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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNIT REVIEW | From “Kuvernan” to Cyber-Networks also, and fundamentally, The Public Service Commission, the mandated custodian of good governance in South Africa. According to the State of the Public Service Report (2010: 2), the Vision of The Public Service Commission is to be “an independent and impartial body created by the Constitution, 1996, to enhance excellence in governance within the Public Service by promoting a professional and ethical environment and adding value to a public administration that is accountable, equitable, efficient, effective, corruption-free and responsive to the needs of the people of South Africa.” As such, the Public Service Commission sets out as its mission “to promote the constitutionally enshrined democratic principles and values of the Public Service by investigating, monitoring, evaluating, communication and reporting on public administration” (2010:2). State of the Public Service Report Each year, a State of the Public Service Report is published. It takes up critical areas of public service through a particular thematic area. The latest Report, of October 2010, has the theme of “Integration, Coordination and Effective Public Service Delivery”. The Commission, in this Report, focuses on the newly emerged outcomes approach of government and offers a critique on this approach and its implications for good governance. The report concludes that: “By proposing outcomes, government is setting itself up to be measured on a more rigorous and tangible basis, on matters which citizens can identify with...(and)... the manner in which government can make the greatest difference in terms of public participation and responsive service delivery is certainly not through significant policy changes at this stage, but implementation.” Summary of Basic Values and Principles governing Public Administration Principle 1: A High Standard of Professional Ethics must be Maintained Principle 2: Efficient, Economic and Effective Use of Resources must be Promoted Principle 3: Public Administration must be Development Oriented Principle 4: Services must be provided Impartially, Fairly, Equitably and without Bias Principle 5: People’s Needs must be Responded to and the Public must be Encouraged to Participate in Policy-Making Principle 6: Public Administration must be Accountable Principle 7: Transparency must be Fostered by Providing the Public with Timely, Accessible and Accurate Information Principle 8: Good Human Resource Management and Career Development Practices, to Maximise Human Potential, must be Cultivated Principle 9: Public Administration must be Broadly Representative of the South African People, with Employment and Personnel Management Practices Based on Ability, Objectivity, Fairness and the Need to Redress the Imbalances of the Past to Achieve Broad Representation 6 page Enabling change for development
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNIT REVIEW | From “Kuvernan” to Cyber-Networks The TAU and Governance The TAU, mandated as it is to increase the quality of public spend – and to deepen professional, effective and efficient approaches, through technical assistance, so as to effect successful service delivery – works very closely with the rich, layered spaces of governance. With leaders and practitioners, through the daily work of government, the TAU is able to mainstream good governance as a central tenet of its approach. Conclusion As such, the TAU, as with all spheres of government, takes its cue from the Constitution, the Public Service Commission and lived practices of government’s good governance so as to improve critical areas of people’s daily lives. Coupling the concepts of governance and networks also bring new angles to the debate and the realities behind the debate, and opens up new opportunities for exploring adjacent possibilities around good governance. Therefore, 2011 has been a distinguishing year for interrogating, through the lens of networks (mainstream and alternative), what governance and government mean for the people on the street: from Egypt to Tunisia, from Bahrain to Beijing-there has been a now- heightened awareness that new, renewed and or more “appropriate operating codes” (Stroker, 1998:24) should be considered to guide the contract between a government and its people, given that governance might be described as “reinvented form of government which is better managed.” (Stroker, 1998:18). Charmaine Williamson Technical Advisor References: Gildenhuys J.S.H. and Knipe A. (2000) The organisation of Government. Van Schaik Publishers. Pretoria. Hajer, M. A and Wagenaar, H (eds) (2003): Deliberative policy analysis: Understanding Governance in the network society. Cambridge University Press. Pg 6- 31. Public Service Commission, South Africa. (2010): State of the Public Service Report Rhodes, R.A.W (1996): The new governance; governing without government. Political Studies XLIV Stroker, Gerry (1998): Governance as theory: five propositions. UNESCO. Blackwell Publishers. Pg 17 UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific: http:// www.unescap.org/pdd/prs/ProjectActivities/Ongoing/gg/governance. asp, downloaded on the 24 May 2011 at 12:49. Venter, D and Neuland, E (2005): Conflict and Governance, Nepad, South Africa and Africa: Monograph on cage.dcis.gov.za page 7 Enabling change for development
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