A Latin American Perspective

1. 1st African Management Development Institutes Network Conference and Biennial General Meeting A Latin American Perspective Midrand, South Africa, August 31 2007

2. Presentation preview • General overview on the Brazilian Public Administration • Challenges ahead • The importance of capacity-building to reach those challenges • Role of ENAP in the process • ENAP Strategies

3. Some Brazilian features • 190 million inhabitants • Great concentration of the population in large metropolitan areas • 75% of the population in urban areas • 35% in metropolitan areas • About 550,000 federal civil servants • About 7 million civil servants in state and municipal governments • Autonomy of federal entities, including organization of their own public administrations, within Constitutional parameters

4. Challenges and Governmental Priorities • Social inclusion and reduction of social inequalities • Environmentally sustainable growth with creation of jobs, work and income • Promotion and expansion of citizenship and strengthening of democracy • Acceleration of growth

5. Crucial role of management development • Improvement of government capacity (public policy management) • Strengthening the implementation of policies adequate to the political, economic, social, cultural and environmental diversities in the country • Widening the coordination of inter-governmental actions (Federative Pact)

6. ENAP and the National Policy for Civil Servant Development • Commitments • Development of competencies of civil servants for improving the capacity of government in public policy management • Construction of an innovative and strategic National Policy for Civil Servant Development • Coordination of managerial capacity-building in the Federal Schools of Government System • Stimulus to the creation and improvement of state and municipal level schools of government by means of the National Network of Schools of Government • Participation in the construction of the Iberoamerican School of Administration and Public Policies (EIAPP) • Participation in the construction of the Mercosul Institute of Formation (IMEF) • Participation in the construction of the Portuguese Speaking Countries’ Institutes of Management Development Network (RINAPE)

7. ENAP and the National Policy for Civil Servant Development • Main activities • Managerial development programs (including all managerial levels in the federal public administration) • Induction courses for Careers of State • Specialization courses (lato sensu) in public management – catalog or tailor-made • Production and dissemination of knowledge by means of researches, the Innovation Awards, publications and website as a learning space

8. ENAP Strategic Plan2007-2010 • Participatory methodology • Main challenges: • To strengthen ENAP´s position as a reference school in public sector leadership development • To prospect, elaborate and disseminate innovative educational technologies (Combination of teaching methods) • To prospect and disseminate innovative technologies for public policies management • To become a reference school • International Cooperation (received and offered) • National management institutes network • Institutional commitment with the National Policy for Civil Servant Development • Including its role of coordination of the system of federal schools of government) • To strongly reassure itself as a learning organization

9. National Policy for Civil Servant Development (since February 2006) • Policy of permanent development of civil servants that stresses many ways of learning; • Focus on bestowing efficiency and efficacy of public service; • New approach: Competency-based management • Development of integrated individual and institutional competencies • Importance given to managerial capacity-building and qualifications for executive positions, senior direction or high level advisers • Initial priority for strengthening the human resources management system • Recognizing the main role of Schools of Government

10. New Responsibilities • Decree nº 5.497, 21 July 2005 • To develop capacity building programs for executive and senior executive positions and to coordinate managerial capacity-building programs for civil servants of other Schools of Government • Decree nº 5.707, 23 February 2006 • To coordinate the Federal Schools of Government System and compose the Management Committee of the National Policy for Civil Servant Development

11. Main Offer Strategies • Combination of continued education, induction courses, technical visits, debates, seminars and e-learning • Emphasis on leadership programs • Creation of the National Network of Schools of Government • Priority for themes as inter-governmental cooperation, consensus building, strategic planning, negotiation and conflict management

12. Number of Trained Civil Servants by Year 12000 10.1 % 10000 8000 18.2% 6000 4000 29.3% 2000 0 28.2% 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 14.2% Growth of ENAP’s E-Learning Offer Evolution of e-learning courses offer 2001-2006 Regional distribution of E-Learning in 2006

13. National Network of Schools of Government

14. Concerns • Use of the right length and methodology for senior civil servants • Attract and retain talents in our MDI • Learning methods • Creation of competencies in Ministries for the structuring of management development plans • Constant analysis of future competency needs in the public administration • Great diversity • Great inequalities

15. Competencies to be developed

16. Priority Topics • Inter-governmental and inter-sectorial cooperation • Leadership / Negotiation / Communication • Evaluation of public policies • Strategic Planning • Scenario Analysis • Governmental decision-making • Innovation in Public Management • Competencies Management • Public-Private Partnerships • Risk Management • E-government