The role of DevPar in public sector reform has been to facilitate restructuring aimed at enhancing accountability, strengthening governance and increasing transparency. Reform of the public sector has been undertaken to meet a number of objectives. Dominant amongst these has been the desire to provide more effective service to the public and to distinguish between the role of the public sector and that of the private sector in the delivery of services.
Features of reform have included: rewriting governing legislation and changing regulations; revising the terms of human resource management; decentralising government functions to be closer to the people served; strengthening governance and accountability; and introducing new computer and management information systems.
At the heart of public sector reform is the introduction of change management processes and extensive training and consultations.