From 27th February -1st March 2017 the Department of Political Affairs of the African Union Commission (Secretariat of the AU-STC (8) on Public Service, Local Government, Urban Development and Decentralization) in collaboration with the Republic of Rwanda, organized a three-day high level technical planning meeting in preparations of 2017 Africa Public Service Day (APSD), celebrations that are scheduled to be held on 23rdJune 2017 in Kigali, Republic of Rwanda.
Participants at this meeting were the representatives of Rwanda  as host country, representatives from Service Champions countries in the domain of Public Service namely: Namibia, Ghana; experts from Kenya, South Africa and Cameroon.
In her opening remarks, Comfort Mbabazi; Ag. PS and DG of Public Service Modernization and Management in MIFOTRA welcomed and thanked all participants for their presence in the technical meeting that aimed at making the necessary plans and arrangements towards a successful Celebration of the 2017 Africa Public Service Day (APSD) to be celebrated in Kigali.
She reiterated that the APSD celebrations have the following aim: Rewarding excellence in the public sector; Motivating public servants to further promote innovation; Enhancing professionalism in the Public Service; Raising the image of public service; Enhancing trust in government; Collecting, documenting and Sharing best practices for possible replication within a country as well as across the African Continent.
The commemoration of the continental APSD in June 2017 is one of the Africa Union Commission priority activities for 2017 and it is worth noting that the previous Celebration at continental level was held on 23rd June 2015 in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.