Good Governance ppt

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GOOD GOVERNANCE

• CONCEPT, POLICY, PRACTICE
• OF GOOD GOVERNANCE
• MD. SHAMSUL ARFIN,
• Joint Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh.
  Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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MAIN ASPECTS

• Good governance as a concept
• Principles
• Main policy aspects
• Practical implementation
• Good governance - imperative for sustainable
  growth and welfare for the people.

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The collapse of traditional Public Management

• Traditional public management shortcomings in
  changing attitudes
• Monopoly power rent seeking behaviour
  inefficient public sector programmes
• Social problems were not addressed satisfactorily
  
• The mission was not satisfactory service

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Contd A) New economic and political consencus
1st - growth and personal welfare, 2nd social
welfare through government redistribution and
social programmes. B) Efficient private and
inefficient public sector leads to great pressure
for changes The emergence of New Public
Management concept-mixture of market approach
practices
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The GG as concept and policy

• Main goals of the GG increase efficiency in all
  government activities (value for taxpayers
  money)
• GG model squeezing the size of government,
  privatazing government enterprizes transfering
  the supply of public goods to private companies
  introducing competition where it is
  possiblelearning from the management of mature
  large companies strategic management,changeHRM,
  performance appraisal)
• GG became dominant in government management
• Positive outputs government institutions really
  became more efficient !The companies got more
  space for market adjustment (deregulation).
• Incresing of public services have been delivered
  by private companiesCitizens matter
  more!Government management became more
  professional

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The GG as concept and policy Negative outputs
public institutions became more commercilized !
Many people suffered from cutting social
programesThe SDS kept their rents PPP create
some corruption practices NGO-s were not real
partners General impression- market driven
changes contributed for more efficiency, but
created dissatisfaction for many social
groups. The gap between governments and citizens
did not bridge ! People were not satisfied from
management of their government agencies.
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The change of concept Re-inventing government

• In searching the more adequate profile
  governments reject the bureuacracy,but also the
  market ,as a main driving force for public sector
  management
• D.Osburn, T.Gaebler Re-inventing
  government(1992) the book which challenged and
  changed the understanding of modern government
• Re-thinking the old questions what government
  should do, how and for whom ?
• Good government requires good governance. It is a
  managerial approach, aimed to reach efficiency,
  sustainable growth and better satisfaction of
  citizens needs

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Condt Good governance combines short and medium
term policy A) More cares and investments for
solving the current needs of societies (job,
education, health) B) coping with common society
challenges (lack of resources, ageing population,
pollution, climate changes, quality of life,
intensive migration and so on) Good governance
adjust the changing need technological advance,
openess of markets, global competition, higher
citizens expectations for better life
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Re-inventing government new roles

• Catalytic government steeringv(policy and
  regulation) rather than rowing (service delivery)
  
• Community-owned government empowering for
  serving
• Competitive government injecting competition
  into service delivery
• Mission-driven government transformimg from
  rule-driven attitude
• result-oriented government meeting the needs of
  the people, not the intermediary group

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Decentralized government from hierarchy to
participation and teamwork Market-oriented
governance - combination of all new
roles Government vs market government as a
driving force for changes, including new
opportunities for people participation in social
life and competitive atmosphere
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From concept to policyPrinciples of good
governance

• Rule of law
• Openess and transperancy
• Efficiency results should reflect mission and
  goals
• Efectiveness inputs/outputs
• Citizens as a clients of government
• Accountability (how we used taxpayers money)
• Predictability and reliability
• Partnership with concerned parties
• Coherency in all government actions
• Principles are drawn from good practices
  (evidence based )
• Principles are guiding rules

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Good governance main policy aspects

• Strategic Management mission, vision, strategy,
  action plans,innovations and changes
• Government organizational structure (clear roles
  of all institutions)
• Bulding up capacity to manage according to the
  principles policy
• Improvement of regulatory policies for pro people
• Better administrative services for citizens
• Public-Private Partnership
• Human resource management
• E-government
• Innovations,identification and dissemination of
  good practices

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From concept to practice

• How principles of good governance can become
  practice in short and medium term government
  actions
• A) set up legal rules nd compulsory
  enforcement for all government actions
• B) launch innovations ,decribe good practices
  and disseminate among others (decentralized
  approach)
• International dimensions learn best practices
  from advanced countries
• Key factors for success
• A) Require strong political will
• B) Professional,not manipulated, administration
• C) Feedback from people
• E) Active role of stakeholders pressure of
  civil society members

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Good governance-tool for growth welfare

• Good governance- now it is a dominant policy and
  practice in developed democratic countries
• Good governance role though education, better
  regulation policy, to contribute for sustainable
  economic growth and social welfare of citizens
• Good governance it is not fashion, it is an
  efective tool to manage services and to serve
  citizens in best way
• Good governance in a global context it is a
  concept, policy and practice
• The role of government-to create harmomious
  society

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Good governance as a whole

• Dealing with strengthening trust,
  accountability, transparency and participatory
  process in government so that it can serve
  citizens more effectively, efficiently and
  responsively.

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Evolutions and Changes

• The old public management bureacratic style,
  ineffective management
• ?
• The new public management
• market-driven approach, effective management,
  but social disappointments
• ?
• Good governance
• Aimed to reach sustainable growth and public
  sector efficiency , as well as citizens
  satisfaction and social welfare

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Conclusion

• The new, rational social ideas and concepts have
  led to innovative changes in government policies
  
• Global impact when new practices testified its
  efficiency, they became guidelines for changes in
  other countries
• The Good Governance as a policy options is based
  on the concept for re-inventing government,real
  policy changes and number of good practices in
  most developed countries
• From the begining of 21 century we have intensive
  dissemination of good governance principles and
  practices all over the world
• Today, there is almost full concensus among
  social stakeholders modern public management
  requires implementation of good governance
  principles
• Good governance is a policy approach aimed to
  increase public sector efficiency and citizens
  satisfaction from having responsible and commited
  government.
• Good governance in global context require
  learning and sharing knowledge and practices
  among scientists, policymakers, NGO-s from many
  other countries.

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