THE DPSA INTERNATIONAL WORK

1. THE DPSA INTERNATIONAL WORK PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION CAPE TOWN 1 AUGUST 2007

2. Structure of the Presentation The power point presentation is divided into sections A – E as follows: Section A: Overview and Introduction Section B. The African Agenda Section B(1) The Pan-African Ministers’ Programme Governance and Public Administration Programme Section B (2) Regional and International Anti-corruption Cooperation Section B (3) Post-conflict and Reconstruction Section C. South-South Cooperation Section D. Emerging Programmes Section E. Conclusion

3. SECTION A Overview and Introduction

4. Nature of the dpsa International Programme • The dpsa international programme aims to enhance South Africa’s international interventions based on National Priorities. • The main objective being an aim by South Africa to discharge its international obligations through the: - Consolidation of the African Agenda - Promotion of South - South Co-operation - Fighting corruption - Promoting peace and security • International work within the dpsa is inter-connected and cross-cutting within the dpsa, the portfolio and the public sector. • The dpsa work also aims to ensure that South Africa's international interventions integrate a Public Service and Administration perspective • The dpsa international programme is in the process of being fully formulated through the international strategy. • Currently, dpsa activities reflects an emphasis on the African Agenda , however there is an increasing thrust towards a more global international strategy

5. SECTION B THE AFRICAN AGENDA

6. SECTION B (1) PAN-AFRICAN MINISTERS’ PROGRAMME ON GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

7. Key Objectives of the Programme • To establish and implement a focused continental programme on G & PA • To establish the link between governance and public administration capabilities and the broader developmental agenda within the continent. • Identify and affirm areas of common concern and challenge that would require future capability development support partnerships within the terrain of Governance and Public Administration. • Knowledge sharing and learning, through a framework of exchange and capacity development • Identify priority areas for support and exchange in governance and public administration • Mobilise a collective commitment to priorities identified and establish clarity on the role of national, regional, continental and international organisations participating in the programme established by the Ministers.

8. Secretariat • The African Union • Coordination at continental level • Adapt decisions into AU policy organs • NEPAD • Implement the programme • Mobilize resources • Chairperson’s Office • Provide political leadership • Convene Bureau meetings • Convene PSC Meetings • Mobilize resources • Establish and sustain strategic partnerships • Support to Champions to implement their thematic areas

9. The Champions Functions ofchampions • To promote member states’ buy-in and ownership • Provide leadership in the implementation activities • Coordinate implementation at regional level • Accelerate and spread out implementation • Champion programme at regional level 2. Who are the champions • Nigeria – Anti-Corruption • Burundi - Post-Conflict • Algeria - African Public Service Charter • Mauritius – All-Africa Public Sector Innovation Awards

10. Africa Public Service Day Africa Public Service Day. • Celebrated throughout the continent every June 23 Aim: • To promote values such as professionalism, accountability, responsiveness, ethics and performance of the Public Service Progress to date: • In 2006 five SADC countries (Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Mauritius and South Africa linked by satellite connectivity celebrated simultaneously • On June 23 2007 the event was celebrated nationally and throughout the continent • Event celebrated under one theme: Promoting good governance with emphasis on anti-corruption and ethics Way- Forward • Continental celebrations will take place in September 2007 in Namibia as the coordinator

11. Africa Public Service Charter Aim: • Enhancing governance and public administration capacity and effectiveness Progress to date: • A framework, concept note, Aide Memoire and a questionnaire developed and adopted by Ministers in December 2006 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia • SADC workshop on the review and update of the charter was held on the 5-6 July 2007 in South Africa • Meeting adopted the SA model for replication to other regions in the continent Way- Forward • South Africa is engaging technical partners to support the regional workshops in COMESA, ECOWAS, ECCAS and AMU • South Africa committed to provide technical assistance to replicate the South African Model to other regions • Training will be organized for SADC African heads of Public Service on the domestication of the charter

12. Regional and International Anti - corruption Co-operation • This would be covered in more detail later in the presentation

13. Public Sector Innovations Awards Aim: • To promote regional integration, reward innovative service delivery models, promote and replicate best practices in the public sector through the showcasing of African Innovation on the global scene Progress to date: • Awards launched in December 2005 • A Steering Committee comprising of AUC, NEPAD, Mauritius, the dpsa and CPSI was formed • Four phases were identified – and Conceptualization and the planning process have been concluded • Marketing to four regions namely: ECOWAS, COMESA, ECCAS AND SADC concluded , marketing on the radio and television to commence in the month of August Way Forward • Adjudication will commence in September • Awards ceremony targeted for 2008 – during the 6th Pan Ministers Conference

14. Collaboration with Regional Economic Communities (RECs) Aim: • Strengthening the role of RECS in supporting Public Sector Reform Progress to date: • Conceptual framework( Aide Memoir , concept note ) developed • SADC Experts workshop was hosted on 2-4 July 2007 in South Africa Way- Forward • Share experience with other REC’s on the SA model • Facilitate the SADC Ministerial Forum in June 2008

15. Information and Communication Technology Aim: • To contribute towards helping to breach the digital divide among African member states • To establish the Commonwealth Connects Programme through assistance to member states to meet their ICT needs Progress to date: • The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) is based at the Meraka Institute, CSIR and the dpsa • The dpsa will be responsible to: • Share information on ICT’s and e-Government with Commonwealth Connect • Share information from Commonwealth on ICT and e-Government with the South African Government • Attend workshops and meetings of the Commonwealth Connect and generate reports • Ensure that information and interaction is managed efficiently through the inclusion of other government departments and agencies, and that it is representative of the people of South Africa Way- Forward • The Secretariat to organize the IDLELO 3 Conference to be held in Dakar, Senegal in March 2008 • Share ICT best practice with African states at Commonwealth Secretariat workshop in Nairobi, Kenya in August 2007.

16. SECTION B (2) REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION COOPERATION

17. EVOLUTION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAMME • South Africa’s leadership role in the area of anti-corruption has evolved over time • South Africa plays a key international role player within the anti-corruption arena in Africa and the rest of the world • Between 2001 and 2003 the dpsa led the negotiations on the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) and the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption • Assisted the SADC Secretariat with the development of the SADC Regional Anti-Corruption Programme

18. PROGRESS WITH PROMOTION OF THE AFRICAN AGENDA • Achieved through- • Establishment of an Africa Organizing Committee to assist with the organization and planning for the Africa and Global Forums on Fighting Corruption • Hosting of 2nd meeting of Pan African Anti-corruption Bodies, the Africa Forum and the Global Forum • Bringing partners together and showcasing African anti-corruption good practice • Developing a common understanding of corruption that was redirecting the global debates and agenda within GFV in support of the common understanding • Show our commitment to supporting multi-lateral processes and in particular the UNCAC’s implementation process

19. PROMOTION OF THE AFRICAN AGENDA: IMPLICATIONS AND WAY FORWARD • As the Chair of the 2nd Pan African National Anti-Corruption Bodies, South Africa also has the responsibility of ensuring that the recommendations of these meeting are implemented • Support to the AU Commission with the establishment of the Advisory Board and the finalization of the Action Plan for the implementation of the 2nd Pan African National Anti-Corruption Bodies, the AFFC and GFV • As the host of GFV, South Africa is also required to facilitate global discussions on the future of global forum processes

20. GLOBAL AND MULTI-LATERAL ENGAGEMENTS: GFV • Attended by over 850 delegates from 110 countries • Preamble and operational parts of the GFV Declaration reflect the common understanding and priorities emanating from the Africa Forum • Next Steps • South Africa has the obligation of identifying host for GFVI • Convening of the expanded International Organising Committee meeting to discuss and make recommendations regarding the future of the global forum processes and its links with other global cooperative frameworks

21. GLOBAL AND MULTI-LATERAL ENGAGEMENTS: UNCAC • Very active as a Friend of the UNCAC, we are the 11th country to ratify the UNCAC and we comply with the mandatory requirements • UNCAC and its mechanisms remain the key platform for international work • Implementation of the UNCAC also the basis for anti-corruption cooperation within the IBSA dialogue forum, with the current focus on exchange of good practice on areas of conflict of interest and community mobilization and campaigning around anti-corruption • The dpsa will continue to lead participation in the work of the Work Groups that have been established to promote implementation of the UNCAC

22. GLOBAL AND MULTI-LATERAL ENGAGEMENTS: OECD • Accession process to the OECD Working Group on Bribery as well as the OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Officials in International Business Transactions commenced in January 2004 and culminated in accession in April 2007, the first African country to do so • Participates on the work of the OECD Working Group on Bribery • Attended the OECD Working Group on Bribery meeting in June 2007 and is now preparing for the Phase 1 and Phase 2 peer reviews to support implementation of the OECD anti-bribery instruments, which will also involve Parliament • Participation in the OECD Working Group has provided access to other parts of the OECD especially the OECD Public Governance and Territorial Development on areas such as corruption, Public service performance, Regulatory reform, Regional development and E-government

23. SECTION B (3) POST CONFLICT AND RECONSTRUCTION

24. Post-Conflict the DRC Work Aim: • To assist the DRC to rebuild its public service for effective governance and realization of its development goals Progress to date: • Following work sessions between South Africa and the DRC, an MOU and joint action plan was signed in August 2004 between the MPSA and her DRC counterpart on the field of Public Administration • Subsequently, the two Ministers agreed that during the period leading up to elections the focus would be on the following two projects: • Public Service Census (excluding defence, police, high magistrates) • Biometric enrolment for Kinshasa city-state was completed mid June 2007. • The manual census for the entire DRC public service is 95% complete. • Feasibility for provincial biometric enrolmentstudy for Katanga, Bandundu and Bas-Congo finaliseD • Anti-Corruption • In 2005 two sub-projects were envisaged and agreed with the DRC, namely (1) assistance to roll out the DRC Code of Conduct for Public Officials and (2) the development of a model for a national anti-corruption framework for the DRC • Completed Code of Conduct development and implementation training and material • Currently negotiating a MOU between DRC, UNODC and RSA on establishing a national anti-corruption framework for the DRC

25. Lessons on Post-Conflict from the DRC Work • During transition all political leaders leaders supported the census project hence the good results delivered thus far • DPSA’s presence has played a pivotal role with regard to informing the way forward, providing strategic direction, continuity and sustainability of the census project • The project has affirmed that an initial and upfront outlay of resources ensures a speedy entry into transformation in post-conflict situation Way-Forward: • Renegotiation of a new MOU which will include strategies on how to provide support to post-conflict countries. • Upcoming BNC will provide further direction

26. SECTION C SOUTH-SOUTH CO-OPERATION

27. Overview of the South-South Co-operation • The DPSA’s South-South Collaboration initiatives currently focus on the work of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum. The key areas of this work are: • Establishing and formalizing the Working Group on Public Administration through the MoU to be signed at the IBSA Oct. 2007 Summit (SA) • Collaboration with India & Brazil to write trilateral papers on Service Delivery Improvement; Service Delivery Centres; Performance Management and Anti-corruption • The DPSA also has a bilateral MoU with India which, among others, includes Human Resource issues, exchange of experts to deliver lectures, joint training programs; capacity building and joint studies through comparative research; and secondment of public officials from Indian and South African institutions.

28. Promotion of South-South Cooperation through the IBSA Dialogue Forum Aim: • To promote South-South cooperation through meaningful & sustainable trilateral relations & engagements with India and Brazil on public administration and governance Achievements: • South African Concept Paper adopted as an IBSA guide for establishing Working Group on Public Administration • South African framework adopted as an IBSA guide for writing thematic papers on Service Delivery Improvement, Service Delivery Centers, Performance Management and Anti-corruption Way- Forward: • The signing of the IBSA MoU to formalize the Working Group

29. South-South Bilateral Co-operation Aim: • To promote South-South Co-operation through the development of meaningful and sustainable relationships on public administration and governance with countries of the Global South Progress to date: • To-date the following countries have visited the dpsa with a view to establishing bilateral relations: • India • Brazi • China • Bolivia • Pakistan • Thailand

30. SECTION D EMERGING PROGRAMMES

31. Emerging Programmes Bilateral and Exchange programmes Aim: • To promote regional integration and support the African agenda Progress to date: • Several Africa Countries have visited the dpsa to share lessons on the transformation of the South African Public service. • To-date the following countries have visited the DPSA: • Nigeria 7. Ethiopia, • Sudan 8. Lesotho • Kenya 9. Namibia • Ghana 10. DRC Way- Forward • In order to ensure that all parties derive maximum benefit from these visits: the dpsa is developing guidelines which structure the exchanges for better cross pollination of experiences and knowledge

32. SECTION E CONCLUSION

33. Key Challenges • Integration of a governance and public administration agenda into the national and international strategy • Resources mobilization influence by availability of fund and preferences of donors • AU/NEPAD capacity • Sustainability of the Ministers’ programme through collective responsibility for the implementation of the programme • Member states’ commitment • Sustaining the political leadership on the International programmes • Infrastructure challenges • Sustainability of the Programme and the Africa agenda after the Chairmanship by South Africa

34. Suggested role of Parliament • To ensure Public Service consideration in the work of other Parliamentary Portfolio Committees • To provide political support and guidance at the national level • To support resource mobilization efforts • To support budgetary vote allocations to the programme • To provide advocacy and information dissemination about the programme to South Africans at the grassroots levels. • To establish a partnership with Parliamentarians in the implementation of the Governance Regional and International Programme . • Ensure the domestication of legal agreements and instruments • Provide oversight on the implementation of the International legal instruments

35. Ke ya Leboga Thank You