The Zambian Society for Public Administration Public Service Excellence Annual Awards (ZSPA-PSEA) recognize excellence in public service and society through various categories of awards. There are awards for individuals, organizations, young leaders, innovators, researchers, and lifetime achievement. The awards aim to motivate public servants, disseminate best practices, promote professionalism, and improve public service delivery in Zambia. Winners are announced annually at a gala dinner event.

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2. ZSPA Public Service Excellence Annual Awards
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. ZSPA
rewards excellent achievement and contributions of public service institutions that lead to a more
effective and responsive public administration in a country. Through an annual recognition, PSEA
promotes the role, professionalism and visibility of 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.
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 Annual gala Dinner. The overall objectives of the awards are:
a) To reward service to citizens and motivate public servants in Zambia to sustain the momentum
of innovation and the improvement of the delivery of public services;
b) To collect and disseminate successful practices and experiences in public administration in order
to support efforts for improvements of public service delivery;
c) 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;
d) To promote, encourage and facilitate networking among institutions and organizations relevant
to public administration and strengthen the networks of public administration and
development;
e) To enhance professionalism in the public service in rewarding the successful experiences in
Innovations and excellence in the public service; and
f) To encourage equal participation from all citizen in the promotion of service excellence in public
institutions.
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3. CATEGORIES
Category A: ZSPA Distinguished Public Service Award
This award shall be given to a civil servant who has tireless dedicated his public service to promoting
service excellence in the public service. This award is dedicated to promotion of service excellence in
public service. A Civil Servant who has transformed an institution and broken the barriers and become
the most outstanding person in the organization.
The award is designed to recognize the contributions of an outstanding public employee whose work
performance embodies excellence in public service.
Category B: ZSPA Public Service Personality of the Year Award
This award shall be given to an individual that has dedicated his /her service in public service in
promoting service excellence. This award shall serve as a mark of distinction and exceptional
achievement to a person who has shown distinctive leadership in public management service in
Zambia, or who, by his/her writings or other endeavors, has made a significant contribution in the field
of public administration in Zambia.
Category C: ZSPA Organizational Leadership Award
This award shall be given to a Director or supervisor in Ministry/Government Agency who has over the
year demonstrated and championed service excellence in their department or ministry. The award is
given to Public Practitioner who has made significant contributions both as an academic and
practitioner. Award recipients will have distinguished themselves through their current active
engagement in and contributions to developing the public service of the future. Special consideration
will be accorded nominees with at least two of the following attributes:
 A distinguished professional and nationally recognized leader who is actively and continuously
engaged in contributing significantly to the practice.
 An exceptional innovator in the practice and/or study of personnel administration and human
resource development, with a focus on meeting the "human capital" challenges of the 21st
century
Category D: ZSPA Innovative Management Award
The ZSPA Award for Innovative Management aims to recognize and encourage innovation in all public
organizations, and across all orders of governments and individuals. Award recipients are expected to
have developed new approaches to combat tax fraud, climate change, encourage entrepreneurship
and improve opportunities for Zambian communities.
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4. Category E: ZSPA Young Public Service Leadership Award
The Young Public Service Leaders Award recognizes the achievements of outstanding public servants
under the age of 40, and who is member of the Zambian Society for Public Administration (ZSPA). This
award recognizes and encourages a new generation of practitioners who are actively implementing
performance management systems, innovating new practices and promoting the importance of
performance and accountability within their governments and communities.
Category F: ZSPA Organizational Excellence Award
This award recognize outstanding applications of a systems approach to performance measurement
that has resulted in a culture change, sustained improvements, and demonstrated positive effects on
government performance and accountability .
This award, presented to an organization, recognizes outstanding applications of a systems approach to
performance measurement that has resulted in a culture change, sustained improvements and
demonstrated positive effects on government performance and accountability. The award recognizes
an organization, rather than a person that has yielded outstanding results on a sustained basis. The
organization may be selected from all levels of public service in government, as well as from
international and public service nonprofit organizations.
Category G: ZSPA Public Integrity award
Public Integrity awards aim to recognize a particular action or initiative undertaken by one or several
individuals or organizations which constitutes a tangible contribution to the fight against corruption in
public service.
This award pays tribute to an organization or individual that has made outstanding contributions to
responsible conduct in public service. The award is presented to an organization or individual that
represents any domain of public service, local national, international government or nonprofit; and
presents evidence of accomplishing, or causing to accomplish, significant programmes or projects
benefiting the general public.
Category H: Micheal Chilufya Sata social Advocate Award
This is an inspiration award given to a person serving in public service or friends of government
institution who have tirelessly dedicated themselves to promotion of service excellence in communities
they serve. Their activities are well renowned and are the source of national aspiration and
admirations.
Category I: ZSPA Public Policy Research Award
This Award is intended to recognize excellence in a project led by research professionals working within
or as an agency supplier to governments; universities, colleges, school boards, or other educational
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5. institutions or agencies; hospitals or other health care institutions or agencies; non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) or other charitable organizations; special interest/advocacy groups, institutes, or
think tanks.
Category J: John Mwanakatwe Distinguished Award
Awarded to an individual whose outstanding teaching, education and training has made a significant
contribution to the practice of public administration. This award recognizes a person who has made
outstanding contributions on a sustained basis rather than a single accomplishment. The award winner
must have spent the primary part of his/her career in public service.
Category K : Distinguished Scholarship Award
The Distinguished Scholarship is awarded for outstanding scholarship on performance in public and
non-profit organizations. Preference is given to a scholarly work that is relevant to the broad public
administration community and is of interest to both practitioners and academicians. The author(s)
must provide a significant contribution to advancing knowledge in a scholarly journal about the
development, implementation, use and impact of performance measurement.
Category L: Lifetime Achievement Award
Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded by the ZSPA to Civil Servants who, during their lifetimes, have
made creative contributions of outstanding significance to development of public service. The Lifetime
Achievement Awards Individuals who have exhibited a lifetime of achievement in public service at the
national level.
The Lifetime Achievement Award may be given posthumously. The Lifetime Achievement Award is
presented annually at the ZSPA. The award has been established to honor a public administrator's
career accomplishments and contributions to public service and ZSPA over a lifetime. The award
criteria are threefold:
Category M: Irene Chirwa Mambilima Distinguished Award
The award aims to honor the lifetime achievements of a dedicated Public Servant and seeks to honor a
pioneering and innovative leader of the Society whose career has been demonstrably characterized by:
 Exemplary efforts to uphold legal and ethical standards locally, nationally and internationally
 Sustained work to advance gender equality and diversity
 Responsible, democratic and expert accomplishments in public affairs locally, nationally and
globally
 Mentorship of young academics and public servants who would seek to continue such
professionalism in service to the public
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6. Category N: Dr. Annie Chifungula Distinguished Award
This award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated sustained outstanding leadership and
notable contributions to state government auditing. This award aim to encourage increased interest,
growth, development and distinctive leadership in the field of government auditing.
Award winners must have exhibited long-term leadership in a auditing environment; distinctive
leadership and notable accomplishment in government auditing; innovative thinking and/or creative
development of improvements in state government audit programs or techniques; and, recognized
leadership and professionalism at the state level. The award is presented each year at the ZSPA annual
Dinner.
Category O: Dr. Kenneth Kaunda Social Equity Award
This award is given to an individual who has tirelessly dedicated themselves to promotion of social
equity and promotion of local and international involvement of the general public in matters of local
and international policy as well as social development of the communities they live in. The winner
should have gone an extra mile to demonstrate both evidently and theoretically the importance of
social equity in the communities they live in. Candidates are evaluated on three criteria:
 The impact of their efforts on social equity
 The consistency and level of effort on behalf of social equity
 The duration of the effort on behalf of social equity
Category Q: ZSPA Distinguished Scholarship Award
The Distinguished Scholarship is awarded for outstanding scholarship in public and non-profit
organizations. Preference is given to a scholarly work that is relevant to the broad public administration
community and is of interest to both practitioners and academicians. The author(s) must provide a
significant contribution to advancing knowledge in a scholarly journal about the development,
implementation, use and impact of performance measurement.
Category P: ZSPA International Public Administration Award
This 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.
An individual who has ccontributed 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.
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7. Category N: Dr. Annie Chifungula Distinguished Award
This award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated sustained outstanding leadership and
notable contributions to state government auditing. This award aim to encourage increased interest,
growth, development and distinctive leadership in the field of government auditing.
Award winners must have exhibited long-term leadership in a auditing environment; distinctive
leadership and notable accomplishment in government auditing; innovative thinking and/or creative
development of improvements in state government audit programs or techniques; and, recognized
leadership and professionalism at the state level. The award is presented each year at the ZSPA annual
Dinner.
Category O: Dr. Kenneth Kaunda Social Equity Award
This award is given to an individual who has tirelessly dedicated themselves to promotion of social
equity and promotion of local and international involvement of the general public in matters of local
and international policy as well as social development of the communities they live in. The winner
should have gone an extra mile to demonstrate both evidently and theoretically the importance of
social equity in the communities they live in. Candidates are evaluated on three criteria:
 The impact of their efforts on social equity
 The consistency and level of effort on behalf of social equity
 The duration of the effort on behalf of social equity
Category Q: ZSPA Distinguished Scholarship Award
The Distinguished Scholarship is awarded for outstanding scholarship in public and non-profit
organizations. Preference is given to a scholarly work that is relevant to the broad public administration
community and is of interest to both practitioners and academicians. The author(s) must provide a
significant contribution to advancing knowledge in a scholarly journal about the development,
implementation, use and impact of performance measurement.
Category P: ZSPA International Public Administration Award
This 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.
An individual who has ccontributed 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.
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