Administrative Capacity in the New EU Member States : The Limits of Innovation?
This study considers key aspects of administrative performance in three areas related to policy, people, and systems. First, in the field of policy, the study addresses issues of performance management, strategic planning and policy coordination an...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/8187914/administrative-capacity-new-eu-member-states-limits-innovation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6752 |
| Summary: | This study considers key aspects of
administrative performance in three areas related to policy,
people, and systems. First, in the field of policy, the
study addresses issues of performance management, strategic
planning and policy coordination and formulation. Second, as
regards people, the study reviews human resource management
practices such as recruitment and career management,
incentive systems and politico-administrative relations with
the aim of assessing the extent to which public
administrations in the EU8 can attract and retain high
quality staff in the context of rapidly changing labor
markets. Finally, in relation to systems, the study looks
into one specific aspect of public service delivery, namely
the extent to which states have introduced e-Governance
systems and used these effectively to enhance the business
environment. A benchmarking exercise was conducted in each
of the key aspects studied. A specific aim of the study was
to identify examples of good practice within the region
which might be replicable in other EU8 countries. This study
reviews the direction of administrative development in the
first two years of EU membership in the EU8 and includes a
review of general trends in administrative development as
well as a benchmarking exercise for a sample of states on
selected criteria that illustrate capacity for public
management innovations. The study will draw conclusions on
ways to address the identified issues and problems in the
development of the public management systems of the EU8,
with a focus on systems and instruments that would help
address the three challenges set out above. |
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