Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi to Attend United Nations Workshop on Governance in Kigali, 8 May 2006

The Minister for Public Service and Administration, Ms Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, will attend the United Nations Workshop on Governance in Kigali, Rwanda, 8 May 2006.

Minister Fraser-Moleketi, who is the Focal Point and Chairperson of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Governing Council in South Africa as well as the Chairperson on the Pan-African Ministers of Public Services, will join senior government officials from 25 African countries at the workshop, which will discuss how to improve Governance in Africa.

Also attending will be Kenya's Minister for Planning and National Development Henry Obwocha, Sierra Leone's Minister for Presidential and Public Affairs Shekou M Sesay and officials from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Division for Public Administration and Development Management and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)/African Peer Review Secretariat and Italy.

The main objective of the workshop is to gather views of the officials on how the African Governance Inventory (AGI), an internet portal, can support good governance - the goal of the APRM.

The workshop which will be the first-ever meeting of African government officials in charge of the internet portal and of the APRM is expected to provide a better understanding of the links between the AGI Portal and the APRM.

For more information, please contact: Clayson Monyela

Tel: (012) 336 1167
Cell: 082 806 7405
E-mail: claysonm@dpsa.gov.za

Issued by: Ministry of Public Service and Administration
5 May 2006