Public policy design and implementation is a complex process, and so decision makers try to monitor all of the policy lifecycle stages in a particular policy domain. However, the question of coherent integration of various policy activities arises, including agenda-setting, ex-ante evaluation, formulation, decision-making, implementation, ex-post evaluation of individual policies, sector-specific ones, and even horizontal ones. Therefore, it is important to investigate and understand the reasons why an individual country, such as Slovenia, does not exploit all potential aspects of carrying out policy activities in a systematic and coherent manner. This article explores and analyzes Slovenian practice in policy design based on an in-depth empirical study among key public policyholders and decision makers. Furthermore, the authors identify the key success factors that facilitate or inhibit the development and progress of public policies, programs, and projects (PPPP) in Slovenia. The key findings indicate a particular lack of a professional policy unit to monitor the process holistically and the absence of ex-post evaluation. A need for a systemic solution in public policy design is established, which would merge different authorities' efforts, epistemic communities, and the public in developing a structural multilevel model for good public governance.
COBISS.SI-ID: 5150382
In the article we present the intermediate results of the three-year basic research project -TRP entitled ‘Development of a model for monitoring and evaluation of development programs and public sector projects in Slovenia’, financed by the ARRS and conducted at the Faculty of Administration. Within the framework of the project, we study the factors that influence the success of public policy implementation in the Republic of Slovenia. We conducted an empirical survey of the state of implementation of public policies in selected ministries and other public administration bodies in 2017. In the framework of the research, we conducted 22 interviews with selected experts, covering a total of 15 areas of public policies out of a total of 24, which are officially implemented in Slovenia. The research is still under way. In the first part of the paper, we present the methodological approach that was developed for the needs of the empirical research. Depending on the specifics of the field, we have chosen a qualitative approach, that is, the method of semi-structured interviews. In the second part of the paper, we present preliminary results, which we have come up with by quantitative analysis of conducted interviews. We are aware that these are partial results, since more in-depth evaluation of the collected data with the special ATLAS tool is still underway.
COBISS.SI-ID: 5228462
Good public governance requires participative networking to tackle the worst societal problems. Redefined administrative procedure as an instrument that should ensure efficient public policies is one of the key approaches in this respect. The objective of this article is to show, based on qualitative research methods, that in modern public administration, procedure is attributed a much different role than under the traditional Rechtsstaat doctrine. It has been evolving towards becoming a dialogue tool for the state and the citizens, increasingly recognised in Neo-Weberian and good governance models, also in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Administrative procedure’s modernised codification in CEE countries, grounded in public administration theory, EU and case law, is in this article seen as of the utmost importance to apply in the region to develop its governance capacity. The article addresses said issues and provides a specific outline as to how to systematically and proportionally codify administrative procedural law in this sense on a national scale. The author proposes a concrete, holistic outline to redefine respective codification within contemporary public governance models. This outline incorporates minimum joint fundamental principles, e.g. the right to be heard. Following the principle of proportionality, in addition a more detailed codification is suggested by more formalised proceedings in the case of the collision of legally protected interests. The principles, such as participation, would apply for any administrative acts, resulting from legislative policy-making or single-case decision-making, and judicial reviews thereof alike. Such an approach should ensure a balanced recognition and effective protection of parties and public interest.
COBISS.SI-ID: 5261998
Performance budgeting is the latest trend in attempts to improve government performance. In this article we investigate the interaction between environmental taxes, environmental expenditures and environmental impacts in the field of waste management. Performance budgeting is realized only once all three groups have been taken into consideration. We confirm direct and indirect effects of environmental taxes on the reduction of waste pollution. Further, we test the earmarking of environmental taxes through the effect of environmental indicators on environmental taxes and note that the rate is high.
COBISS.SI-ID: 5141422
In this article, we take account of an evaluation of the short- and medium-term effects of the transmission mechanism of fiscal policy in EU and OECD countries and their dependence on the state of the economy and fiscal behaviour. Our findings indicate that (i) across EU member states the impact of government spending on economic performance is larger in the accession than in core member states, (ii) since the onset of the economic/financial crisis the government spending multipliers have become larger in both core and accession EU member states, and (iii) a comparison with fiscal responses in the OECD countries shows robustness of our estimates. The conclusion implies that the austerity measures present a substantial drag for economic activity in accession EU countries. Thus, we may state that not considering the fiscal behaviour and state of the economy gives misleading fiscal multiplier effects, which in turn lead to the adoption of inappropriate fiscal measures that even worsen a country's economic situation.
COBISS.SI-ID: 4993198