The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA), in partnership with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, the National Planning Commission, and the KwaZulu-Natal Office of the Premier, will host a 3-day Government Capacity and Performance Review Conference. 

The conference is informed by the 10-year anniversary of the adoption of the National Development Plan (NDP) developed in 2012. Chapter 13 of the NDP commits the government to build its own capacity for the efficient and effective delivery of services, and to close the trust deficit between the government and citizens. The conference is centred on this commitment by the government over the last 10 years through the NDP. It seeks to ascertain the extent to which the government has manifested this commitment ten years later.

The DPSA Director-General, Ms Yoliswa Makhasi, says: “The conference is very important in that it will assist the government to ascertain its capacity status, key areas of intervention, and how to proceed in the implementation of key aspects of the NDP”.

The conference brings together a variety of stakeholders working in the field of state capacity and government performance. This includes academics from across South African universities; researchers; public servants; and cabinet leaders. The president is expected to open the conference, but this is still subject to confirmation by the presidency.

The conference will take place from the 7th to the 9th of November at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Source: Government of South Africa