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The Learning Government Research Project – Assessing Policy Making Reform in Romania
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SIGMA, Update No. 10: Public Administration and European Integration, 17 November 2005.
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Sigma has released issue No. 10 of its online newsletter. This issue includes extracts and abstracts of the expert papers presented to the seminar on "Public Administration Reform and European Integration", held in Ankara on 1-2 February 2005. Links are provided to each of the expert papers in the Sigma Library.
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Katarina Mathernova, “Lessons from Slovakia’s Transition Reform Process,” CPS IPS Program 2002-2003.
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The paper focuses on the analysis of the policy making process in Slovakia by examining the institutional arrangements, the formal and informal organization of the process, the division of the responsibilities within the central authorities, the availability of the incentive system and analysis of the existing outputs of the policy-making process. Moreover, the paper examines the existing arrangements in the developed democracies and recommendations prepared by the international organizations, such as the UDP, World Bank, OECD, and the EU. Finally, they analyze the public policy and reform decision making and legislative processes in three concrete areas (case studies) and identifies the main driving forces and main impediments to reforms.
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Katarina Staronova, “Recommendations for the Improvement of the Policy Making Process in Slovakia,” CPS IPS Program 2002-2003.
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The paper presents the analysis of the policymaking process in Slovakia, points out to its shortcomings, and gives recommendations for the improvement of this process after a careful examination of the existing arrangements in the developed democracies and recommendations prepared by international organizations.
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Marina Popescu, “In Quest of a Better Political System: More Accountability and Better Representation,” CPS IPS Program 2004-2005.
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The paper assesses symptoms of the Romanian political system as perceived by the citizens, civil society organization and mass media, as well as indicated by comparative analyses of Romanian democratic performance. The author asserts that reforms of the Romanian electoral system are needed to struggle with the crisis of accountability and representation, and offers a list of goals of possible electoral system reform in Romania.
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