HR Forum

Date: 21 June 2007

Venue: Gallagher Estatem, Midrand

Theme: Repositioning of Human Resources within the Public Service: Collaborating, connecting, co-ordinating for compliance

Background

Pursuant to previous sessions held since 2005, the HR Forum meetings have been established to serve as a dedicated avenue for regular interaction and co-ordination between the Branch: Human Resource Management and Development in the DPSA and national departments and provincial administrations. The aim of the Human Resource Forum 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 as well as learning networks 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 are able to translate them into implementable departmental programmes.

The Branch: Human Resource Management and Development has designed a Steering Committee System to pursue the aforementioned aims in a more structured manner. The meeting of 21 June 2007 dealt inter alia with the intended system.

• Opening
• Programme Director, Mr Aziz Jardine (Deutsche Gesellschaft Fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit)
• Keynote address: ‘Repositioning of Human Resources within the Public Service: Collaborating, Connecting, Co-ordinating for Compliance’
• Prof Richard Levin, Director-General: DPSA
• Proposed Steering Committee System: ‘Rationale and Functioning Mandates for Strategic Frameworks for HRMD within the Public Service’
• Ms Colette Clark, Deputy Director-General: Human Resource Management and Development (DPSA)
• Human Resource Development
• Ms Sally Rowney , Chief Director: Human Resource Development (DPSA)
• Human Resource Planning
• Mr. Geeva Pillay , Chief Director: Human Resource Planning (DPSA)
• Senior Management Service
• Ms Dipsy Meereothle , Director: Senior Management Service (DPSA) and Acting Chief Director; EH&W
• Employee Health and Wellness
• Dr Sipho Senabe , Director: Employee Health and Wellness (DPSA)
• Diversity Management
• Ms Rhulani Makhubela , Chief Director: Employment Equity and Transformation (DPSA)
• Employment Practices and Career Management
• Mr. Sipho Ntombela, Chief Director: Employment Practices and Career Management (DPSA)
• Break away session per six functional areas
• Relevant Chief Director in DPSA
• Report back
• Rapporteurs
• Way forward
• Ms Colette Clark, Deputy Director-General: Human Resource Management and Development (DPSA)
• Closure
• Mr. Sipho Ntombela, Chief Director: Employment Practices and Career Management (DPSA)