MAINTAINING GOOD GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY

 Introduction
 During the financial year under review, the Office of the Prime Minister executed various activities in line with its mandate, as follows:

• Leading Government business in Parliament
• Coordinating the work of Cabinet
• Advising and assisting the President in the execution of Government functions
• Managing and overseeing public services in the country, and
• Carrying out special projects assigned to the Office.

In order to enable the Office to fulfill its mandate, resources are allocated on the basis of the following 3 broad

• Enabling the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister to execute their constitutional and Cabinet-related functions
• Enabling Namibia to have an efficient, effective and accountable Public Services
• Reducing the impact of disasters on Namibia and its people.

Based on the above programmes, key activities were undertaken according to the following functional areas during the period under review:

• Policy development,
• Cabinet affairs,
• Coordination and supervision O/M/A/s,
• Diplomatic liaison and international conferences,
• Community interaction,
• Special assignments,
• Human resources development,
• Human resources management,
• Human capital management system development,
• Reforms to advance efficiency and effectiveness,  
• E-governance, and information and communications technology management,
• Disaster and emergency management, and
• General administration.