Professionalisation and ethical conduct in the public service is key, says Public Service and Administration Deputy Minister, Dr Chana Pilane-Majake during her closing address at the BRICS pre-summit conference on governance and public administration reform on Wednesday.
Dr Pilane-Majake told delegates who attended the 3-day BRICS pre-summit conference that they must continue to strive towards building accountable, ethical, capable developmental public service in their countries.
This, she said will help them to realise their developmental goals and will be able to decisively deal with corruption in their countries.
“Professionalisation and ethical conduct in the public sector is key, Most Importantly consequence management must be possible–as has been raised in the deliberations.
“This pre-summit conference provided a platform for discussion matters that are key for the BRICS bloc, which relate to urban green development, energy renewal including disaster and risk management.
“This remains crucial for the BRICS countries and the African continent. I am also pleased with the partnership with the OECD, from whom we received an insightful presentation on the future of schools of government,” she said.
The Deputy Minister said this remains ever so important in the global context of public sector reforms and in particular the future of the public service.
Dr Pilane-Majake also re-iterated that the significance of BRICS partnership in supporting South Africa and the African continent’s journey towards economic recovery post-COVID is paramount, adding that withing BRICS, Africa will also rise.
The National School of Government of South Africa is partnering with the University of Pretoria to peer-review all the papers presented at the conference, with the view of publishing them.
The conference brought together government departments and training and development institutes from the BRICS bloc and related countries.
This year marks the 15th BRICS Summit, that will take place from 22-24 August 2023 in South Africa.
