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Africa Public Sector Human Resource Managers' Network (APS-HRMnet)
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The Africa Human Resource Managers' Network (APS-HRMnet) remains so far, the forum for a continuous exchange of ideas and best practices among human resources managers in order to enhance their capacities. The information and all materials available on this web-site are the results of the workshop launching the APS-HRMnet under the label "Enhancing Professionalization of Human Resource Management in the Public Service in Africa" held in Arusha, Tanzania in February 2009.
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Introduction
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The quality of Human resources is critical to the development of any country. Global, regional and national commitments to sustainable and poverty reduction such as the millennium Development Goals (MDGs) need human capacities in the public, private, and civil society sectors to transform these commitments into results. Therefore, public sector human resource managers occupy a strategic position in the development of a country. However, in many African countries, it has been found out that this strategy position is not recognized in the formulation of development plans and programmes, and human resource managers in the public sector may not be professionally tuned to the critical role they should play.
Recognizing the fact that building the capacity of the human resource managers in Africa is a long process that takes time and requires huge resources; and realizing that capacity building would benefit from a continuous exchange of new ideas and best practices among the human resources managers themselves, the importance of establishing a permanent forum for such exchange of ideas became vital. The idea to establish this network was born in Cape Town (South Africa) during the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR) Conference in April 2007. Following the meeting in Cape Town, a selected group of human resource managers from Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and the African Association for Public Administration and management (AAPAM), established a Working Group to bring about the creation of the African Public Sector Human Resources Managers Network (APS-HRMnet). With the support of UNDESA, the Working Group met in 2007 and 2008 to get the support of senior government officials of the public sector in Africa and to prepare the necessary documents, such as the Draft Constitution of the Network. Such meetings took place in Mbabane (Swaziland) in September 2007, in Kampala (Uganda) in April 2008 and finally in Accra (Ghana) in October 2008.
The Government of Tanzania hosted the launching Conference in Arusha, Tanzania from 23-27 February 2009 where more than 140 participants comprising Ministers of Public Service, Permanent Secretaries, Directors of public service commissions, Heads of institutes of public administration and management development institutes, and other appointing authorities in the public sector met and adopted the Constitution establishing the Network. The Executive Council was appointed by the participants unanimously and the African Association for Public Administration (AAPAM) generously agreed to host the network until such time that the Network obtains sufficient financial and material resources to support its own office.
This site is built by UNDESA as part of its continued support to the institutional development of APS-HRMnet, and its commitment to the professionalization and sustainable development of human resources managers in the public sector. While the primary beneficiaries of the web-site are public sector human resources managers in Africa, this site would also be valuable to all public and private sector human resources managers; civil service commissions; institutes and schools or faculties of public administration, management development institutes; academicians; researchers; students of public administration and human resources management in the public sector; human resources managers in non-profit organizations’ as well as others who are interested in human resources management in the public sector.
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Constitution
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PREAMBLE
Pursuant to the recommendation contained in the Communiqué of the 29th AAPAM Roundtable Conference which took place in Mbabane, Swaziland, from 3 to 7 September 2007;
And recognizing the need for the development of competent and professional human resource managers in Africa’s public sector to support the development of knowledge, know-how and skills, networks and attitudes of personnel in the public sector through whom services are planned and delivered, critical innovations conceived and realized and needed reforms carried out for rapid economic and social development of the African continent;
And in order to promote, improve and strengthen excellence, integrity and professional standards in the practice of human resource management in the public sector in Africa;
And in recognizing the importance of co-operation and networking among African public sector institutions in the mobilization of resources for advocacy, human resources management professional development, information and knowledge sharing to enhance organizational and individual capacity for effective performance in the public sector;
This meeting of ministers responsible for public service in Africa, human resource managers in the public sector, management development institutes, members of the Africa Association for Public Administration and Management, assembled in Arusha, Tanzania hereby formally resolve this 26th day of February, 2009 to form the African Public Sector Human Resource Managers’ Network (APS-HRMnet) and adopt this constitution.
Please click on the link below to view the entire document.
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Events
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Capacity Building Workshop for Public Sector Human Resource Managers in Africa
Building Workshop for Public Sector Human Resource Managers in Africa on "Strengthening Human Resource Capacities for the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and the Africa's Development" will be held from 12-16 April 2010 in Cotonou, Republic of Benin.
Public sector human resource managers occupy a strategic position in the development of a country, however, in many African countries, this strategic position is not recognized in the formulation of strategies, and human resource managers in the public sector may not be professionally tuned to the critical role they should play.
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs working with UNDP and African partners has embarked on a coordinated program to strengthen the human resource management function in the public service in Africa. In this context, this workshop is being organized with its main objective to enhance the capacity of human resource managers in the public service in Africa to carry out the various functions of HRM in the public service to improve performance.
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Workshop on “Strengthening the Capacities of Institutes of Public Administrations (IPAs) and Management Development Institutes (MDIs) through the Standards of Excellence in Public Administration Education and Training in Asia”
The developing countries in Asia face a number of challenges related to their quest for developing the capacities of public sector institutions to spearhead development efforts effectively. To address these challenges, the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) and International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) are organizing an International Congress of Administrative Sciences in Asia.
The Congress will primarily address contemporary issues of public administration under two major themes of Public Administration Facing New Dynamics: Constraints, Innovation and Sustainability, and Public Sector Strategies for Overcoming Growing Global Inequality. Within this context, UNDESA was invited to organize a workshop and a panel that seek to respond to these challenges and replicate the experiences of the African, European and Latin American and Caribbean countries.
By introducing the standards of excellence in public administration education, DESA’s workshop and panel aim to strengthen the capacities of the Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Asia with a view to enable them fulfill better their task of developing the human capacities of the public sector.
The workshop will bring together, Management Development Institutes and Institutes of Public Administration, as well as international experts of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) to share their experiences and devise ways of how to apply the “Standards of excellence in public administration education and training” to strengthen their capacities and the capacities of human resources in the public sector in Asia.
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Contacts
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John-Mary Kauzya, Dr.
Chief, Governance and Public Administration Branch
Division for Public Administration and Development Management
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Room DC2-1742
New York, N.Y. 10017
Phone: (212) 963-1973
Fax: (212) 963-2916
Email: kauzya@un.org
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Almaz Atnafu WOLDEKIDANE, Ms.
Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer
Division for Public Administration and Development Management
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Room DC2-1740
New York, N.Y. 10017
Tel: +1-917-367-9994
Fax: +1-212-963-2916
Email: almaz@un.org
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