Home    Contact us    Site map   
SEARCH


UNPAN
AMDIN serves as a regional online center of UNPAN - United Nations Public Administration Network
www.unpan.org
Documents
5th Forum on Modernisation of Public Administration and State Institutions: Standards of Excellence for Public Sector Training Institutes
1 July 2009
Tangiers, Morocco
Presentation by Hanlie van Dyk-Robertson, CEO AMDIN
 
 FR
Download file Full Version (516Kb ~ 3 min)


Structure of presentation
  • Introductory remarks
  • Practice and Theory pointers
  • Presenting the UNDESA/IASIA standards of excellence
  • The way forward
Introductory remarks
  • Strategically important
  • As a collective of African MDIs/ENAs we have not adequately engaged with the proposed UNDESA/IASIA Standards of Excellence, nor with the process
  • By stealth a process is taking shape and becoming the future reality - momentum is picking up
  • Context is all-important
  • Conceptual distinctions to remember:
    • Universities vs ENA/MDI/PSTI
    • Education vs professional development
    • Punishment vs development
  • You get what you measure
  • Whose standards?
  • Whose processes?
  • Overall positive of initiatives to improve standards - HOWEVER, be mindful of the double-edged sword
Practice & Theory observations

Drivers of the "Standards of Excellence" agenda
  • Quality improvement movement: benchmarking; M&E; best practices
  • MDIs' desire for improvement and professionalism
  • Governments' desire and pressure for improvement and more productive and professional public servants
  • Limited resources - Increasing demand for better return on investment
  • Competing in a training "market": greater competition; market share; self-sustainability; more critical "consumers"
Examples of such processes
  • NASPAA assesses Schools of Administration in America
  • OIC ranks Universities from the OIC region
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong Ranking System
  • The Times Higher Education supplement



AFRICAN MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTES' NETWORK
Disclaimer and copyright
Tel: +27 (0)11 480 4994      Fax: +27 (0)11 642 6011      Email: secretariat@amdin.net 		Octoplus Information Solutions