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State of Judiciary 2011-2012
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5.4 Governance and Management: Outlook for 2012/13
While this progress report presents a fairly comprehensive menu
of actions undertaken and completed in 2011/12, the ambitious
JTF agenda will demand even greater efforts to strengthen
governance and management in 2012/13.
The Judiciary Values and Ethics Framework, and the Code of Ethics
and Conduct will be finalised. Ongoing culture change workshops
will be completed by early 2013, and immediately translated into
action and results-oriented culture change programmes for the
centre and every court station and accountability centre in the
Judiciary.
A new human resource management and development (HRM&D)
policy will be launched, while initial piloting of the Integrated
Performance Management and Accountability System will be
completed, evaluated and fine-tuned in readiness for full launch
and rollout across the Judiciary in the 2013/14 year.
In 2012/13, the complete design of the national and devolved
organisational structures will be finalised and launched, supported
by clear devolved roles and individual job descriptions. On
the concomitant human resource side, a comprehensive job
evaluation and grading will have been completed and linked to
IPMAS and the new job descriptions.
From the perspective of jurisprudence and judicial practice, a
comprehensive framework for training, research, benchmarking,
continuous learning, peer review and mentoring – involving
partnering between JTI, the Supreme Court and regional and
international peers and partners – will be firmly in place.
Though challenging, particularly in the context of the 2013 election
year, the governance and management outlook for the Judiciary
in 2012/13 remains positive overall.