PRESENTATIONS FROM THE 3RD HRM CONVENTION
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Welcome

The Office of the Premier and the Provincial Administration is at the forefront of hosting a 3rd Annual Provincial Public Sector Human Resources Management Convention on 15-17 September 2008. The venue is the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre (ICC) in Durban.The convention follows on the success of the first one held on 11-13 October 2006 at the Sibaya Casino & Entertainment Kingdom in Ballito and the one held last year on 19-21 September 2007 at the ICC. The theme for last year’s convention was “Transforming human resources management in the public sector: From transactional management to boardroom strategic partnerships”, and there were approximately 400 delegates in attendance.

The aim of the convention is to
  - be a catalyst for the Provincial Government to foster good governance and synergise human capital planning;
  - ensure that the public service human capital resources practice are aligned or repositioned for the envisaged single public service;
  - share best human resources practice and to keep abreast of human resources management developments in the global village;
  - foster human capability development in the public sector at large as one of the Provincial Government’s identified provincial priorities;
  - assist in the development of an informed human resources management development curriculum by tertiary institutions and the newly established Provincial Public Service Training Academy.

Target Audience

The target audience is largely senior human capital management personnel in the following public sector employment domain:

- Provincial Administration (Departments)
 - Local Government (municipalities)
- Public Entities
- Provincial Legislature
- Offices of the Premiers in other provinces
- Tertiary Institutions
- National Departments resident in the province

Although this conference is mainly for public sector employees, the invitation is also extended to select private sector personnel with a view to share human resources management best practices.

The convention enjoys the support of the Department of Public Service & Administration (DPSA), the Public Service Commission (PSC), The African Leadership Group, The Institute of People Management (IPM), The Skills Framework (Pty) Ltd, The SA Reserve Bank, amongst others.

Please note that attendance of the
KZN Public Sector HRM Convention
is by invitation only.