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Think tanks, networks and participatory planning in the public
policies process : the Italian experience
Arab Regional Conference on reinventing government
Dubai, 25-27 April 2006
Marco MeneguzzoPublic and non profit [email protected]
International benchmarking and benchlearning on public policies process management
A REFERENCE FRAMEWORK
UNDESA Governance for a better life for all : building trust partnerships and capacity
EUROPEAN UNION Academic/professional networksBest practices and pilot projectsPolicy analysis and evaluation
ITALY as part of EU Policy making think tanksImpact evaluation Stakeholders mapping Strategic planningSocial and participativeplanning Communities of innovators
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Academic Research centers network
Cross fertilization, exchange of practices and experience at European level
EGPA “public administration” IRSPM “public management” IPMN “public management governance”European evaluation society (policy analysis and evaluation)
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The Italian experience : Key issues
THINK TANKS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND SOCIAL INNOVATIONInnovation awardsEU quality awardsBenchmarking Benchlearning
STRATEGIC PLANNINGRegional, Metropolitan and Local strategic plansNetwork of “strategic cities”
PARTICIPATORY PLANNING Agenda 21 for EnvironmentHealth improvement Plans Participatory BudgetingSocial reporting
NEW TOOLS FOR PUBLIC POLICIES ANALYSIS AND IMPLEMENTATION EU structural funds MEANS 2000/06
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Italy : Key actors in the public policies process
Public sector Think tanksat national and regional level
Indipendent profit and non profit think tanksConsulting firms
Universities,Professional Networks (civil servants),Informal networksPublic Entrepreneurs, Communities of InnovatorsCity managers
SSPA National school of public adminstration,Regional and Local public administration schools,National Agencies ( Formez, DIT egovnmt )
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Centersof competence
Typology of think tanks
Pure advocacy groups (financial independence) Political party foundations Government research and policy planning IPSG Corporate consultancy (for profit) PWC Accenture University / research centers (academic studies)
Center of Competencegovernment
Public sector“open”
Think tanks Profit
And non profitThink tanks
Networkof thinktanks
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Bertelsmann Foundation
Speier Academy - Germany
Participatory planning in Italy:civil society and local stakeholders
involvement
Accountability Social reporting and Environmental reporting
Participatory planning Local democracy
Social capital in cities and communitiesManagement of participatory budgets Social venture capital and non profit incubators
Participatory monitoringand evaluationPerformances evaluation
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EU MEANS: public policies analysis and evaluation
From ex ante and ex post tools and methods ….
To an integrated strategy of:• organizational development,• managerial techniques,• public/private partnerships,• interistitutional cooperation,• formal and informal networking,• best practices diffusion,• data and process benchmarking in public administrations and agencies
Managerial educationand training
Development of new tools
Experiencesand know how
sharing
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Best practices and peer reviewAction targets for realistic change Pilot projects / reference models
Monitoring tools
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System dynamicsScenariosStakeholders mappingParticipative planning
Evaluability assessmentImplementation scenarios
PERFORMANCEINDICATORS:Efficiency
EffectivenessEquityQuality
Transparency Accountabilty
EthicsSustainability
Impact on social capitalCreation of public value
Multicriteria analyisSocial environmental impact
New tools in public policies analysis and evaluation. Recent trends in Italy
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Al Masdar initiative
Gulf project exceed 1tr $ value
UAE International hub for transport, tourism and international business (Economist march 4th 2006)
Strategic planning and scenarios
Social impact analysis
Environmental impactanalysis
Environmental report
Strategic thinking
New tools in public policies analysis and evaluation
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