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OECD, 6-7 November 2001
Background
The Public Management Service (PUMA), within the framework of the OECD Global Forum on Governance programme, convened a forum on Modernising Government in November 2001. The forum was organised as an extended meeting of the Public Management Committee (PUMA), and included a number of non-member countries. It was the first time that PUMA had combined a meeting of the Public Management Committee with an event extending participation beyond the 30 OECD countries. The meeting reflected the recognition that there was a common and widespread interest in the lessons that can be learned from over 10 years of seeking to modernise government. This is a field in which Members and non-members both have useful experience to share and can learn from each other.
PUMA's work in fields such as budgetary and regulatory reform, government-citizen relations and promoting ethical behaviour in the public service has demonstrated there was much that was common to all. It was viewed that a meeting covering these topics was timely for developing a fresh insight into the challenges facing public administration and management in the 21st Century.
Objectives of the meeting
Broaden the debate on public governance and promote a better understanding of the issues and challenges facing public administration in all countries;
Review and share the experience to date in implementing reform and modernisation programmes;
Identify the direction which such programmes may take in the future
Agenda (click here for full PDF version of Agenda)
The meeting agenda comprised three main session topics:
- Key elements of modernisation;
- The search for regulatory quality;
- Building trust in government.
Each session involved key speakers drawn from Member and non-member countries; following the plenary, participants were offered a choice of two related workshops to discuss work in more detail. Again, key representatives from non-member and Member countries led and stimulated the debate.
Background documents:
Session 1. Modernising Government: The Lessons of the Last 10 Years and the Challenges for the Future
Presentations:
Dr. Matthias Finger, Director, Management of Public Enterprises Unit, Swiss Graduate Institute of Public Administration
Jonathan Breul, Senior Adviser to the Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget, United States
Klaus Hoenig Rosen, Director General, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Germany
Workshop I - Budgeting for Results
Background documents:
Workshop II - Devolving Power to and Controlling Public Bodies: the Governance of Public Agencies and Authorities
Background document:
Session 2. The Search for Regulatory Quality
Background documents:
Presentations:
Andrey Tsyganov, Ministry for Antimonopoly Policy and Support of Entrepreneurship, Russia
Janet Russell, Director for Environment and Transport, Kirklees Metropolitan Council (UK Better Regulation Task Force), United Kingdom
Workshop I - Reducing permits and licences
Workshop II - Establishing a Regulatory Impact Analysis
Antonio La Spina, Professor of Sociology, University of Palermo, Faculty of Education Sciences, Italy
Armando Cáceres, Senior Researcher Group of Analysis for Development, Peru
Session 3. Building Trust in Government
Presentations:
Isabel Corte Real, Instituto Nacional de Administração, Portugal
Evelyn Levy, State Secretary, Secretariat of Public Management, Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management, Brazil
Workshop I - Government-Citizen Relations
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Workshop II - Fighting Corruption
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