5th Final Report of the Maputo Bureau

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;

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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

[email protected]

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

CONTACTS E-MAIL ADDRESS

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