+254 20 310722 [email protected]
37. Rosa Munguambe
Mozambique
38. Dr. Grilo Lubrino Mozambique
39. Carlos Natividade Mozambique
40. Dr. Tunji Olaopa Nigeria