meeting on sharing of best practices and innovation in governance and public administration in the...

Meeting on sharing of best practices and Innovation in Governance and Public Administration in the

Euro-Mediterranean Region15 –17 June 2005 - Tunis

Giuseppe Pennella, director

Alberto Corbino, consultantAngela Scotto di Santolo, researcher

Centre for Administrative Innovation in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

WHO WE ARE

United Nations Italian Government

Training and Studies CenterUnited Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance

Centre for Administrative Innovation in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

Albania, Algeria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestinan Authority, Serbia and Montenegro, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey,

France, Greece, Portugal, Spain - Cyprus, Israel, Malta, Slovenia

Countries taking benefit from Caimed activities

Partners

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METHODOLOGY

Cooperation and diffusion of Successful Experiences

• North – South

Reference at institutional level: local governance systems (municipalities, provinces, regional governments)

APPROACH

Successful micro-institutional experiencesNot institutional/administrative macro models

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• South - South

What we have done (1)

Data collection of the 2002 UN Questionnaire on the State of P.A. in Euro-Mediterranean region (beneficiaries and partners) Elaboration of data sheets on five focal points of the P.A. reform:

•Decentralization

•New Public Management

•Relationships with the private sector

•Relationships with citizens

•Simplification and Transparency

On the basis of this elaboration we highlighted each country’s administrative needs for the implementation of A.R.

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Preparation of national case studies reports on administrativereform in the Mediterranean countries. These reports provided the basis for a comparative analysis, producing 10 priorities and challenges:

1. Administrative reform (level of innovation)

2. Relationship Politics – administration (balance)

3. Relationship Centre – local administration (decentralization)

4. Relationship with citizens (level of relevance)

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5. Relationship with private sector (level of relevance)

6. Care of historic and natural habitat (level of relavance)

7. Human resources management (level of relevance)

8. Human resources valorization and development (level of relevance)

9. Administrative innovation (level of innovation)

10. Technological innovation (level of relevance)


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An annotated index on the main institutions operating in P.A. management and reform for Mediterranean Region and European countries

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Euro-Mediterranean Region

(some examples)


An annotated index on the main institutions operating in P.A. management and reform for Euro-Mediterranean and European countries.

The index includes the following categories:

•Government type

•Administrative structure

•Universities and Research Centres

•Studies, research, financial and administrative projects

•Statistical information

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Second level Master on administrative cooperation for young Euro-Mediterranean graduates - in partnership with Campania

Regional Government.

This activity includes:

1.Research on P.A. and welfare in Med region countries

2.Research on P.A. and enterprises in Med region countries

3. Research on European best practices in governance

4.Research on budget, accounting and control systems in Med region countries

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Organization of technical seminars, workshops and meetings/1

• May 2004: Consultative Meeting on “Priorities in Innovating governance and Public Administration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region“ within InnovedMed Programme

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Presentation of national case studies on public administration issues

Comparative analysis of innovation experiences

Identification of emergent reform priorities

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Jim Ewanowich “Talent Management - Human Capital Management and Executive in Public Administration”, Seminar of 30th September 2004 Guido Melis “The Novelists of the 1800’s and Public Administration”, Seminar of 05th October 2004 Gowher Rizvi “Government innovations: from democracy to governance”, Seminar of 14th October 2004 Hanifa Mezoui “Partnership with civil society for a better governance”, Seminar of 20th October 2004 Guido Bertucci “Globalization and Public Administration”, Seminar of 26th October 2004 Odette Ramsingh “The marginal Administrations:

problems and new questions”,Seminar of 28th October 2004

Luigino Bruni “Happiness and the public economy”, Seminar of 15th November 2004

Lea Ypi “ The French Illuminisme (Voltaire, Montesqiueu, Rousseau) cosmopolitsme and transfrontalier administration”,Seminar of 18th November 2004

Randhir Auluck-Cooper “Public Policy and Human Resource Development”, Seminar of 19th November 2004

Rachid Benmokhtar Benabdellah “Large and Small Europe”, Seminar of 03rd Dicember 2004

Sabino Cassese “Global Governance and Administrative Networks”, Seminar of 07th Dicember 2004

Giuseppe Pennella and Mariarosaria Asso “The opulent administration”, Seminar of 22nd Dicember 2004



• September – December 2004: Seminars Cycle “The frontier innovation on Public Administration”



• December 2004: “Public administration innovation: budget, accounting and control systems. Europe and the Mediterranean: comparison and avenues for interaction”

facilitation of a comparative study of the ongoing innovations in budget reform, accountability and control systems in European and Mediterranean countries.

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• March 2005: Creation of a network in “Sustainable tourism and best practices in the western Mediterranean”

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I - Sustainability and integration

II – History and

cultureIII – Environment and economics

IV – Programs

and projects Network - MED AINST

(Mediterranean Administrative Innovation Network on Sustainable Tourism)



• May 2005: “Training and innovation in Public Administration. Solidarity and cohesion -The Meeting of the Directors of Training and Administrative Innovation Centres in Europe and the Arab World”, in collaboration with ARADO (Arab Administration development Organization)

PRIORITIES:

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3. Transparency /Ethics and professionalism4. Public Private Partnership /Public Civil Society

1. Public service delivery Simplification of procedures Total quality management Performance evaluation2. Decentralization


List of selected documentation about the Euro-Mediterranean administrative Innovation

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1 – Administrative Reform in the Mediterranean Countries

1.1 Tome I: Comparative Summary (104 pp.)

1.2 Tome II: Country reports (Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon) (234 pp.)

1.3 Tome III: Country reports (Lybia, Macedonia, Malta, Morocco, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey) (216 pp.)

2 – Opulent Administrations in Wealthy European Societies (26 pp.)

3 – Administrative Innovation in the Mediterranean Countries and Europe

3.1 Tome I: Policies for business in the Mediterranean Countries (334 pp.)

3.2 Tome II: Welfare in the Mediterranean Countries (341 pp.)

3.3 Tome III: Best practices and governance and Europe (331 pp.)

4 – Budget, Accounting and Control Systems. Europe and the Mediterranean: Comparisons and Avenues for Interactions

4.1 Part I, The European Case (201 pp.)

4.2 Part II, The Mediterranean Case (125 pp.)

5 – New Neighborhood Policies of the European Union and the Euro-Mediterranean Area: Problems Arising and Proposals for Intervention (9 pp, abstract)

6 – Creation of a Network in “Sustainable Tourism and best practices in Europe and the Western Mediterranean” (430 pp.)

7 – Seminars Cycle “The frontier innovation on Public Administration” (114 pp.)

8 – Shared Identities and Cultures in the Mediterranean (29 pp.)

9 – An Administrative Mosaic - Notes and comments on the book: The Liberal Administration (156 pp.)

10 – Notes and comments on the Italian administrative system, 2003 - 2004

Tome II: Final Remarks (90 pp.)

11 – Comparative analysis of budget and tax systems etween opulent and developing administration: European and Mediterranean Cases (25 pp.)


Developing Caimed Web-site: www.caimed.org

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An open space for the exchange of information and knowledge on innovation in public administration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region.

CAIMED is an On-Line Regional Centre of the United Nations Global Network on Public Administration (UNPAN)

CAIMED & Innovation: a bridge between solidarity and cohesion

1st FOCUS - CAIMED GOALS

2nd FOCUS - WHICH INNOVATION TO FOCUS ON

3rd FOCUS - WHERE TO LOOK, WHAT TO STUDY, HOW TO ANALYSE

4th FOCUS - WHICH QUESTIONS TO ASK

5th FOCUS - INNOVATION IN SOLIDARITY AND COHESION: THE BRIDGE

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1st FOCUS CAIMED GOALS

• to seize innovation as it begins

• to study innovation in its external and internal aspects

• to promote knowledge and exchange

• to cooperate for the diffusion of innovation



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2nd FOCUSWHICH INNOVATION TO FOCUS ON

“FRONTIER INNOVATION”

• an ambitious notion• innovation in its implementation and experimental stage• innovation not standardized yet • innovation in its pre-implementation stage



3rd FOCUSWHERE TO LOOK, WHAT TO STUDY,

HOW TO ANALYSE

• ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINE SYSTEM• BEHAVIOUR OF THE MANAGERS OF THE PROCESS• CONTEXT OF THE ACTIONS • HISTORICAL DOMINANCES• RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COSMOPOLITANISM AND

RATIONALITY• BORDERLESS ADMINISTRATION



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4th FOCUS: WHICH QUESTIONS TO ASK/1

• FROM ADMINISTRATION = BUREAUCRACY

• FROM A LITERARY CULTURE

• FROM HUMAN HAPPINESS

• FROM POSITION ASSETS

• FROM THE DIVERSITY OF THE BENEFICIARIES

• FROM SEPARATENESS

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TO ADMINISTRATION = QUALITY

TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE CULTURE

TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

TO RELATIONSHIP ASSETS

TO THE SPECIAL NATURE OF ACTORS

TO INVOLVEMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY

4th FOCUS: WHICH QUESTIONS TO ASK/2

• FROM OLD KNOWLEDGE

• FROM TRANSNATIONAL FINANCE

• FROM ISOLATION

• FROM AN ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT HISTORY

• FROM OPULENT ADMINSTRATION

• FROM A NATIONAL GOVERNANCE



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TO NEW KNOWLEDGE

TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCE

TO NEGOTIATION

TO THE ROLE OF HISTORY, CULTURE AND RELIGION

TO DEVELOPING ADMINISTRATION

TO A TRANSNATIONAL GOVERNANCE

5th FOCUS: INNOVATION BETWEEN SOLIDARITY AND COHESION, THE BRIDGE

THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

IDENTITY AND EXPERIENCE OF ARAB ADMINISTRATIVE CULTURE

IDENTITY AND EXPERIENCE OF EUROPEAN ADMINISTRATIVE CULTURE

EXPLORATION OF AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR COOPERATION IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN REGION

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COSMOPOLITANISM AND RATIONALITY

DISCUSSION OF FUTURE PROGRAMS OF COOPERATION

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1. Simplification

2. Decentralization

3. Transparency

4. Efficacy/Efficiency of the P.A.

Main Shared ObjectivesP.A. Reform

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P.A. Modernization

Effects:

From the ‘Bureau’ Power to the ‘Fides’

New Relations with Citizenry

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P.A. Modernization

1. Legislative Aspects2. Organization3. Procedures4. Human Resources

Areas of Intervention

5. Skills6. Resources7. Technology

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North Africa

1. Political Innovation

2. Administrative Innovation

Ongoing Reform

1. P.A. / Private Sector

2. P.A. / Citizens

3. ICTs

4. Simplification

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Middle East



Ongoing Reform

1. P.A./Private Sector

2. P.A./Citizens

3. Decentralization

4. HRM

5. Environment

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Balkans



Ongoing Reform

1. P.A./Private Sector

2. P.A./Citizens

3. Decentralization

4. HRM

5. ICTs

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P.A. Modernization

To promote an active citizenship

Main Objective

1. Spread of Knowledge

2. Network and Cooperation

Tools:

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