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Pursuing Public Sector Reform

17 February 2005

Public Sector
Participants will examine their national agendas for public sector reform and identify priorities and strategies.
Some 35 officials will be participating in a Commonwealth Advanced Seminar on 'Leading Strategic Change in the Public Sector' in Wellington, New Zealand, from 21 February to 4 March 2005. Sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation and the New Zealand Agency for International Development, the seminar targets senior officials from Commonwealth and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, who are responsible for reform in the public sector.

Keynote speakers include those who have been involved in the public service reform process in their respective countries, such as Trevor Mallard, the New Zealand Minister of State Services; Dr Orapin Sopchokchai, Commissioner of the Public Sector Development Commission in Thailand; and Elias Magosi, Co-ordinator of Public Service Reform in the Office of the President of Botswana.

The seminar is to explore the engineering of significant public sector change in developing countries. Participants will examine their national agendas for public sector reform and identify priorities and strategies. Discussions will also focus on innovative service delivery, managing decentralisation and leading programmes of change. The seminar provides an opportunity for participants to compare the reform experiences in their countries.

Professor Victor Ayeni, Director of the Commonwealth Secretariat's Governance and Institutional Development Division, said: "This activity is one of the essential building blocks of the Commonwealth New Public Administration initiative endorsed by Commonwealth Heads of Government. It will contribute towards the realisation of the Secretariat's broader mandate to promote good governance in member countries. The overarching aim is to help build appropriate capacity in the development of managerial or public service skills and knowledge. It also seeks to provide a stimulating learning environment that will promote the exchange of ideas and networking."

 

CNIS - the Commonwealth News and Information Service Issue 222 16 February 2005

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