DRAFT
DECISION ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE IN AFRICA
DOC.EX.CL/579(XVII)
The Executive Council,
1. WELCOMES the efforts deployed by the Conference of African Ministers of Public Service to promote and implement African Union Vision on Public Service in the Continent;
2. COMMENDS the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of Kenya, as Current Chairpersons of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Ordinary Sessions of the Conference of Public Service Ministers, as well as the States “champions”, for their commitment and continued involvement in the implementation of a continent-wide programme on the public service;
3. APPEALS to Member States to be more committed in the implementation of this programme that will drive the long-term strategy of African Ministers of Public Service in Africa for sustainable development;
4. REQUESTS the Commission to play a much stronger, dynamic and institutional role in complementing, strengthening and coordinating national efforts that have hitherto shaped the continental governance programme of Africa, and in this regard, REFERS the matter relating of the establishment of the Secretariat of the Conference within the Commission to the Permanent Representatives’ Committee through its relevant Sub-Committees;
5. REQUESTS ALSO the Commission to submit a report on the implementation of this decision to the next Ordinary Session of the Executive Council in January 2011.