July 25-26, 2012
Oasis Atlantico Praia Mar, Praia, Cape Verde

As part of its project "Enhancing Citizen Voice and Accountability in Africa ’and its contribution to the 2012 Program of the African Union on’ shared values’ for a developmental governance in Africa, the Africa Governance Institute (AGI) organize - under the leadership of the Department of Political Affairs of the African Union Commission and in partnership with the African Development Bank, the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning, the UNDP Country Office and the Delegation to the State Reform and Technical Assistance of Senegal, a regional workshop of experience sharing on the theme ’the Relationship Between Public Administration Reform and Reform of Economic and Financial Governance in Lusophone and ECOWAS Countries’.

Programme

Welcome remarks

 Prof Adebayo Olukoshi, AGI Executive Director / UNIDEP Executive Director
 Mr Momar Aly Ndiaye, Delegate to State Reform and Technical Assistance, Senegal
 H.E.Mrs Julia Dolly Joiner, Commissioner, African Union Commission
 H.E.Mrs Maria Cristina Lopes Almeida, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Health, representative of the Head of Government, Cape-Verde

Session I : Context, President of the session : Mrs Iva Cabral, Amilcar Cabral Foundation

 The African Charter on the Values and Principles of Public Service and Administration: a new catalyst for proactive government reform in Africa, Mr Abraham Okoko Essau, DAP/AUC
 The long term strategy on African Governance and the program of Public Administration, Mr Abraham Okoko Essau, DAP/AUC
 Public Administration reform and Economic Emergence, DREAT

Session II : Dynamics, President of the session : Mr Victor Borges, Former Minister

 Public Administration reform, good governance and decentralisation, Mr Luis Filipe Tavares, Jean Piaget University
 Public Administration Reform and Good Governance post-conflict situations, Mr Braima Sanha, CEO, ENA Bissau Guinea
 Public administration reform and capacity building of states and non states actors, Mr Maurice Engueleguele, AGI, Programme Coordinator

Session III : The actors, President of the Session, Mme Edelfride Barbosa Almeida, President du réseau des femmes économistes du Cap-Vert

 The exprerience of Cape Verde in the regulation of public procurement : the role of non-state actors, Mrs Carla Soares de Sousa, Chair of the Board, ARAP
 The role of state actors in the public administration reform and the reform of economic and financial governance, Mr Alvino Bonifacio Lopes, Chair of the NSA’s platform Cape-Verde, WAI director of administration and finance
 The contribution of TFP and diaspora in the public administration reform and the reform of economic and financial governance, Mr Abdoulaye Diallo, Président de la plateforme des ONGs, Guinea Conakry

Session IV : Case studies, President of the session : Mr Abraham Okoko Essau, DAP/AUC

 Public administration reform and the fight against corruption and the promotion integrity & Gateway Corruption Assessment Toolbox, Ms Chantal Uwimana, Transparency International, regional director for Africa
 Public administration reform and domestic revenue mobilization, expérience sharing with the participants
 Public administration reforms, good governance, development and innovation, experience sharing with the participants

Closing of the experience sharing regional workshop

 Prof Adebayo Olukoshi, AGI Executive director / UNIDEP director
 H.E.Mrs Julia Dolly Joiner, African Union Commission
 H.E.M. Romeu Fonseca Modesto, Public Administration Executive Secretary