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During
the 27th Roundtable Conference that was
held in Livingstone, Zambia, 5 – 9, December
2005, AAPAM unveiled and launched its Awards
Programme. The following are the five
(5) types of awards in the programme.
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THE GOLD MEDAL AWARD
FIRST AAPAM GOLD MEDAL AWARDED TO PROF. ADEBAYO ADEDEJI, CFR MBABANE, SWAZILAND, 3rd September 2007
Professor Adebayo Adedeji, CFR was awarded the AAPAM Gold Medal by the African Association for Public Administration and Management. The Rt. Hon. Absalom T. Dlamini, Prime Minister of the Royal Kingdom of Swaziland, presented the award during a special ceremony held at the 29th AAPAM Roundtable Conference at the Royal Swazi Sun Convention, Ezulwini Valley, Mbabane.
Professor Adebayo Adedeji has made outstanding contributions to public administration and management during his fifty years of public service at national, Pan-African and international levels. Born in Ijebu – Ode, Nigeria in 1930, Adebayo Adedeji became the first Nigerian Professor of Public Administration at the age of 36. In Nigeria, Professor Adedeji performed many national duties in the public service of that country. He served as the post-civil war Minister of Economic Planning and Reconstruction between 1971 and 1975. During this time, he played a leading role in the establishment of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Prof. Adedeji made outstanding contributions to public service at the Pan-African and international levels as well. Between 1975 and 1991, he worked as the United Nations Assistant Secretary General and Executive Director of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and rose to the rank of United Nations Under-Secretary General in 1978. During his tenure of office at UNECA, Professor Adedeji is remembered for his unique initiatives for sustainable development in Africa, among which may be mentioned the Lagos Plan of Action (1980), the Final Act of Lagos (1980), the African Alternative Framework to Structural Adjustment Programme (1989) and the African Charter for Popular Participation (1990).
Since his departure from the United Nations service in August 1991, Professor Adedeji served and continues to serve extensively as Consultant to the United Nations, the African Union, African Governments, Non-Governmental Organizations and Universities both inside and outside Africa, mainly on Public Administration and Development issues. In June 2003, Professor Adedeji was appointed by the African Union Heads of State and Government to the membership of the Seven Eminent Persons Panel of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) where he continues to serve with distinction.
Professor Adedeji has published many books and articles in academic journals that have made significant contributions to the study and understanding of the problems of public administration and development in Africa.
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AAPAM AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT
The African Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM) presented its first Award for Innovative Management at the 29th AAPAM Annual Roundtable Conference that was held in Mbabane, Swaziland from 3rd to 7th September 2007. The Award was hotly contested among seventeen organizations from twelve African countries that participated in the competition. This Award recognizes organizational achievement in the public sector and is supported through the partnership between AAPAM and the Governance and Institutional Development Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat.
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AAPAM AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING
CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
AND MANAGEMENT
This
Award shall be presented annually at the
AAPAM Roundtable Conference to recognize
the finest article published in the AAPAM
publication: African Journal of Public
Administration and Management (AJPAM). More
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AAPAM AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN
THE TEACHING OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN
AFRICA
This
Award recognizes outstanding accomplishment
that is worthy of emulation and encourages
and recognizes exceptional talent of effective
and creative teaching of Public Administration
and Management in Africa. More
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AAPAM AWARD FOR BEST STUDENT
ESSAY/REPORT
This
Award is meant for students of Public Administration
and Management Development Institutes, Universities
and Colleges many of whom enter the African
Public Services as Young Professionals after
their studies. More
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