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Parliamentary Paper No. 13 of 2016 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 31st January 2016 Honourable Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama Prime Minister Government Buildings SUVA Ufs: Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister Dear Sir I present the Annual Report for the Office of the President for the financial year ending 31st December 2012, in accordance with the Financial Management Act 2004 that requires government agencies to table their Annual Report before Parliament. Yours sincerely Pene Baleinabuli Official Secretary to the President OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 1 ANNUAL REPORT 2012 CONTENTS Chapter 1: Overview 3 Ofcial Secretary’s review 4 Ofce Overview 5 Outlook for 2013 6 Chapter 2: Roles, Outcome and Outputs 7 Roles 8 Outcome Table 1 Targeted Outcome 9 Outputs Table 2 Targeted Outputs 9 Chapter 3: Organization Structure 10 Figure 1 Organization Structure -January 2012 11 Figure 2 Organization Structure-October 2012 12 Chapter 4: Programme Component 13 Programme Component 1: Ofcial and Ceremonial Functions 14 Table 3 Presentation of Credentials 14 Table 4 Swearing-In Ceremony 15 Table 5 Presentation of I-Tatau 15 Table 6 Courtesy Call 16 Table 7 Community Engagements 16 Table 8 Patronage 18 Table 9 School Visits 18 Table 10 Overseas Engagement 19 Table 11 Total No. of Engagement 19 Figure 3 Comparative Data 20 Programme Component 2: Fiji College of Honour and Award System 21 Programme Component 3: Domestic Services 21 Programme Component 4: Landscape Services 22 Table 12 Bure Engagement 22 Programme Component 5: Security Services 23 Programme Component 6: Management & Accountability 23 Table 13 Establishment 23 Table 14 Staf Movements 23 Figure 4 Comparative Training from 2010-2012 24 Table 15 Vehicle Return 24 Figure 5 Vehicle Report 24 Appendices 25 Financial Statements 26 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2012 CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 3 ANNUAL REPORT 2012 CHAPTER 1 OFFICIAL SECRETARY’S REVIEW • A major highlight in the year was the renewal of His Excellency the President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau’s term of Ofce. Tis was His Excellency’s second term following his initial appointment in 2009. Te Swearing-In Ceremony was facilitated on 12 November by the Chief Justice the Honourable Anthony Gates in the presence of the Prime Minister, Honourable Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Voreqe Bainimarama, Cabinet Ministers and representatives of the public and private sectors, the diplomatic community, religious and community leaders and Head Prefects of various secondary schools. • Te Ofce of the President supported His Excellency’s active programme of ceremonial and community engagements throughout the year. His Excellency the President attended to over 180 events including delivering 70 speeches. Chapter 4 provides a breakdown of His Excellency’s engagements. • Te Ofcial Secretary Mr. Joeli Rokovada retired from Government service in June 2012. Mr Rokovada served in Government for more than a decade and held the position of Ofcial Secretary for almost four years. Prior to this appointment, he was the Commissioner Western Division. He was also the Director for the National Disaster Management Ofce. During his tenure as Ofcial Secretary, Mr. Rokovada oversaw, among other outputs, the production of the Ofce of the President’s Protocol Manual which now serves as an invaluable guide to the State ceremonial and ofcial functions administered by the President. • Te change of the Ofcial Secretary in June 2012 provided the opportunity for the Ofce to conduct a situational analysis of its operations to identify strategic areas to strengthen its services to the Head of State through the alignment of services to the principle legislations and guiding documents including the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009; the People’s Charter for Change, Peace and Progress; the Strategic Framework for Change; and the Roadmap to Democracy and Sustainable Socio-Economic Development, among others. Following the analysis, the Ofce implemented the frst phase of its organizational reform against the backdrop of Government’s civil service reforms. • From the second half of 2012, greater emphasis was placed on strengthening the working relationship between the Ofce of the President and the Ofce of the Prime Minister. Although this relationship existed before, the renewed eforts in 2012 were in cognizance of the country’s socio-political history and the perceived need to improve the coordination of the President’s national and international programmes that had an impact on Fiji’s nation-building eforts lead by the Government-of-the-day. Tis was operationalized through the participation of the Ofcial Secretary in the senior management meetings convened by the Permanent Secretary in the Ofce of the Prime Minister. Consultations with the Hon. Prime Minister on issues of national and international signifcance became more consistent. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 4 ANNUAL REPORT 2012 CHAPTER 1 OFFICE OVERVIEW • At the operational level, the Ofce of the President is headed by the Ofcial Secretary who is responsible for coordinating all forms of direct support for the President to enable the President to fulfll all his roles and responsibilities as defned in the Nation’s guide documents. In 2012, these guide documents included but were not limited to the following: Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009 and Amendment Decree 2009; Administration of Justice Decree 2009; State Services Decree 2009; Honours and Awards Act 1995; the People’s Charter for Change, Peace and Progress; the Strategic Framework for Change; and the Roadmap to Democracy and Socio-Economic Development 2009-2014. • In the second half of 2012, following a situational analysis, work in the Ofce of the President was divided into four divisions namely the Executive Support Division, the Operations Division, the Corporate Services Division and the Security Division. Te Security Division was under the charge of the President’s Aide-de-Camp while all the other divisions reported to the Ofcial Secretary. Specifcally, the responsibilities of the four division were as follows: • Executive Division: provided advice on Government’s policy positions on issues of national and international signifcance; provided direct professional support to the President by planning, organizing and managing all of the President’s national and international engagements; coordinated and drafed the President’s speeches and statements; coordinated and drafed the President’s correspondences. • Operations Division: Tis division included the Domestic Services Section, which provided housekeeping, cooking and laundry services. It also included the Landscape Section that was responsible for the upkeep of State House and the Presidential Compounds in Suva, Deuba and Lautoka. Te Division also comprised the Projects Management Unit that was established in the second half of 2012 to better manage all the Capital Projects for the Ofce. • Corporate Services Division: covered responsibilities from fnance, human resources management, information technology support to administration, registry and transport management. Te Division also oversaw the functions of Fiji’s College of Honour Secretariat. • Security Division: Te division was responsible for providing 24-hour security for the President. It also coordinated security for the State House and Presidential compound in Suva. Te division comprised ofcers from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces and the Fiji Police Force. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 5 ANNUAL REPORT 2012 CHAPTER 1 OUTLOOK FOR 2013 • For 2013, the Ofce will continue to re-position itself to improve the support services towards His Excellency the President. Te underlying and ultimate philosophy is to build the Ofce’s capacity to the optimum level so that it could assist Fiji’s Head of State to successfully fulfll all his obligations to the nation. • A development of national interest in 2013 will involve His Excellency the President’s assent to Fiji’s new Constitution in accordance with Government’s commitment as articulated in the Roadmap to Democracy and Sustainable Socio-Economic Development. • Te Ofce will seek to reactivate the Honours and Awards programme to ensure continuous recognition of members of the public for their community services and especially their contributions towards nation building. • Te organizational reform in-line with Government’s overarching civil service reform agenda will continue to underpin the management of the Ofce. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 6 ANNUAL REPORT 2012 CHAPTER 2 REPORT ON ROLES, OUTCOMES AND OUTPUTS OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 7 ANNUAL REPORT 2012 BRIEF CHAPTER 2 ROLES Vision To be the Pillar of National Unity and Beacon of Racial Harmony. To maintain and reinforce the foundation of lasting peace, harmony and unity Mission with respect to the values, rights and freedom of all. Te core intrinsic and enduring values: • Honesty and fairness • Respect for Truth and Justice Values • Impartiality • Human Rights & Human Dignity • Transparency and accountability • Peace, unity and stability • Tolerance • Safety and Security 1. Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009 and Amendment Decree 2009 2. State Services Decree 2009 Legislations 3. Administration of Justice Decree 2009 & Documents 4. Honours and Awards Act 1995 5. People’s Charter for Change, Peace and Progress 6. Te Strategic Framework for Change 7. Te Roadmap to Democracy and Sustainable Socio-Economic Development 2009-2014 To provide support services for the efective functioning of the Ofce of the President in following areas: 1. To ensure that the