Justina Mutale wins
International Public Administration Award credit: Juatina Mutale
Foundation
Justina Mutale, the Founder and
CEO of the Justina Mutale Foundation for Leadership has won the
highly coveted International Public Administration Award in the
prestigious 2016 Public Service Excellence Awards.
The awards ceremony was held
last night in Lusaka, Zambia. It was hosted by the Zambia Society
of Public Administration (ZSPA) and officiated by the
Vice-President of the Republic of Zambia and the Secretary to the
Cabinet.
“I am overwhelmed with delight
and gratitude to receive this prestigious and much coveted Award
from my home country, Zambia. I have received many Awards in
different parts of the world, but one gets a totally different
feeling when one has been recognised by one’s own country,” Ms
Mutale said.
Justina Mutale ZSPA
International Public Administration Award. credit: Justina Mutale
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“This Award is a clear sign that
although we may be away from home, the efforts of the Diaspora are
appreciated in our home countries. I believe this Award is an
acknowledgement of my contributions, as well as that of my fellow
Zambians and other Africans living in the Diaspora,” she
added.
Ms Mutale is also the Founder
and CEO of POSITIVE RUNWAY: Global Catwalk to Stop the Spread of
HIV/AIDS.
This ZSPA
International Public Administration Award is given
to a Zambian scholar who has dedicated himself or herself to
promotion of good governance and public administration
internationally not only to Zambia but to other countries and their
works inspires the international community. To be eligible to be
nominated for the award, the individual must meet the following
criteria:
Contributes significantly to the
field of public administration as a scholar, practitioner or both,
as demonstrated by publications, other awards and honors and the
testimony of the nominee's colleagues and beneficiaries of the
nominee's work
Recommended or sponsored by an
individual or institution that is in some demonstrable way
affiliated with ZSPA
According the the official ZSPA
Public Service Excellence Annual Awards
website;
The Zambian Society for Public
Administration Public Service Excellence Annual Awards (ZSPA –
PSEA) are the most prestigious national recognition of excellence
in public service and society at large.
The awards aim to recognize
individuals and organizations that have demonstrated outstanding
leadership by taking bold steps to improve Zambia, through
advancements in Public Policy, Research, Leadership and
Management.
ZSPA Public Service Excellence
Awards
PSEA also seek to recognize the
institutional and individual contribution made by the Public
Service, Civil society, scholars and society at large to enhance
social welfare of every Zambians.
Winners are announced at the ZSPA
International Conference and Annual gala Dinner award
.
The overall objectives of the awards
are:
To reward service to citizens
and motivate public servants in Zambia in order to sustain the
momentum of innovation and the improvement of the delivery of
public services;
To collect and disseminate
successful practices and experiences in public administration in
order to support efforts for improvements in country level public
service delivery;
To counterbalance any negative
image of public administration, raise the image and prestige of
public servants and revitalize public administration as a noble
discipline on which development greatly depends;
To promote, encourage and
facilitate networking among institutions and organizations relevant
to public administration and strengthen the networks of public
administration and development; and
To enhance professionalism in
the public service in rewarding the successful experiences in
Innovations and excellence in the public
service.
To encourage equal participation
from all citizen in the promotion of service excellence in public
institutions.
Justina Mutale
Dr. Justina Mutale
Acclaimed as one of the most
influential and inspirational women of African origin, Dr Justina
Mutale is the “African Woman f the
Year”2012, an honour bestowed upon Justina
on the same platform as Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa as
well as the former President of Malawi, The Rt. Hon. Joyce
Banda and the former female Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe,
The Hon. Thokozani Khupe. Justina has twice been honoured on
the same platform as the first President of the Republic of Zambia
Dr Kenneth Kaunda in the Voice Achievers Awards in the Netherlands
and the Global Officials of Dignity (G.O.D.) Awards held at the
United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Justina is the
Founder & President of the Justina Mutale Foundation and its
Scholarship Programme for underprivileged African Young Women. She
is also Founder of POSITIVE RUNWAY: The Global Catwalk to Stop the
Spread of HIV/AIDS. Named as one of Africa’s most respected names,
well-known faces, and influential voices, Justina is listed in
various Who’s Who Lists, Power Lists and Influential Lists,
including the 100 Most Influential Creatives; Black Women in Europe
Power List; Global Women Leaders Hall of Fame; and the Black 100+
Hall of Fame, an Exhibition & Legacy of the top 100 Black
Achievers in modern Britain. She is also a Distinguished Member of
the Royal Biographical Institute and the Global Institute of Human
Excellency.
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