Gauteng Public Service Week Celebrations

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Gauteng Public Service Week Celebrations

• Office of the Premier Gauteng

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24 -29 JULY 2006

• As part of GPGs Batho Pele revitalisation
  campaign GPG celebrated Public Service Week 24
  29 July
• The week's activities sought to recognise public
  servants' contribution in making Gauteng a better
  place and aim to boost service delivery even
  further.

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PSW 2006 Activities

• Monday 24 July 2006
• Event Launch of service Charter Carnival
• Venue Beyers Naude Square.
• Key Activities
• March by each department carrying key service
  charter banners, placards of different Batho
  Pele principles
• Poetry/Music, Drama, Indoor Games
• Distribution of service charter
• Signing of Pledges

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PSW 2006 Activities

• Tuesday 25 July 2006
• Events
• Pavement Information Kiosk /Open Day
• Unannounced visits to Government Service Points
  by Senior Managers
• Key Activities
• Information distribution creating awareness on
  dept activities
• Coalface of service delivery

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PSW 2006 Activities

• Thurs 27 July 2006
• Events
• Distribution of govt material at Southgate,
  Eastgate and Carlton Centre shopping centres by
  MECs
• Mobile/online services
• Launch of Charters
• Key Activities
• Information distribution creating awareness on
  Batho Pele

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PSW 2006 Activities

• Frid 28 July 2006
• Events
• Launch of Economic Opportunities Roadshow
• Key Activities
• Information distribution
• Mobile Services
• IT access

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PSW 2006 Activities

• Saturday, 29 July 2006
• Events
• Economic Opportunities Roadshow continues
• Launch of Kwa Thema MPCC
• Venues
• Ivory Park
• Kwa Thema

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Achievements

• Participation
• Advocacy/communication
• Involvement of public
• Promotion of integrated public services MPCC
• Co-operation between different spheres of
  government

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CHALLENGES

• Coordination of the march for the various
  departments was a bit of a challenge considering
  the citys by laws.
• Commitment on the part of senior members to where
  they were deployed on unannounced visits to
  service delivery points was lacking.
• Senior managers could not submit the unannounced
  visits forms to coordinators even after followed
  up.
• Departments had other planned programmes that
  were not related to the public service week.
• No common promotional gifts for the pavement
  kiosks
• No coordination between Communicators and
  officials in the public service delivery
  directorates within the various departments.

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Learnings

• Besides the major programmes initiated by the OoP
  departments must coordinate internal departmental
  activities to promote the week.
• All political principals and senior managers must
  participate and support departmental programmes
  as deployed.
• The public service week should be budgeted for by
  all departments to promote maximum participation.
• The public service week should be on the GPG
  calendar
• Reports on the results of the unannounced visits
  be submitted by senior managers.
• Promotional items should be produced to promote
  the GPG public service week.
• Clear roles and guidelines between communicators
  and public service delivery units within
  departments.