THE HR LEARNING FORUM- FIFTH MEETING OF THE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT STEERING COMMITTEES WITH NATIONAL DEPARTMENTS AND PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATIONS

Date: 17 - 18 September 2008

Venue: The Airport Grand Hotel, Boksburg

Day 1
17 September 2008

Diversity management and employee Health & Wellness Steering committees
Theme: Initiatives for Diversity Management policy and Employee Health & Wellness implementation

Purpouse of the meeting

• To share information on the new Diversity Management policy initiatives and EHW, HIV and AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation, implementation of the strategic framework, Workplace Banking undertaken by the Department of Public Service and Administration; and
• obtain the views of departments on matters related to Employee Health & Wellness and Diversity Management

Programme

• Implementation of the Employee Health & Wellness Strategic Framework
  Dr Sipho Senabe, Chief Director: Employee Health & Wellness (DPSA)
• HIV and AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation
  Dr Sipho Senabe, Chief Director: Employee Health & Wellness (DPSA)
• Discussions on drafting a policy on providing assistive devices for employees with disability
  Mr Ntozakhe Daweti, Deputy Director: Disability Management (DPSA)
• Implementation of the Gender Equality Strategic Framework for the Public Service
  Ms Gwen Maeko, Deputy Director: Gender (DPSA)
• Workplace Banking
  Dr Margaret Crawage, Director: Quality of Worklife (DPSA)

Day 2
18 September 2008

Employment practice and career management and Senior Management Service steering committees
Theme: Improving the HRM function

Purpouse of the meeting

• To share information on the new policy initiatives undertaken by the Department of Public Service and Administration
• obtain the views of departments on matters related to employment practices and the Senior Management Service

Programme

• Report on the filling of vacancies in the Public Service
  Ms Saandhri Naidoo, Deputy Director: General Employment Practices (DPSA)
• Utilisation of volunteers in the Public Service
  Ms Saandhri Naidoo, Deputy Director: General Employment Practices (DPSA)
• Presentation II
• HRM Training: Current Status and HR Executive programme
  Ms Leonore Neethling, Director: Curriculum Design (PALAMA)

Day 3
19 September 2008

Human resource development and resource planning steering committees
Theme: Realising HR repositioning and integration in practice - a practical approach to integrating Human Resource Planning and Development

Programme

• Interface between HRP and HRD; the Organizational Development and Design Perspective
  Mr S Msimang, Director: Macro- Organisation, (DPSA)
• The HRP and HRD Value Chain: HRD Strategic Framework Perspective
  Ms S Rowney, Chief Director: HRD, (DPSA)