Directorates
February 2, 2023 2023-08-23 13:35Directorates
Introduction
The Kenya School of Government is the premier capacity development institution for the Public Service in the country and the region. The mandate of the School is to enhance knowledge, skills, and competencies of public officials and thereby transform the Public Service into an efficient, innovative, and expert agency in national leadership and management, policy making and implementation, service delivery, and public engagement. Furthermore, the School is required to deliver programs aimed at inculcating public service ethics, doctrines and values for greater accountability and responsiveness to the needs and expectations of citizens. In order to fulfill this mandate, the School performs the following functions:
i. Training that is designed to promote professional expertise and public service values
ii. Research to improve Institutional problem-solving ability
iii. Consultancy services to support organizational re-engineering of public institutions
iv. Policy advisory services; and
v. Public outreach to promote uptake of Government policies and programs
The School has expanded academic programs to include the five streams of the mandate namely:
a. Training
b. Research
c. Consultancy
d. Policy Advisory and
e. Outreach
New academic programs have been developed while the ones existing prior to installation of the new status were revised to reflect the transformational and expanded mandate of the School. All the programs responded to competency requirements of professional and technical cadres in the different fields in public service.
The scope of the mandate required extension of services across the public sector to include the entire civil service, state corporations, counties and other devolved units, constitutional commissions, independent offices, Judiciary, Parliament and the military and other disciplined services.
The School has developed and implemented programs with a regional and international reach across the five streams of her mandate.
The School runs programs that are continuously reviewed and specially designed to address real capacity gaps with manifest bearing on delivery of services by Ministries, Departments, Agencies and Counties (MDACs). The School has more than 180 courses of different durations that fall in one or the other of several fields of competency development such as the following:
1. Public sector leadership
2. Corporate Governance in the public sector
3. Administration and management
4. Management of state owned enterprises
5. Public Policy
6. Supervisory Skills
7. Public Sector values and Ethics
8. Productivity and Performance Management
9. Human Resource Management
10. Communication
11. Environmental Governance and Climate Change
12. Public Finance and Budgeting
13. Public Procurement, Asset Disposal and Contract Management
14. e-Government: Digitization of Public Services
15. Gender and Social Development
16. Devolution and other forms of Decentralized Government
17. Security And Strategy Management
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Introduction
Through the Office of Director Linkages and Collaborations, the School develops strategic linkages and collaborations with institutions of learning, professional organizations, private sector, Schools of Government and other similar institutions across the world. The School seeks to collaborate with stakeholders who share KSG’s Vision in training, research, consultancy, advisory interventions and outreach programs.
The School continues to develop specific programs aimed at addressing linkages with the Vision 2030 and other National, regional and international development goals. In so doing KSG through the office of linkages and collaborations has principles and procedures for engaging in formal linkages and collaborations at the School or campus level. The scope includes but not limited to:
- Government level linkages and collaborations
- International linkages and collaborations
- Development Partners
- Public- Private Partnerships
- Linkages and collaborations with local institutions
- Linkages with Think Tanks
Some of the partnerships that the School has successfully established and continues to work with include:
- EU Instruments for Devolution Advice and Support (IDEAS)
- EU TAIEX INTPA technical assistance and information exchange instrument
- African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)
- United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO/DFID)
- USAID and Palladium on Tupime Kaunti Project
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and KDP on Timiza Ugatuzi Project
- World Food Program (WFP) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Commonwealth Secretariat (ComSec)
- DANIDA
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- World Food Program (WFP) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
African Management Development Management Institute Network (AMDIN)
The School is a member of the African Management Development Management Institute Network (AMDIN), a network of Management Development Institutes (MDIs), Public Sector Training Institutes (PSTIs) and other Public Administration Institutions (PAIs) based in Africa.
It is responsible for exchanging knowledge among its experts and sharing of best practices with other like-minded institutions with a common vision in the areas of capacity building in the public service. Membership of the Management Development Institutes (MDIs) spans across the five regions (North Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, West Africa and Southern Africa), and currently has approximately 27 members affiliated to AMDIN. The Executive Committee (EXCO) of AMDIN develops a programme of activities, which offers training interventions and opportunities to its members.
Director General of the Kenya School of Government, Prof. Ludeki Chweya was elected the President of the African Management Development Management Institutes Network (AMDIN) at the General Assembly that was held on September 28-29, 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda, and will serve as the President of AMDIN to serve for two years. He is deputized by five vice presidents from the five regions.
International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA)
The School has joined the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) as Corporate Member. IASIA is an active and influential organization in shaping global agenda and best policy responses to governance problems and aspirations. The Association is involved in research and dissemination of knowledge in public administration;
- It provides a platform for sharing lessons of experience in public sector governance among policy makers who actively participate in IASIA programs and forums;
- It develops and promotes new and more effective strategies and approaches in leadership and management; and supports capacity building for implementation of globally and regionally agreed social programs which presently include UN Sustainable Development Goals and AU Agenda 2063.
KSG Alumni
KSG has facilitated the establishment of KSG Alumni to foster professional networks within the Public service, whereas the established linkages and collaborations support development of shared expertise and competencies to achieve common purposes as mutually agreed. The goal for the alumni is to:
- Instil Leadership skills,
- Achieve Mental Wellness awareness among Public Servants and
- Foster loyalty and patriotism.
Proposed activities for the alumni include: Crowdfunding for CSR activities, scholarships, leadership fora and mentorship programs in public service.
The School has entered establishment of the IGAD Leadership Academy whose core function is to mentor and groom the next generation of leaders in order to enhance peace and security, strengthen democratic governance and promote integrity as well as respect for human rights across the IGAD region.
KSG has partnered with Chandler Academy of Governance (CAG) the training arm of the Chandler Institute of Governance, a non-profit and non-governmental organization based in Singapore to carry out a global research on the status of training in National Schools of Government. CAG supports governments globally in the design and delivery of training for public sector leaders.
