Developing Tools for Measuring
Performance, the GfD Contribution
Working Group on E Government and Administrative Simplification
IV Regional Meeting
Tunis, 29 May 2008
By Carlos Conde, programme coordinator. OECD-MENA Governance Programme
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MEASURING PUBLIC GOVERNANCE,
WHY?
Appropriate information reinforces government capacities
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Helps decision making
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Builds evaluation capacities
Appropriate information is a tool for gaining support to
reform
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Visibility in front of international stakeholders
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Visibility in front of internal stakeholders
Appropriate information enriches regional dialogue
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Lesson-learning and identification of good practices among Arab and
OECD countries
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Toolkit approach : what is available?
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THE GfD APPROACH, CONDITIONS
FOR SUCCESS
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Co-ownership
– Bottom-up approach : answering to policy makers demand
– A tool oriented to action (not to make judgements)
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Method and strategy
– Jointly defined
– Integrated in the Programme of Work
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Output
– Periodical reviews + specialised publications
– Some numbers + Qualitative (i. e. institutional frameworks) +
Background information (i.e. country factsheets)
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INDICATING DIRECTION, YOUR INPUT
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What information and data are you already collecting?
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What are your needs in terms of collecting data and
information for better policy-making?
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How can the GfD Initiative contribute to improve these data
collection efforts?
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THANK YOU!
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