Measuring good governance at local level:

Transcript:Measuring good governance at local level::
Measuring good governance at local level: indicators, methodology and strategies for data collection Petr Witz 26 May 2016 Measuring governance no single exact measure available we rely on proxies to describe the reality with at least some level of precision statistics and other quantitative data don‘t explain everything about quality very often we rely on second hand data and surveys capturing perception of people the whole process of turning qualitative indicators into indexes prone to errors and deviations Methods for data collection Statistical analysis Analysis of literature and official documents Discourse analysis Participant/informed observations Questionnaires Surveys Interviews Focus groups modified Delphi method Governance Indexes World Bank: Worldwide Governance Indicators Hertie School of Governance: Governance Reports Bertelsmann Stiftung: Sustainable governance indicators WEF: Global competitiveness reports Towards modern governance and bureaucracy From mass administration… …to even greater one… …and then to specialized units, or public managers, or…? …to expert task forces and smart administration, or…? …to empty chairs….? …or something like this? Public Administration in flux Bureaucracy changing together with the whole society and the way its organized Countries differ in their administrative practices and response to modern challenges Which paradigms are prevalent in PA reform iniciatives in EU countries? Bureaucracy evolution – successive reforms Current bureaucracies - a mixture of influences Traditional hierarchies supplemented or altered with neo-elements We may be able to identify or even measure the influence of new paradigms/regimes on real organizational reforms Or even to assess the depth of individual reform measures and compare them across the sample of countries… Here we chose Neo-Weberian State (NWS), New Public Management (NPM) and Digital Era Governance (DEG) How do we go about it? A) assemble the list of paradigms and their attributes B) get a sample of countries and their administrative reforms C) analyse them – identify, assess and grade reform emphasis/accents… Scale Simple model for measuring good governance Intro a unique combination of innovative indicators developed specifically for this proje can be used for cross-country comparisons or for evaluating the case of Armenia and Georgia alone final score should be calculated as an average using simple equation: Regulatory environment Scrutiny of government ability to implement and enforce regulation Transparency and use of e-Governance tools