1St Report on the State of Human Resources of Local Governments in Africa
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THE AFRICAN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACADEMY The Observatory of Human Resources of Local Governments in Africa ST 1 Report On the state of Human Resources of Local Governments in Africa «Together for an Effective Local Africa » November 2018 © 2018 CGLU Africa This publication presents the 1st Report on the state of Human Resources of Local Governments in Africa. All rights reserved. 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Commission européenne General Coordination of the Report: Dr. Najat Zarrouk, Director of the African Local Governments Academy (ALGA) of UCLG-Africa. Technical preparation: Dr. Kamaté Ismaël, Officer in charge of the Observatory of Human Resources of African Local Governments - ALGA ALGA team: Mr. Wahir Some Justin, Director ALGA-Ouagadougou Mrs. Lova Ramilijaona, Officer in charge of Training and Academic Affairs Mrs. Wafae Boumaaz, Assistant to the Director of ALGA, and Research Officer Mrs. Philomène Dabiré, Accounting Assistant, ALGA-Ouagadougou Miss Chabi Fariath, Trainee Mr. Patrick Dieudonné Belinga Ondoua, Trainee Resource Persons: Prof. Johnson Falade, Special Adviser to UCLG-Africa, Nigeria Mr. Norbert Zadi Gokui, International Expert-Consultant, Côte d’Ivoire Mr. Raymond Veriter, International Expert-Consultant, Belgium Printing: UCLG-Africa All photos in this volume are licensed under Créative Commons (Https://creativecommons.org/licences/). Some rights reserved. "The development of Human Resources is the keystone of economic, social and environmental development (...) health and education are at the heart of the development of human resources". Excerpt from the Resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, December 20, 2017, 72/235 Development of Human Resources "14. Africa's human capital will be fully developed as the most valuable resource, including through sustained universal-based investments in early childhood education and basic education, and also through sustained investment in higher education, science, technology, research and innovation, and eliminate inequalities between men and women at all levels of education. Access to higher education will be expanded and strengthened by providing modern, world-class infrastructures for learning and research to support the scientific reforms that underpin the transformation of the continent." ASPIRATION 1 of the African Vision 2063 "...Our choice to value human resources, knowing that Human Capital is the lever of development and the source of wealth. It is also the vehicle for transformation and management of other resources and of their integration into the development process”. Speech from the Throne of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Kingdom of Morocco, July 30, 2000 Under the High Patronage of His MAJESTY KING MOHAMMED VI REPORT PUBLISHED On the occasion of the 8th Edition of the AFRICITES Summit, held in the Kingdom of Morocco, in Marrakech, on November 20-24, 2018 SUMMARY PREFACE ............................................................................................................................................... 9 AcknowledgmentS ......................................................................................................................... 11 GENERAL PRESENTATION OF THE REPORT .................................................................................. 15 Key findings ..................................................................................................................................... 21 GENERAL INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 27 I- The AU Charters on Decentralization and Public Service Administration ............................... 28 II-The challenges of HRM in Local Public Administration in Africa ............................................ 32 PART I : THE PLACE OF HRM IN THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONING OF LOCAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN AFRICA ........................................................................................................... 37 I. The issue of the organization of the services of Local Governments ........................................... 38 1. Responsibilities in setting the organizational charts ..................................................................... 39 2. Main Structures in Local Public Administrations ........................................................................... 40 3. The gap between the fixed functions and those effectively existing ............................................ 41 II. The positioning of the Human Resources Manager within Local Public Administration ....... 41 1. The place of HRM in the organizational charts of the Local Governments ................................... 42 2. The denomination of the HR Manager .......................................................................................... 43 III. Mapping of Actors involved in HRM at local level in Africa ................................................... 45 1. Stakeholders at the central level ................................................................................................... 45 2. The Key actors at the Territorial and Local level ........................................................................... 48 3. Other key actors ............................................................................................................................ 55 IV- The issue of the Statutes: the predominance of two models ..................................................... 61 1.The career systems ......................................................................................................................... 62 2. The employment systems ............................................................................................................. 72 V. Main characteristics of the Local Public Administration Staff .................................................. 76 1. Personal data ................................................................................................................................. 76 2. Professional Data ........................................................................................................................... 80 3. Analysis of the professional profile of 51 HR Managers in African Local Authorities ................... 88 VI. The Human Resources of Local & Subnational Governments in Figures ............................... 91 1. Overview of local government staff .............................................................................................. 91 2. The rate of staff coverage rate or density ..................................................................................... 94 3. The supervision rate ...................................................................................................................... 95 4. The feminization rate .................................................................................................................... 96 5. The percentage of people with reduced mobility in the staff of Local or Subnational Governments ..................................................................................................................................... 97 6. The illiteracy rate ........................................................................................................................... 98 7. The wage bill in the budget of the African Local Governments .................................................... 98 8. Le budget allocated to Training and Skills Development ............................................................ 100 PART II : EVALUATION OF THE HRM FUNCTION WITHIN AFRICAN LOCAL & SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS ................................................................................................................................. 101 I- Personnel administration .............................................................................................................. 102 1. Recruitment ................................................................................................................................. 102 2. Management of the staff’s administrative records .................................................................. 112 3. Career management ................................................................................................................. 113 4. Management of vacations and leaves of absence .................................................................... 119 5. Payroll Management ................................................................................................................ 120 6. Code