Public Service Commission and Association of Public Accounts Committees signs a memorandum of understanding

25 June 2014

The Public Service Commission (PSC) as well as the Association of Public Accounts Committees (APAC) will on Monday, 30 June 2014 sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Pretoria.

The purpose of the MoU is to enhance cooperation between the PSC and APAC. Likewise, provide the basis for cooperation between these two organisations in order to lay the basis for seeking ways to complement each other’s legal mandates and share technical information and expertise.

The PSC seeks to promote the Constitutionally, enshrined democratic principles and values of the Public Service by investigating, researching, monitoring, evaluating, communicating and reporting on public administration. The APAC on the other hand, is an association recognised for promoting credible public financial management, accountability and good governance through effective collaborative legislative oversight.
 
Some of the principles that will govern the MoU to be signed include the following:

• Each party recognises and respects the governance structures and internal processes of the other.

• Each party shall be transparent with regard to planned activities that might potentially impact on the work of the other party and the parties shall seek ways to complement each other in the performance of their respective functions.

• The parties shall cooperate in good faith and with honesty, integrity and professionalism, and each party shall respect the other’s work (whether copyrighted or not), findings and representations.

The Chairperson of the PSC, Mr Ben Mthembu and the Chairperson of APAC, Honourable Sipho Makama will lead their respective delegation in the signing of the MoU.

Members of the media are invited to this historic event.

Issued jointly by the Public Service Commission and the Association of Public Accounts Committees

For more information, please contact Ricardo Mahlakanya; Deputy Director: External Communication; Public Service Commission; Tel: 012-352 1070; Cell: 079 769 7955; Email: ricardom@opsc.gov.za; or Thembelani Vanqa: Head of Communications, APAC. Tel: 012 -426 8277. Cell: 072 582 3870; Email: thembelaniv@agsa.co.za
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