23.09.2011/SCM-Network, Ljubljana

Gerald Reindl

SCM: Test Case for Outcome-Oriented Impact Assessment

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IA: Status quo in Austria

• Comprehensive obligation - fragmented implementation

• Lack of support & instruments- Exceptions

• Administrative culture

Economic

EnvironmentalSocial / consuments

Financial

impacts

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Experiences with SCM

Aim: „get ex-ante assessments done in quality“

- Law- Ordinance (Standardkostenmodell-Richtlinien)

- Guidelines- Monitoring: MoF-statement on compliance

Challenge: Quality

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Experiences with SCM

-> Mandatory fields-> IT supported output for consultation

Introduction of admin burden calculator

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Introduction - Considerations

Aim: „better regulation“• Process• Oriented toward

outcomesExperiences• Aspiration vs.

Practice• International und

science

Budget Reform as trigger• Outcome orientation in

budget und impact assessment are mutually reinforcing

• Use a substantial, existing reform process

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Federal Budget Reform 2013 (2nd stage)

Result-oriented management of administrative

units

Performance Budgeting

New budget structure: „lump-sum budgets“

Accrual budgeting and accounting

Outcome-oriented impact

assessment

New budget principles: outcome-orientation; efficiency; transparency; true and fair view

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Horizontal Outcome-Orientation

• Outcome Information in budget

• Policy formulation: laws/ordinances

• Budget execution: projects/programmes

• Juxtaposition of financial inputs and impacts

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Coherent

Budget/Impact assessment- Use synergies:

Same approaches towards defining objectives, measures…

- Intertwined: Does the objective of the law contribute to measures/objectives formulated in budget?

- Ex-ante/ex-post:internal evaluation after max. 5 years

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Coherent

Legal Framework – Federal Budget Law 2013 (BHG 2013)

„Framework“ ordinance on principles of outcome oriented IA

Ordinance on financial impacts Ord.

Admin burden

Ord.Gender

Ord.Environ-

mentetc.

Provisions – Law

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Pragmatic

• Done within administration

• Only significant impacts are assessed in detail; 2-step approach

• Limited number of impact dimensions

• Lean process

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Feasible

• Methodological support

• Guidelines

• IT Tool

-> Guidelines

Support by IT

• Relief of users- Background information

provided by tool - Calculations

• Guided process- Guided analysis ->

writing in tool- „Push the button“- IA-

document- Experts can work in parallel

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Support by IT

• One-stop-solution

• Selection

• Usability

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Quality Checks & Feedback Mechanisms

• Obligation to conduct impact assessment – at the same time enablement

• Standardization of results – quality checks possible

• Ensuring of common minimum quality

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Standard Cost Model

Admin burden calculation: consideration of further aspects

• Small and medium sized enterprises- Aspects of “SME-Test” integrated in

SCM

• eGovernment-proofing- Assessment of expected benefit for

- Enterprises- Administration

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Key aspects of implementation• Taking into account national

circumstances

• Involving ministries

• Apply principles of SCM-experience

• Administrative reform approach: initiate change in culture

• Short and medium term processOutcome orientation- Budget management- Policy/tics- Administration