Leadership Recruitment And Renewal For Governance, Development And State Construction Challenges

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Leadership Recruitment And Renewal For
Governance, Development And State Construction
Challenges

• Prof. Jide Balogun
• Member, PAMNET

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Background Justification

• Visionary leadership and contemporary challenges
  (state reconstruction, reinvigoration of
  democratic/popular participation institutions,
  macro-economic reform, war on corruption and on
  poverty)
• Weaknesses/Inadequacies of leadership recruitment
  practices in one-party/military era (Limited
  scope for popular participation in selection
  process, restricted competition among candidates,
  cronyism and mismanagement of public assets)

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Background Justification

• Lingering issues in leadership recruitment (need
  to review criteria for election of political
  leaders and for recruitment into posts of
  confidence such as Inspector-General of Police,
  Central Bank Governor, and Managing Director of
  State Enterprises)
• Need to control ethnic, social-class, and
  economic influences in leadership selection
• Growing acknowledgement of impact of leadership
  deficits (Public Service Ministers meetings in
  Kampala, January 2004 and Rosebank, South
  Africa, September 2004).

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Programmes Strategic Objective

• Subject to further refinement by PAM-NET, and at
  the
• substantive stage of programme formulation, by
  other
• stakeholders, the strategic objective of the
  Programme
• will be to
• Build a broad measure of consensus around a
  leadership
• recruitment, renewal and succession process that
• adequately responds to AFRICAS immediate concern
  for
• peace and stability, and the long-term governance
  and
• development aspirations.

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Tactical/Medium-term Objectives

• Sponsor diagnostic reviews of current leadership
  recruitment patterns (with emphasis on aspirants
  profile, motivations, resource-base, and bidding
  methods)
• Explore options for widening the scope for
  citizen participation in leadership selection
• Promote common cause around a leadership
  recruitment system that responds to Africas
  governance and development aspirations

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Tactical/Medium-term Objectives

• Based on knowledge of good practices in
  leadership recruitment, provide technical
  advisory missions to political parties, civic
  bodies, etc.
• Design and conduct leadership training for
  leadership aspirants and incumbents of leadership
  posts at central, regional, provincial and
  district levels.

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Activities in pursuit of objectives

• Fielding of Missions to Select Countries (to
  discuss project scope and methodology with
  partners)
• Organization of Research Design Methodology
  Workshops for Participating Institutions
• Recruitment of Project Personnel and Research
  Assistants

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Activities contd.

• Conduct of desk studies and documentation of
  findings from secondary sources
• Design, testing and administration of survey
  questionnaire
• Preparation of Reports and Case Studies (on
  leadership recruitment patterns, successes,
  constraints, and leadership competency needs)
• Dissemination of research findings
• Provision of Advisory services
• Organization of Leadership Recruitment
  Conferences and Leadership Competency
  Workshops/Seminars.

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Expected Outputs

• A brochure on Programme Implementation
  Methodology Guidelines
• Reports on Leadership Profile studies (by
  sub-region)
• Case Studies in Successful and Failed Leadership
• Civic and Voter Education Capacity Development
  Programme

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Outputs contd.

• Computer-based information on political parties
  in various sub-regions
• Reports of advisory services provided in response
  to requests from political parties and civic
  groups
• Number and socio-economic class of Participants
  at Consultative Conferences on Leadership
  Recruitment
• A Programme Implementation Log Frame.

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Budget and Finance

• Total estimated cost of Programme is US3.5
  million
• Amount include provisions for preparation
  missions, research workshops, design and
  administration of questionnaire, consultants
  fees, transport and travel (for programme-related
  missions), and programme staff.
• Details to be fleshed out in a substantive
  Programme Document (after approval of this
  Concept Note).

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Institutional Framework

• Project Sponsorship and Finance the ACBF
• Project Implementation Institution(s) designated
  by the ACBF and DESA
• Project Staff/Consultants PAM-NET members and
  others identified by the ACBF and DESA
• Project Executing Agency DESA

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Accountability and Reporting Framework

• The accountability and reporting framework will
  be determined by the ACBF

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Recommendation to PAM-NET

• PAM-NET is invited to examine the Concept Note
  and if the proposal makes sense, recommend to
  ACBF to give green light for preparation of
  substantive document and fielding of preparatory
  missions
• PAM-NET is further invited to suggest how to
  involve its members in preparation of Programme
  Document, and implementation of substantive
  activities.