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CONFERENCE COMMUNIQUE
The
30th AAPAM Roundtable Conference
was successfully held in Accra,
Ghana from 6th to 10th October
2008. Below is the Communique
of this Conference.
The
30th Roundtable Conference of
the African Association for
Public Administration and Management
(AAPAM) was organized and hosted
by the Government of the Republic
of Ghana and held at the Ghana
Institute of Management and
Public Administration (GIMPA)
from 6th to 10th October 2008.
Two
hundred and ninety nine (299)
delegates from twenty four (24)
African countries attended the
Roundtable Conference. Among
the participants were Cabinet
Ministers, Heads of Public/Civil
Services and Secretaries to
Cabinet, Permanent/Principal
Secretaries and other high ranking
Government Officials, Chairpersons
and Commissioners of Public
Service Commissions, Heads of
Management Development Institutes,
representatives of Statutory
Institutions, academics and
researchers. The countries
represented at the Roundtable
included Botswana, Cameroon,
Canada, Ghana, Gambia, Kenya,
Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius,
Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands,
Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra
Leone, South Africa, Southern
Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania,
Uganda, United Kingdom, United
States of America, Zambia and
Zimbabwe. The Roundtable
Conference was also privileged
to have representatives of AAPAM
Partner Organizations namely,
the United Nations Department
of Economic and Social Affairs
(UNDESA), the Institute of Public
Administration of Canada (IPAC),
and the Commonwealth Secretariat,
London.
The
Roundtable Conference aimed
at addressing issues of contemporary
relevance and concern to Public
Administration in Africa. As
usual, it drew on the knowledge
and experiences of policy makers,
senior public officials, corporate
and civic leaders, and renowned
public administration and management
scholars. The AAPAM Young
Professionals Programme, which
started in 2005, with sponsorship
from the Commonwealth Secretariat
was given an added boost with
the participation of 21 delegates
of their kind at the Conference.
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