The HR Forum - Third meeting of the HRM&D steering committees with National Departments and Provincial Administrations

Date: 23 January 2008
Venue: Burgers Park Hotel, Pretoria

Theme: Human Resource Management in a Single Public Service

Purpose

Being the custodian of human resource management and development norms and standards for the Public Service nationally, the Branch: Human Resource Management and Development in the DPSA established a HR Learning Network to serve as a dedicated avenue for regular interaction and co-ordination with national departments and provincial administrations. The aim of the Learning Network is to-

• discuss/interrogate new policy initiatives by the DPSA; the main reason being that the DPSA is currently involved in a number of new policy initiatives such as strengthening the human resource management function, the review of the SMS and the Single Public Service that should be shared with departments;
• continuously support and build capacity of human resource managers through the sharing of information and best practice models to improve service delivery;
• capacitate human resource managers on current human resource developments that impact on service delivery in the Public Service; and
• ensure that human resource managers in the Public Service have a complete understanding of Public Service human resource policies and that they are able to translate them into implementable departmental programmes.

To enhance the efficacy of the Learning Network the Branch: Human Resource Management and Development launched on 21 June 2007 a Steering Committee System that comprises of regular meetings between the constituent components in the Branch and national departments and provincial administrations to pursue the aforementioned aims in a more structured manner. The work done in these meetings, called Steering Committee meetings, will feed into an annual HR Forum meeting

Programme

Plenary meeting

• Opening
• Ms Colette Clark, Deputy Director- General: HRMD (DPSA)
• Establishing a Single Public Service
• Ms Lynette Sing, Chief Director: Macro Organisation of the State (DPSA)
• Norms and standards for human resource management and development in a Single Public Service
• Mr. Leon Pretorius, Director: Employment Practice (DPSA)
• Remuneration and Conditions of Service for a Single Public Service
• Ms Vuyelwa Vumendlini, Chief Director: Remuneration Policy (DPSA)

Break away Group A- EPCM & SMS

• Strategic framework for repositioning human resource management in the Public Service
• Mr. Leon Pretorius; Director: Employment Practices (DPSA)
• SMS Leadership and Management Competency Framework
• Ms Dipsy Mereeotlhe; Director: Senior Management Service (DPSA)
• Public Service Commission report- Employees who serve as municipal councilors
• Mr. Siya Nodu, Director: Public Administration Support (OPSC)

Break away Group B- HRD & HRP

• HR Planning Strategic Framework
• HR Planning Strategic Report
• Mr. Geeva Pillay, Chief Director: HR Planning (DPSA)
• HR Connect pilot
• Mr. Geeva Pillay, Chief Director: HR Planning (DPSA)
• HR Planning report on compliance
• Mr. Thulani Sikhosana, Deputy Director: HR Planning (DPSA)
• HRD Strategic Framework - roll out process update and proposed pilot
• Mr. Bully Sedibe, Deputy Director: HRD (DPSA)

Break away Group C- EHW & DM

• Progress on the EHW Strategic Framework
• Dr Margaret Crawage, Director; EHW (DPSA)
• Compliance with the Employment Equity Act
• Ms Rhulani Makhubela, Chief Director: Diversity Management (DPSA)
• Update on the Job Access Strategic Framework
• Mr. Ntozakhe Daweti, Deputy Director: Diversity Management (DPSA)
• Public Service Women Management Week
• Ms Rhulani Makhubela, Chief Director: Diversity Management (DPSA)