September 15, 2003
FOREWORD
The Public Service Commission Advisory Council (PSCAC) has decided to share this Report before the passage of Bill C-25, the Public Service Modernization Act, because of the widespread interest in understanding what the concept of co-development is and how it might be implemented. The PSCAC recognizes that this Report outlines one possible approach to co-development with clear potential for practical application as a tool in labour relations. We hope that this Report offers a strong starting point for further discussion about co-development initiatives.
The Public Service Commission has received the Report, and is now reviewing it to determine how and where this co-development model and its principles might be used in the Commission's operations and resourcing policy development. While a formal response has not yet been made to the Report, the Commission encourages other organizations and agencies to consider the Working Group's elaboration of the concept of co-development.
We hope this Report will lead to further joint discussion on how co-development can be used to improve human resources management and labour relations in many workplaces.
John Baglow
George Da Pont
Co-chairs, PSCAC
July 2003
This Report from the Working Group on Co-development is distributed by the Public Service Commission Advisory Council (PSCAC). If excerpts from it are used in other publications, it is asked that this Report be appropriately referenced.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Working Group acknowledges the assistance of the following individuals:
Daryl Bean
Member, Advisory Committee on Labour Management Relations in the Federal Public Service
Monique Boudrias
Assistant Deputy Minister, Task Force on Modernizing Human Resources Management in the Public Service
Dan Butler
General Secretary, National Joint Council
Martha Hynna
Member, Advisory Committee on Labour Management Relations in the Federal Public Service