Business Continuity
Regional Resumption Coordinator
Building effective and
responsive institutions
…an Australian perspective
Sue Taylor,
Australian Bureau of Statistics
MAP 2011 - How we currently address governance
MAP consultation
• Governance now seen as a key enabler
for societal progress – a domain in its
own right
Governance and progress in the recent MAP consultation
Governance themes
Transparency
Rule of law
Trust
Minimised
corruption
People’s
rights and
Rights
responsibilities
Accountability
Efficiency
Informed
public debate
Effective
Responsive
governance
Effectiveness
Participation
Participation
Voice
Consultation results:
aspirations
Australians aspire to governance that
works well.
Trust
Effective
governance
Participation
Australians aspire to well-informed
and vibrant public debate.
Australians aspire to institutions and processes
they can trust and hold to account.
Australians aspire to have the opportunity to have
a say in decisions that affect their lives.
Informed public
debate
People’s rights
and
responsibilities
Australians aspire to a society where everyone's
rights are upheld and their responsibilities fulfilled.
• Integrity
• Protection
• Awareness
and
understanding
• Seamless
services
• Access and
opportunity
• Balance
between
regulation
and
freedom
• Taking
responsibility
• Effective
resourcing
• Resilience
• Open and
informed
debate
• Freedom to
pursue and
access
truth/facts
• A free media
• Effective
regulation
People’s rights and responsibilities
• Trust in
governance
processes
and systems
• Ease of
interactions
• Involvement in
decision
making
Informed public debate
• Accountability
• Effective
governance
Participation
• Transparency
Effective governance
Trust
Consultation results: elements
• Rights and
responsibilities
upheld
• National laws
and standards
• Access to
justice
• Freedom of
expression
• International
conventions
and laws
Key priorities and gaps – how can the OECD
support these efforts?
• Work in consultation with others in this space (eg UNOHCHR/UNDP
post 2015 agenda)
•
Definition and scoping of ‘governance’
•
Conceptual framework
•
Guidelines for measuring governance
•
Discussion of key issues and challenges
Issues………
•
Define the actors and their influence – includes the State but transcends it too,
also multinationals
•
Country context – values and principles
•
Government asking citizens if they trust the government – a dilemma for some?
•
Consider the good governance paradox
Issues………
•
Transparency paradox
•
Lack of facts-based indicators
•
Potential over-reliance on perception measures – is trust enough?
•
Over-reliance on the views of a few experts
•
Sample bias
•
Should we measure proactive measures or violation and or outcomes?