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Public Discussion In Slovakia: Measuring Progress Using the Institute for Financial Policy´s methodology by Juraj Kolarovic The Supreme Audit Office of the Slovak Republic Najvyšší kontrolný úrad Slovenskej republiky Juraj Kolarovic, INTOSAI Working Group on Key National Indicators, Kuta, February, 24-26, 2014

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Public Discussion In Slovakia: Measuring Progress

Using the Institute for Financial Policy´s methodology

by

Juraj Kolarovic

The Supreme Audit Office of the Slovak RepublicNajvyšší kontrolný úrad Slovenskej republiky

Juraj Kolarovic, INTOSAI Working Group on Key National Indicators, Kuta, February, 24-26, 2014Juraj Kolarovic, INTOSAI Working Group on Key National Indicators, Kuta, February, 24-26, 2014

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I. Background

• Introduction

• International practices

II. Discussed Target Areas

• Define relevant tasks

• Methodology & Examples

III. Conclusion

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Public Discussion in Slovakia: Measuring Progress

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II. BackgroundIntroduction 1/2

What is the purpose of public discussion?

Promote the pursuit of improving two major areas of interest :

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government transparency

information on thegovernment‘s activity

Press on experts to define meaningful tasks to measuregovernment‘s performance and accountability

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II. BackgroundIntroduction 2/2

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Which are major objectives of the public discussion ?

Strengthen

Ministriesefficiency

Improve quality in

decision-making processes

using defined indicators formonitoring and evaluation

publishing relevant results

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II. Background

International practices 1/3

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The United States of AmericaThe Government Performance and Results Act

Five-yearstrategic plans

• results-orientedgoals

Governmentagencies

Annual performance

plans• performance goals• description of how

goals are to be met and verified

Annual Program Performance Reports

to review Agency´s success or failure in meeting its goals

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The Commonwealth of Australia

Government agencies

Portfolio Budget Statements

Each goal is including

Measurable goals for policies

• Measures• Programs comprising 1 - 3 Indicators• Budget

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International practices 3/3

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Other OECD countries

Ministries

Measure progress & determine goals

Statutory duty to monitor progress using the indicators

is not centrallydetermined

is not requiredfrom all ministries

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I. Having efficiency results

is just one of the tools that

potentially improve public

administration and finances

II. Discussed Target Areas

• Define relevant tasks

• Methodology & Examples

III. Conclusion

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I. Background

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II. Discussed Areas of InterestTask definition 1/4

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Scheme for measuring progress in Slovakia

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Levels

ministerial programs

ministries

quality of life

Sets of indicators for

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II. Discussed Areas of InterestTask definition 2/4

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Where is the basic problem?

Major tasks of ministries

Needed are the most appropriate indicators that have

relevance for the activityof individual ministries

minimum interferencesamong individual ministries

The indicators must clearly measure defined activities of individual ministries

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Classification of indicators

Result indicators for

• quality of life• ministries

Input / output indicators for

• ministerial programs

Hard indicators

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Task definition 3/4

Alternative indicators

Soft indicators

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Characteristics of the main indicators

Indicators should be

simple

relevant

motivative

comparable

reliable

In reality, it is quite problematic to select indicatorsbased on all of the above characteristics

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Task definition 4/4

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II. Discussed Areas of InterestMethodology 1/7

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I. Level Indicators for the quality of life

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Setting indicators for quality of life

Identifying priority areas

Comparing decomposition ofSlovak GDP with the EU-15 average

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I. Level – Example 1/3Comparing decomposition of GDP

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GDP per

capita

• capital formation• total factor productivity• others

Labour productivity

• unemployment rate• employment of

• young people (15-24)• female & male (25-54)• older people (55-64)

• hours worked

Labour market

Demography

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II. Discussed Areas of InterestMethodology 3/7

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I. Level – Example 2/3Identifying priority areas

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Approach to increasing quality of life

Education, science, research, innovation

Employment, social inclusion

Business environment

Transport infrastructure,telecommunications

Modern public administration

Transparent conditions and law enforcement

Health

Fiscal, environmental and social sustainability

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II. Discussed Areas of InterestMethodology 4/7

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I. Level – Example 3/3Setting quality of life indicators

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• PISA• School drop-out rate• Tertiary education attainment• Citations per researcher• Gross domestic expenditure on research and development

• High-tech export

Education, science, research, innovation

Transparent conditions and law enforcement

• Corruption

1st priority area

7th priority area

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II. Discussed Areas of InterestMethodology 5/7

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II. LevelIndicators for ministries

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The results obtained for one ministry

cannot be influenced by the activity of another ministry

Indicators for

ministry or ministries

1st quality of life

indicator

Nth guality of life

indicator

Indicators for

ministry or ministries

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II. Level - ExampleIndicators for ministries

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Proposed basic approach for the Ministry of health

Healthy life

years

Ministry ofhealth

Ministry ofenvironment

Ministry ofeducation, science,research and sport

• Euro health consumer index • Premature mortality rate ...

Environmentalperformance index

Citations per researcherindicator

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III. LevelIndicators for ministerial programs

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Input and output indicators for program budgeting

Indicators for ministries

Quality of life indicators

Program budgeting uses input and output indicators as a tools

to make government more results-oriented

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II. Discussed Areas of Interest

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I. Having efficiency results

is just one of the tools that

potentially improve public

administration and finances

ÍI. There is no empirical

evidence for significant

relationship of program

budgeting to fiscal policy

III. Conclusion

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III. Conclusion

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There is an initial proposal to improve decision-making in public administration

Existing sets of indicators in the strategy documents and program budgeting

still need further development to measure real progressin improving the efficiency of public administration

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III. Conclusion

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Спасибо за ваше внимание

Thank you for your attention

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