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OECD Report: Lobbyists, Governments and Public Trust: Building a Legislative Framework for Enhancing Transparency and Accountability in Lobbying

31-Jul-2008

This report reviews existing legislation and regulations on lobbying in OECD countries, shedding light on the 'mystery' of lobbying and mapping out current approaches, models, trends and ‘state of the art’ solutions. The OECD’s findings will support informed policy debate in countries where lobbying reaches the political agenda.

Enhancing Integrity in Public Procurement: a Checklist

30-Jul-2008

The OECD Checklist was developed to facilitate the implementation of the Principles for Enhancing Integrity in Public Procurement to support governments prevent mismanagement, fraud and corruption in government contracts. 

Building an Institutional Framework for Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA): Guidance for Policy Makers

29-Jul-2008

This guide for policy makers with little knowledge about RIA coverd the main elements that constitute the RIA process, with a focus on basic institutional preconditions for successful implementation. The OECD framework highlights the benefits of RIA, to help practitioners better understand the elements needed to introduce and consulate a RIA system.

Challenges in an Urban Age: Rethinking Metropolitan Regions in the OECD and Beyond, Paris, 12 July 2008

17-Jul-2008

At the conference on urban challenges hosted by "La Conférence Olivaint" in Paris, France, on 12 July 2008, Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, underscored the emerging challenges in economic development, social exclusion, and sustainable urbanism that confront cities in OECD Member countries.

Public-Private Partnerships: In Pursuit of Risk Sharing and Value for Money (publication)

17-Jun-2008

The debate about how to achieve value for money in the delivery of government services is important and ongoing. Increasingly, public services are being delivered to citizens in a variety of ways. Public-private partnerships are one option. This book highlights ten good practices, summarising what countries should consider before entering into public-private partnerships.

Portugal on track with its public sector simplification programme, says OECD report

18-Jun-2008

Portugal has made good progress in simplifying its public sector functions and processes through administrative simplification and e-government since 2006, according to a new OECD report.

Performance budgeting: A users' guide

15-Apr-2008

Providing information on public sector performance can satisfy the publics demand for transparency and it can also be a useful tool for governments to evaluate their own performance. This Policy Brief looks at the challenges governments face in using performance information to make the budget process more efficient and offers some guidelines to assist in the process.

New numbers on public employment

05-Feb-2008

As part of a wider project on developing comparable data and indicators of good government and efficient public services, the OECD is currently developing a new methodology for gathering comparable data on public employment. The goals of this methodology are two-fold: to measure the production costs of goods and services of the "public domain" and to put public employment numbers and costs in the perspective of these wider costs.

Performance Budgeting in OECD Countries (publication)

01-Oct-2007

Information about public sector performance is always in demand, both by politicians and the general public. Should performance information be linked to resources? This is an ongoing debate in OECD countries. This book reviews the experiences of eight OECD countries which have developed and used performance information in the budget process over the past ten years: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Korea, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. The book offers guidelines and recommendations on adapting budget systems to promote the use of performance information.


Events

2nd OECD-CESEE Meeting of Senior Budget Officials of Central, Eastern and South Eastern European countries

from 16-Feb-2006 to 17-Feb-2006

The second meeting of the OECD-CESEE SBO Network took place 16-17 February 2006, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

3rd OECD-Asian Senior Budget Officials Meeting - Bangkok 2005

from 15-Dec-2005 to 16-Dec-2005

OECD member countries and Asian countries met to discuss budgeting issues and reforms.

Ministers discuss ways to boost public trust in government

on 28-Nov-2005

Ministers responsible for modernising government met in Rotterdam on 28 November to discuss ways to strengthen public trust.



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