Defining a good governance assessment framework

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Defining a good governance assessment framework

• Public sector modernisation
• Shipra Narang Suri
• International Consultant, OGC
• Stakeholders Consultative Workshop
• Amman 6-8 July 2010

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The global notion of Public Administration Reform

• Can include process changes in areas such as
  organisational structures, decentralisation,
  personnel management, public finance,
  results-based management, regulatory reforms etc.
  
• Can also refer to targeted reforms such as the
  revision of the civil service statute.
• Usually deals with executive branch of the
  government

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An expanding scope

• Increasingly seen as more than just modernising
  state institutions and reducing civil service
  costs.
• Also about fostering dynamic partnerships with
  the civil society and the private sector, to
  improve the quality of service delivery, enhance
  social responsibilities and ensure the broad
  participation of citizens in decision-making and
  feedback on public service performance.

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Possible focus areas of any public sector
assessment

• Policy-making and coordination
• Organisational structures
• Financial management
• Human resource management
• Communication and information systems
• Leadership
• Service delivery

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International tools for public sector assessments

• World Bank Public expenditure tracking surveys
• Inter-American Development Bank Analytical
  framework for Institutional Assessment of Civil
  Service Systems
• Transparency International National Integrity
  Systems
• OECD Government at a glance
• Bertelsmann Siftung Management Index,
  Bertelsmann Reform Index

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Common Assessment Framework (EIPA)

• Leadership
• Civil Service Reform
• Public financial management
• Policy-making
• Service delivery

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Country Governance Assessment (ADB)

• Policy making
• Civil service reform
• Public financial management
• Local governance

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Public sector modernisation in the NDP

• Reform and modernisation of the public sector
• Key challenges excessive centralisation,
  overlapping functions, poor coordination,
  under-developed information systems, poor
  financial management, low participation of people
  in decision-making
• Goal to build capacity to create an enabling
  environment for investment, sustainable
  development, and response to crises

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