Accra, Nov. 6, GNA - About 100 leaders from Commonwealth countries will converge in Accra on tomorrow to explore how to develop and maintain high quality public service in their respective states. The three-day conference is expected to bring together heads of Civil Service, Public Service Commissioners, head of Public Service organisations including public service training institutions and leaders of Human Resource Development.

Organised by the Association of Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (COPAM), participants will brainstorm on the challenges facing the public service in the 21st Century and reforms in the public service.

Participants are also expected to explore and share good practices on strategic leadership challenges and opportunities for senior leaders who are responsible for developing talents needed to meet the 21st Century. Speakers at the conference include Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, Professor Stephen Adei, Rector, Ghana Institute for Public Administration and Management, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Minister of Public Service and Administration, South Africa.

Others are Professor H. Ian MacDonald, Professor Emeritus of Policy, York University, Canada, Janet Waters, National School of Government, and United Kingdom. Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Canada, the United Kingdom and Canada are some of the participating countries.

COPAM came into being in October 2005 at New Delhi, India and at the meeting leaders and faculty of training and development institutes demonstrated the need for an international networking as well as the strategic value of sharing knowledge and resources among members. Members also identified actions they needed to take to strengthen capability in line with the priorities of various governments agenda.