Indicators and measurement of government policies

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1 1.2.3 Public Value & Policy Analysis and Evaluation Day 11 Indicators and measurement of government policies Country cases

2 General solutions on these topics 1. Political context 2. Legal framework 3. Administrative and Managerial features 4. Problems 5. Solutions 6. Data

3 Case: Statistical institutions in general 1. Need of general statistical information 2. Law on statistical institution, law on forcing data collection 3. Statistical institutions and units, co-operation between actors 4. Coherence, international comparability 5. Theoretical framework, agreements, bets practices 6. General statistical information

4 Case: Excessive deficit procedure (EDP) (Finland) 1. In order for EMU to function smoothly, Member States must avoid excessive budgetary deficits. Under the provisions of the Stability and Growth Pact, they agree to respect two criteria: a deficit-to-gdp ratio of 3% and a debt-to-gdp ratio of 60% 2. Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96, Law on statistics, Law on Statistic Finland, Law on central bank 3. Statistics Finland (data provider, reporting), Central bank (data provider, reporting), Ministry of finance (policy use) 4. Coherence between countries, Measurement problem 5. Economic theory, National accounts framework, country agreements on measurement practices 6. European sector accounts

5 Case: Indicators used performance reporting/budgeting, Finland 1. Policy effectiveness, productivity, 2. From constitution to Law on Statistics Finland (over 15 different laws and regulations) NOTE! Accounting variables regulated tightly, indicators are free for selection 3. Government units, State Treasury, Statistics Finland, National Audit Office 4. Accounting problems(accrual accounting), Connecting spending, activities and results. 5. Activity based management, (Economic) theory, expertise from Statistical units and state treasury 6. Performance Budget, Annual reports, General statistics

6 Performance budgeting; France Activity Mission Programme Programme Activity Activity Discussion and vote in Parliament Authorisation Execution Management Source: Frédéric Bobay, General Directorate of the Treasury and Economic Policy, Ministry of Economy, France

7 Performance budgeting; France The Mission is the voting unit for Parliament appropriations Parliament may reallocate appropriations between Programmes, within a Mission. The Mission may be ministerial / interministerial The Programme is the implementation unit for Government Under a single ministry. Tied with explicit performance goals and indicators. A dedicated Programme Manager in charge of implementation with individualized responsibility. Fungible credit lines within a Programme for a more flexible management Source: Frédéric Bobay, General Directorate of the Treasury and Economic Policy, Ministry of Economy, France

8 Performance budgeting; United Kingdom Source: Richard Hughes, Fiscal Affairs Department. International Monetary Fund