National School of Government Executive Education Portfolio

THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PORTFOLIO

The National School of Government Launched a suite of Executive Education Portfolio in the Month of June. The NSG has been delivering a range of Executive Programmes for several years. The momentum has increased over the past year and there is a growing demand within public institutions for relevant, high-quality Executive Education and related learning opportunities. The school has responded to the wider demand by introducing a range of initiatives of executive education training programmes suitable for political and administrative levels of government across the country and region.

Focused learning programmes have also been established for Boards of Public Entities and for senior officials with strategy design, policy formulation, and programme implementation responsibilities in government. Coupled with these, the NSG is in the process of developing additional offerings for the coming years, to create a timely Executive Education portfolio for the public sector. The NSG Executive Education offerings broadly fall into the following categories, Executive Short Learning Programmes and Courses as well as Master Classes and Seminars.

1. Executive Short Learning Programmes and Courses:

These are arranged as immersive learning opportunities co-created with senior practitioners and academics, and focusing on application in real contexts of service. Available and forthcoming programmes include the following, among others:

• Executive Induction Programme for newly appointed senior managers at levels of Directors-

General, Heads of Departments and Deputy Directors-General; • Etella, an eight-module programme for Accounting

Officers in the three spheres of government, state-owned entities, and organs of state accounting officers; • Executive Education Programme for Senior Government Officials, offered in partnership with the

University College London; • Economic Governance School for Members of the Executive for local and continental Ministers,

Deputy Ministers, Premiers, MECs,

Mayors, and Members of Mayoral

Committees; • Ethical Leadership and Executive

Oversight Programme for

Members of the Executive and

Accounting Officers; • Induction Programme for Boards of Public Entities for serving and aspirant members of Boards of state-owned entities; • Applying the Socio-Economic

Impact Assessments System (SEIAS) as a Policy Making and

Implementation Tool, for public office bearers and officials and with policy making, research, and monitoring and evaluation roles • Public Sector Design and Systems

Thinking; • Scenario Planning for Public

Sector Governance; and • Coaching services for individuals, groups or organisational teams.

2. Masterclasses and Seminars:

These are generally short engagements over a few hours and sometimes over a few hours or a day. In general, these just-in-time sessions are directed at bringing to participants some of the latest thinking on the role of public institutions and the dynamics of the economic, social, and political environment.

After launching the Executive Education Portfolio, the school hosted the Economic Governance winter school from 27th of June to the 1st of July 2022 at Olwazini Nedbank training Centre. The Economic Governance school is part of the Executive Education Suite of programmes launched by the school. The weeklong programme was attended by South African Government Ministers, Mayors, Members of Mayoral Committees and Members of Executive Councils, together with Government Ministers from Côte d’Ivoire and South Sudan, Director-Generals from Lesotho, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Ghana.

The Acting Minister of Public Service and Administration Mr Thulas Nxesi paid a courtesy visit to the participants of the Economic Governance Winter School where he briefly met with the two Ministers from the continent who attended the winter school.

Principal of the NSG, Prof Busani Ngcaweni, said “This third instalment of the Winter School was a resounding success and it looked at the >

Prof Ngcaweni adds, “The Economic THE NATIONAL Governance Winter School is part of the Executive Education Portfolio SCHOOL OF launched by the NSG early in June 2020. The Executive Education GOVERNMENT Programme is targeted at high level executives in the public sector, GOES both political office bearers and senior public sector managers and executives.” CONTINENTAL WITH ITS The inaugural programme was ECONOMIC held as a Spring/Summer School in November 2020, the second iteration GOVERNANCE as a Winter School in July 2021. These learning engagements were hailed as WINTER SCHOOL a resounding success with over forty members of the executive having attended the virtual sessions in compliance with lockdown regulations of the time. Prof Ngcaweni further said, “The NSG has been delivering a range of executive programmes for several years. The NSG has responded to the growing demand within public institutions by introducing a range of initiatives to attract participants from the political and administrative levels of government across the country and region. For example, high-level masterclasses have been attended by the President, Ministers, DirectorGenerals and many senior officials. We have formally launched this portfolio of programmes and are quite excited by this development.” The combination of attendees from different countries at the 2022 Economic Governance Winter School provided an opportunity for extending learning opportunities, exchange of ideas and lessons from difference scenarios that Political Executives

challenges and solutions of building the continental economy as well as promoting inclusive growth. In addition to local concerns, the 2022 programme brought into focus the Agenda 2063 aspirations that we hold dear for the continent, foremost of which is a prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development.”

Attendees had intensive engagement on topics around Digital Transformation, Climate Change, Trade and Industrialisation, African and GeoEconomics, and leading responsive Economic Governance.

This year’s winter school was hosted by the National School of Government and Wits School of Governance with the support of Nedbank, Anglo American, Metrofile and Imperial Logistics.

In the 2020 State of the Nation Address President Cyril Ramaphosa emphasised the need to confront South Africa’s challenges. These included rebuilding institutions and removing impediments to investment, ensuring excellence in planning and execution in government, and placing the South African economy on a path to recovery and inclusive growth.

Within this context, the National School of Government (NSG) designed the annual Economic Governance School Programme for Members of the Executive as part of its support to the government’s commitment to building a capable state.

The innovative programme was approved by Cabinet in August 2020. It intends to enhance leadership and oversight capabilities and broaden perspectives through analysis and critical reflection, and enable members of the executive within the three spheres of government to re-examine governance challenges that constrain inclusivity and sustainable economic growth.

THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT

The National School of Government (NSG) has a constitutional and legislative mandate to provide Education, Training and Development (ETD) in the three spheres of government, state-owned entities (SOEs) and organs of state. To achieve this objective the NSG offers quality education, training and development interventions that are relevant to the needs of the public sector. The school’s interventions are targeted at Cadet and Foundational Development; Middle Management Development; Senior Management and Professional Development; Executive Management & Leadership Development offering programmes in Leadership, Administration, Management and Induction.

CONTACT DETAILS

Enquiries about the Economic Governance Programme should be directed to Mr Khomotso Radebe at: khomotso.radebe@thensg.gov.za/ +27 83 268 0219

Enquiries about Local Government Programmes should be directed to The NSG Contact Centre: contactcentre@thensg.gov.za/ 086 100 8326 / 012 441 7000 Visit: www.thensg.gov.za