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Fourth annual forum on reform and modernization of public administration and governance
16 June 2008
Rapporteur: Prof C Thornhill

Introduction

The Fourth Annual Forum on Reform and Modernization of Public Administration and Governance organized by CAFRAD was held from 16-17 June 2008 at Tangier (Morocco). The Forum was organised to open a discussion on the building of partnerships between the public and private sectors to improve public administration and governance. The focus was particularly on efforts to improve public services in order to accelerate economic and social development in Africa.

In attendance were 29 countries from Africa represented by over 100 representatives. Ten regional and international organizations were also represented. (See the attached list of participants). The Forum was ably supported by CAFRAD staff and interpreters.

The forum noted constraints of states in providing efficient and effective services, which are complicated and diverse in nature. Thus, the Forum considered various alternatives of building strong public-private sector partnerships, in which the private sector can be involved more actively in service delivery. The aim was to improve effectiveness and efficiency in public service delivery to accelerate economic and social development in Africa.

Objectives

The main objective of the Forum was to look at the existing approaches to find ways and means of strengthening or to build strong public-private partnership to improve service delivery and governance systems in Africa through the involvement of the private sector and other stakeholders in the services delivery process. This will also accelerate economic and social development.

Specific objectives
  • to examine ways in which Public-Private Partnerships could impact positively on service delivery;
  • to learn from the past experience, what and how much had been done and what reforms were required to promote a full PPP realisation;
  • to revisit the issues of transparency, ethics and accountability and their impact on service delivery to make governments more transparent, accountable and responsive to the users of its services and citizens;
  • to examine how social and basic infrastructures, education and health services, environmental issues, roads, transportation, housing, energy, telecommunication, etc could be improved in such a partnership;
  • to come up with a realistic agenda for public-private partnership (PPP) and measures for building capacities, especially of the civil service for better delivery of public services;
  • to explore ways and means for drawing up a Charter of best practices in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for improving public service delivery and promoting efficient and effective governance.

The Forum’s intentions were to make recommendations on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) that could enhance the development of realistic mechanisms for better service delivery; noting any constraints and identifying ways and means for better practices for efficient and effective governance towards improved service delivery. The forum also addressed institutional means to commemorate progress.

At the end of the forum, there were definite proposals to improve corporate governance within increasing internationalisation. In particular, attention was devoted to a strategy to promote health, education and related services.

The current situations of the African states in service delivery were discussed to establish optimum contributions to development through PPPs.

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