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The
27th AAPAM Roundtable was hosted
by the Government of the Republic
of Zambia and held at the Zambezi
Sun Hotel, Livingstone, from
5th to 9th December 2005. Over
180 delegates from 20 countries
participated in the Roundtable.
These included Ministers
of Government, Members of Parliament,
Heads of Public Services and
Secretaries to Cabinet, Directors-General
of Staff Colleges and Management
Development Institutes, Chairpersons
of Public Service Commissions
and other statutory bodies,
Senior Government Officials,
representatives of international
organizations, management consultants,
academics and researchers in
institutions of higher learning.
The countries represented
at the Roundtable included:
Angola, Botswana, Cameroon,
Canada, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho,
Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia,
Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South
Africa, Swaziland, Seychelles,
Tanzania, The Gambia, Uganda,
United Kingdom, and Zambia.
The United Nations Department
of Economic and Social Affairs
(UNDESA), the Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA), the
Institute of Public Administration
of Canada (IPAC), the Commonwealth
Secretariat and the Economic
Community of West African States
(ECOWAS) are among the development
partners represented at the
Roundtable.
The
Roundtable was a continuation
of a tradition dating back to
1978 when the African Association
for Public Administration and
Management (AAPAM) launched
its Annual Roundtable conference
series. The Conferences have
since been held in different
member countries, with each
conference addressing issues
of contemporary relevance and
concern, and drawing on the
insight and experiences of policy
makers, senior public officials,
corporate and civic society
leaders, and renowned public
administration and management
scholars.
The
theme of the 2005 Conference
was “Harnessing the Partnership
of the Public and Non-State
Sectors for Sustainable Development
and Good Governance in Africa:
Problems and the Way forward.”
The
Conference was declared open
by the Honourable Reverend Lt.
General Ronnie Shikapwashya,
MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Republic of Zambia, and Guest
of Honour at the occasion. Other
dignitaries present at the opening
ceremony were Honourable
A. Simango, M.P. and Provincial
Minister, Southern Province,
Zambia; Honourable Dr. Pontso
Sekatle, Minister of Local Government
of the Kingdom of Lesotho; Heads
of Public Service from various
African countries; His Worship
the Mayor of the City of Livingstone;
Honourable Sakwiba Sikota, Member
of Parliament for Livingstone;
members of the AAPAM Executive
Committee; Permanent Secretaries
and Chief Executive Officers
of Public Institutions; Members
of the AAPAM Council and Chairpersons
of National Chapters;
representatives of AAPAM’s external
partners; Mr. John Mitala, AAPAM
President, Head of Public Service
and Secretary to Cabinet, Uganda
Government and Dr. Yolamu R.
Barongo, AAPAM Secretary -General.
Besides
the opening address by the Guest
of Honour, messages of solidarity
were delivered at the formal
opening by other notable personalities,
among them, Dr. Joshua L. Kanganja,
Secretary to Cabinet, Government
of the Republic of Zambia, and
the Conference’s Chief Host;
Professor Victor Ayeni, Director,
Governance and Institution Development
Division of the Commonwealth
Secretariat; Dr John-Mary Kauzya,
representing Dr Guido Bertucci,
Director, Public Administration
and Development Management,
United Nations Department of
Economic and Social Affairs,
New York; and Mr Joseph Galimberti,
Executive Director, Institute
of Public Administration of
Canada.
Mr
John Mitala, the AAPAM President
and Head of the Public Service
and Secretary to Cabinet, Office
of the President, Government
of the Republic of Uganda, in
his address, thanked the Government
and People of Zambia for providing
excellent hosting facilities,
the African Governments and
the development partners for
supporting AAPAM, and the delegates
for finding the time to participate.
The
AAPAM President’s statement
was followed by a keynote address
delivered by Hon. Felix Mutati,
MP, Minister of Energy and Water
Development, Republic of Zambia.
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