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  • 1
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264019492
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (164 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Promesses et limites de la démocratie électronique ; les défis de la participation citoyenne en ligne
    DDC: 323/.042/02854678
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    Keywords: Governance ; Science and Technology ; Electronic books ; Demokratie ; Politische Beteiligung ; World Wide Web
    Abstract: This book highlights policy lessons in using ICTs to provide information, opportunities for consultation and public participation in policy-making. It includes numerous examples of current practice from 12 OECD member countries (Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Slovak Republic, Sweden, UK) as well as the European Commission. It does not deal with online service delivery nor with ICT applications to elections (e.g. e-voting) although some of the issues discussed here, such as providing information online, may be relevant for both. Finally, the book suggests 10 guiding principles for successful online consultation and identifies five key challenges for online citizen engagement in policy-making.
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  • 2
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    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264017375
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (146 p.)
    Series Statement: Ageing and Employment Policies/Vieillissement et politiques de l'emploi
    Parallel Title: Print version Korea
    DDC: 331.3/98/09519
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Korea ; Älterer Arbeitnehmer ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Arbeitspolitik ; Rentenversicherung
    Abstract: In the face of rapid population ageing and the trend towards early retirement, there is a need to promote better employment opportunities for older people. Much has been said about the need for reform of old-age pensions and early retirement schemes but this may not be sufficient to raise employment rates for older people significantly or to reduce the future risk of labour shortages
    Description / Table of Contents: Preliminaries; CONTENTS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 THE CHALLENGE AHEAD; Chapter 2 THE CURRENT LABOUR MARKET SITUATION; Chapter 3 STRIKING THE RIGHT BALANCE INCOME SUPPORT FOR OLDER PEOPLE AND WORK INCENTIVES; Chapter 4 ENCOURAGING EMPLOYERS TO RETAIN OLDER WORKERS; Chapter 5 BETTER ACCESS TO BETTER JOBS; Chapter 6 ENSURING POLICIES ARE COMPREHENSIVE AND COHERENT; BIBLIOGRAPHY;
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  • 3
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    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264103764
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (164 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Gouvernance de la recherche publique ; Vers de meilleures pratiques
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Governance of Public Research; Toward Better Practices (Chinese version)
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    Keywords: Governance ; Science and Technology ; OECD ; Staatliche Forschung ; Finanzierung ; OECD ; Forschungspolitik ; Forschungseinrichtung ; Reform
    Abstract: This report deals with public sector research. It provides a comprehensive review of the challenges that call for changes in the governance of OECD countries’ science systems. It highlights emerging policy responses developed in these countries indicating better practices to deal with the challenges, and draws policy lessons that can inspire the reform process. Supporting chapters provide detailed descriptions and analyses of the structures of science systems, the procedures for priority setting, the changes to funding, and the management of human resources in R&D.
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  • 4
    ISBN: 9789264019423
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (104 p.)
    Series Statement: Development Centre Studies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Appropriation et partenariat ; quel rôle pour la société civile dans les stratégies de réduction de la pauvreté ?
    DDC: 362.5091724
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    Keywords: Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Development ; Konferenzschrift ; Entwicklungsländer ; Bürgerliche Gesellschaft ; Armut
    Abstract: Partnership Forums are the means by which the OECD Development Assistance Committee provides a venue for non-governmental actors to express their points of view and to offer their own contributions to development policy and strategy. In December 2000, the DAC and the Development Centre held a Forum on ways of integrating civil society into policy formation in developing countries, and to identify obstacles to such involvement. Participants agreed that civil society's role in poverty-reduction strategies had been an important element in succesful implementation. This book contains 8 papers presented at the Forum, covering experience in a variety of countries with a variety of stakeholders. The wide-ranging discussion concluded that civil-society participation in policy making not only enhances efficiency in implementation, but also contributes to the creation of more pluralistic and democratic political systems.
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  • 5
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    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264103740
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (161 p.)
    Parallel Title: Print version Governance of Public Research : Toward Better Practices
    DDC: 352.74
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; OECD ; Staatliche Forschung ; Finanzierung ; Forschungspolitik ; Forschungseinrichtung ; Reform
    Abstract: Science systems in nearly all OECD countries have experienced increasing pressures for change. These pressures reflect new challenges that go beyond the important issue of ensuring sustained funding for the research enterprise as a whole. These challenges must be addressed in the broader perspective of the governance of public research in order to include wider concerns related to: the decision-making processes for priority setting; the allocation of funds to the public research sector; the management of research institutions and the assessment of their performance in terms of contribution
    Description / Table of Contents: Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Executive Summary; Chapter 1 Governing the Science System Challenges and Responses; Chapter 2 Structures of Science Systems; Chapter 3 Priority Setting Issues and Recent Trends; Chapter 4 Public Funding of R D Trends and Changes; Chapter 5 Management of Human Resources in R D;
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  • 6
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264158528
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (584 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Development Centre Studies
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Retour sur le développement
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    Keywords: Development
    Abstract: Achieving the economic development of poor countries remains, even in the third millennium, a formidable challenge which increasingly preoccupies OECD countries. The Organisation's Development Centre was founded in 1962 as one means to study and to try to confront the problems of comparative development and to relate them to experiences in the more advanced economies. This book provides a compendium of that experience and looks forward to future policies and strategies which might provide some solutions to the problems facing developing countries. Some reflections are also included on a remarkable institution which has evolved and been transformed better to synchronise with the OECD's overall efforts in favour of the poorer countries, regions and peoples.
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  • 7
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264177420
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (280 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Les autres visages de la gouvernance publique ; Agences, autorités administratives et établissements publics
    DDC: 351
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    Keywords: Governance ; Behörde ; Öffentliche Aufgaben ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: Good governance in modern times requires attention not only to shifting relations between governments, citizens and parliaments, but to the effective functioning of government itself. One important issue is 'Distributed Governance' - a term coined in this publication to capture the notion of proliferating public organisations operating with some degree of separateness from core government ministries. Despite the fact that in many countries more than half of public employment and central public expenditure is carried out through such bodies, they have not been comprehensively studied from a governance perspective. Some important questions concerning these organisations that need to be addressed are: Does government have adequate oversight of them? How accountable are they? and To whom should they be accountable? Distributed Public Governance: Agencies, Authorities and other Government Bodies presents the experience of nine countries with the governance of these bodies. It also draws preliminary conclusions from the work carried out on this topic by the OECD’s Public Management Service (PUMA).
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  • 8
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    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264198920
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (273 p.)
    Parallel Title: Print version Distributed Public Governance : Agencies, Authorities and other Government Bodies
    DDC: 352.290941
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Behörde ; Öffentliche Aufgaben ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: Good governance in modern times requires attention not only to shifting relations between governments, citizens and parliaments, but to the effective functioning of government itself. One important issue is "Distributed Governance" - a term coined in this publication to capture the notion of proliferating public organisations operating with some degree of separateness from core government ministries. Despite the fact that in many countries more than half of public employment and central public expenditure is carried out through such bodies, they have not been comprehensively studied
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword; Table of Contents; Synthesis Report; Agencies in Search of Principles; Canada; France; Germany; The Netherlands; New Zealand; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom; United States; Distributed Public Governance: Principles for Control and Accountability of Agencies, Authorities...;
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  • 9
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264176287
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (212 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    DDC: 336
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    Keywords: Governance ; Konferenzschrift 2001 ; Electronic books ; OECD ; Öffentlicher Sektor ; Verwaltungshandeln ; Good Governance
    Abstract: High standards of public governance are the essential foundation for achieving sustainable economic growth and social cohesion. This publication presents the papers discussed at the Latin American Forum on Ensuring Transparency and Accountability in the Public Sector that took place on 5-6 December 2001. The Forum brought together more than 450 ministers, senators, senior government officials, business leaders, representatives of international organisations, non-government organisations and the media from OECD countries, Latin America and the Caribbean. The Forum approved policy recommendations that reflect the shared experience of Member countries of the OECD and the Organization of American States. The agreed policy recommendations list key principles and crucial factors in the three following key areas of good governance: - Ensuring impartiality in the decision-making process by a credible conflict-of-interest policy.- Increasing transparency in the preparation and execution of the budget.- Promoting freedom of information, consultation and participation of citizens in the formulation and implementation of public policies. In addition, country papers provide practical solutions adapted to their particular administrative environments for policy-makers and a demanding civil society.
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  • 10
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264176249
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (172 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Pour des transports écologiquement viables ; Les mesures à prendre
    DDC: 388/.049 22
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    Keywords: Environment ; Transport ; Electronic books ; Verkehr ; Umweltverträglichkeit ; Verkehrspolitik
    Abstract: Moving people and freight in an environmentally sustainable manner will be one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. Overall, insufficient progress has been made so far towards achieving environmental sustainability for the transport sector. A new target-oriented approach is needed that places environment and health at the top of the policy agenda for transport and related sectors, at international, national and local levels. The OECD’s Working Group on Transport recently concluded a five-year work programme with the development of Guidelines for Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) and supporting analytical reports, endorsed by OECD Environment Ministers at their meeting in Paris on 16 May 2001.
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  • 11
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264195035
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (104 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Le secteur public au XXIème siècle ; repenser le leadership
    DDC: 350
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    Keywords: Governance ; OECD ; Öffentlicher Sektor ; Führungskräfteentwicklung ; OECD ; Verwaltung ; Führungskraft ; Ausbildung
    Abstract: In an era of globalisation, decentralisation, and knowledge-based economies, governments are having to reshape public sector leadership to cope with new challenges. This environment requires new roles for public sector leaders including change agents, promoters of enhanced performance, co-ordinators of government policies, and keepers of public service values. Many governments of OECD Member countries are developing new public sector leadership models. This is the first report to examine key leadership issues across OECD Member countries, including the strategies and practices governments are adopting, and the lessons from country experiences so far.
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  • 12
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264189362
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (212 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. La gouvernance au XXIe siècle
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Governance im 21. Jahrhundert
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Governance in the 21st Century (Korean version)
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    Keywords: Staat ; Regierung ; Ursache ; Gesellschaft ; Entwicklung ; Autorität ; Liberalisierung ; Ethik ; Demokratie ; Globalisierung ; Governance ; Social Issues/Migration/Health ; Erde ; Politik ; Zukunft
    Abstract: As we move into the 21st century, the turbulent transformation of economy and society looks set to continue. Growing integration of markets, radical new technologies, the increasing knowledge intensity of human activity, all point to the emergence of an immensely complex world. But how will it be managed? And by whom? What forms of organisation and decision-making will be required at local, national and global levels to meet the challenges of the next decades? One thing seems certain: old forms of governance -- in the public sector, corporations and civil society -- are becoming increasingly ineffective. New forms of governance will be needed over the next few decades which will involve a much broader range of active players. Traditional hierarchical organisations and top-down control will give way more and more to a wider diffusion of responsibility and decision-making that builds on the talents for innovation and creativity of individuals and groups. This book explores some of the opportunities and risks -- economic, social and technological -- that decision-makers will have to address in the coming years, and outlines what needs to be done to foster society 's capacity to manage its future more flexibly and with broader participation of its citizens.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapt. 1: Michalski, Wolfgang ; Müller, Riel ; Stevens, Barrie: Governance in the 21st century : power in the global knowledge economy and society. - S. 7-26 Chapt. 2: Tarschys, Daniel: Wealth, values, institutions : trends in government and governance. - S. 27-44 Chapt. 3: Valaskakis, Kimon: Long-term trends in global governance : from "Westphalia" to "Seattle". - S. 45-66 Chapt. 4: Six, Perri: Governing by technique : judgement and the prospects for governance of and with technology. - S. 67-120 Chapt. 5: Sabel, Charles F.: A quiet revolution of democratic governance : towards democratic experimentalism. - S. 121-148 Chapt. 6: Albrow, Martin: Society as social diversity : the challenge for governance in the global age. - S. 149-182 Chapt. 7: Paquet, Gilles: The new governance, subsidiarity, and the strategic state. - S. 183-214
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  • 13
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    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264195561
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (268 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Des citoyens partenaires ; Information, consultation et participation à la formulation des politiques publiques
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Citizens as Partners (Serbo-croate version); Information, Consultation and Public Participation in Policy-Making
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    Keywords: Governance ; Staat ; Bürger ; Politische Beteiligung
    Abstract: Governments are in a crisis of identity, some would say legitimacy, with election turnouts low in many OECD countries and a widespread feeling of disenchantment among citizens with government and the democratic process. Can governments do something to change this? Certainly, doing nothing is not an answer. What every country needs is more transparency, more consultation and more participation. This book is a unique source of comparative information on this challenging subject. It examines a wide range of country experiences, offers examples of good practice, highlights innovative approaches and identifies promising tools (including new information technologies). A set of ten guiding principles for engaging citizens in policy-making is proposed.
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  • 14
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    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264185418
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (218 p.)
    Parallel Title: Print version Governance in the 21st Century
    DDC: 320.30905
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Politik ; Zukunft
    Abstract: As we move into the 21st century, the turbulent transformation of economy and society looks set to continue. Growing integration of markets, radical new technologies, the increasing knowledge intensity of human activity, all point to the emergence of an immensely complex world. But how will it be managed? And by whom? What forms of organisation and decision-making will be required at local, national and global levels to meet the challenges of the next decades?. One thing seems certain: old forms of governance -- in the public sector, corporations and civil society -- are becoming increasingly
    Description / Table of Contents: Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Governance in the 21st Century: Power in the Global Knowledge Economy and Society; Chapter 2. Wealth, Values, Institutions: Trends in Government and Governance; Chapter 3. Long-term Trends in Global Governance: From "Westphalia" to "Seattle"; Chapter 4. Governing by Technique: Judgement and the Prospects for Governance of and with Technology; Chapter 5. A Quiet Revolution of Democratic Governance: Towards Democratic Experimentalism; Chapter 6. Society as Social Diversity: The Challenge for Governance in the Global Age
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 7. The New Governance, Subsidiarity, and the Strategic StateAnnex 1;
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  • 15
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264195295
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (98 p.)
    Parallel Title: Print version Public Sector Leadership for the 21st Century
    DDC: 352.2
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; OECD ; Öffentlicher Sektor ; Führungskräfteentwicklung ; Verwaltung ; Führungskraft ; Ausbildung
    Abstract: In an era of globalisation, decentralisation, and knowledge-based economies, governments are having to reshape public sector leadership to cope with new challenges. This environment requires new roles for public sector leaders including change agents, promoters of enhanced performance, co-ordinators of government policies, and keepers of public service values. Many governments of OECD Member countries are developing new public sector leadership models. This is the first report to examine key leadership issues across OECD Member countries, including the strategies and practices governments are
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword; Table of Contents; Executive Summary; Chapter 1. Developing Public Sector Leadership for the 21st Century; Chapter 2. Leadership Development Strategies in the UK Civil Service; Chapter 3. Leadership Development in the United States; Chapter 4. Staff Development and Training for Leadership in the German Federal Administration; Chapter 5. Leadership Development Strategy in Sweden; Chapter 6. Manager and Management Development in Norway; Chapter 7. Leading Change in Mexico; Appendix: Executive Core Qualifications;
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  • 16
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    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264195394
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (253 p.)
    Parallel Title: Print version Citizens as Partners : Information, Consultation and Public Participation in Policy-Making
    DDC: 323.042
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; Staat ; Bürger ; Politische Beteiligung
    Abstract: Governments are in a crisis of identity, some would say legitimacy, with election turnouts low in many OECD countries and a widespread feeling of disenchantment among citizens with government and the democratic process. Can governments do something to change this? Certainly, doing nothing is not an answer. What every country needs is more transparency, more consultation and more participation. This book is a unique source of comparative information on this challenging subject. It examines a wide range of country experiences, offers examples of good practice, highlights innovative approaches an
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  • 17
    ISBN: 923103491X
    Language: English
    Pages: 406 S. , graph. Darst
    Series Statement: Culture, development and society series
    DDC: 306.3
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    Keywords: Entwicklungstheorie ; Entwicklungsmodell ; Kulturelle Entwicklung ; Anleitung
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  • 18
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264187986
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (332 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Renforcer l'éthique dans le service public ; Les mesures des pays de l'OCDE
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Confianza en el Gobierno ; Medidas para fortalecer el marco ético en los países de la OCDE
    DDC: 172.2
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    Keywords: Governance ; OECD ; Öffentlicher Dienst ; Ethik ; OECD ; Politische Ethik
    Abstract: Public service is a public trust. Citizens expect public servants to serve the public interest with fairness and to manage public resources properly on a daily basis. Fair and reliable public services inspire public trust and create a favourable environment for businesses, thus contributing to well-functioning markets and economic growth. Public ethics are a prerequisite to public trust and a keystone of good governance. At a time when there is a growing consensus among governments on what should constitute the essential elements of an effective and comprehensive ethics strategy, this book constitutes a unique source of comparative information on ethics management measures in OECD countries. It is designed to facilitate mutual learning and to support the development of modern ethics strategies in both OECD and non-member countries, by providing, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of ethics measures in all 29 OECD countries, including overall trends and promising practices.
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  • 19
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    Paris
    ISBN: 9789264187986
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (314 p.)
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Trust in government
    DDC: 172/.2
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    Keywords: Electronic books ; OECD ; Öffentlicher Dienst ; Politisch-administratives System ; Ethik ; Verbesserung ; Personalpolitik
    Abstract: Public service is a public trust. Citizens expect public servants to serve the public interest with fairness and to manage public resources properly on a daily basis. Fair and reliable public services inspire public trust and create a favourable environment for businesses, thus contributing to well-functioning markets and economic growth. Public ethics are a prerequisite to public trust and a keystone of good governance. At a time when there is a growing consensus among governments on what should constitute the essential elements of an effective and comprehensive ethics strategy, this book con
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword; Table of Contents; Preface; Summary; I. Introduction; II. Delivering a Sound Ethics Infrastructure; Annex: 1998 Recommendation of the OECD Council on Improving Ethical Conduct in the Public Service...; Notes; Country Chapters;
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  • 20
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264180901
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (224 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    DDC: 361.60941
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    Keywords: Urban, Rural and Regional Development ; Electronic books ; Belfast ; Stadtentwicklung
    Abstract: Belfast is at a turning point in its history. If it is to succeed as the peace process advances, the achievements of past urban regeneration efforts need to be evaluated in order to set in place effective policies and strategies for the future. Beginning with environmental priorities, Laganside Corporation, a limited life public body responsible for the regeneration of derelict and abandonned land adjacent to the River Lagan, has facilitated enormous physical, economic and social change right in the centre of Belfast. This book identifies strategies that can help local agencies and actors better meet the challenges they face, including that of involving the private sector more effectively in regeneration. Although the problems of Belfast are in many ways unique, they also have elements that are fairly typical of cities facing major economic change, environmental problems and social fragmentation.
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  • 21
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264172012
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (76 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Development Co-operation Reviews no.31
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Examens en matière de coopération pour le développement ; Finlande 1999
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    Keywords: Development ; Finland ; OECD ; Finnland
    Abstract: The OECD Development Assistance Committee's 1999 review of Finlands development aid programmes and policies. It finds that following a steep decline in its development co-operation programme in the early 1990s Finland is engaged in redesigning and building up its aid programme. The Cabinet Decision-in-principle of September 1996 is now the main point of reference for Finnish development co-operation. It includes a firm target of 0.4 per cent by the year 2000 for the ratio of Finland's official development assistance to the gross national product (the ODA/GNP ratio), the integration of development co-operation into a coherent foreign policy framework and the reorganisation of the aid administration within the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. At the DAC review of Finland's aid policies and programmes on 16 October 1998 the Committee commended both the partnership orientation of Finland's policies, as set out in the Decision-in-principle, and the growing volume of Finnish aid, a welcome reversal of the situation at the time of the last DAC Peer Review of Finland in 1995, when aid volume was in a deep decline. This Review addresses several other key issues: Finland's long-term partnerships with primary orientation countries; the flexibility concept, included in the Decision-in-principle; the need for clear sectoral and cross-cutting policy guidance; field management and delegation to the field; and the revised screening process for project and policy proposals that is part of the quality control system of Finnish aid.
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  • 22
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264164079
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (132 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Development Co-operation Reviews no.30
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Examens en matière de coopération pour le développement ; Communauté Européenne 1998
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    Keywords: Development ; OECD
    Abstract: The European Community (EC) is the world's second largest multilateral channel for development assistance (after the World Bank). Its combined programmes are the fifth-largest among the 22 Members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), and EC programmes have grown an average 3.3 per cent annually over the past five years, while the combined effort of DAC countries declined by 4.7 per cent annually. The Community's allocation of resources to lower income countries has not kept pace, however, with the overall growth of the ODA budget over recent years. EC programmes operate within a complex organisation and management structure, and Brussels faces serious challenges of implementation in adapting its operations to achieve agreed development objectives. There have been important steps in the evolution of the European Commission structures: a Common Service has been created to implement co-operation activities for the four Directorates General. But there is still a need to strengthen the capacity of delegations in the field to work fully with partners in advancing local ownership and co-ordination. The EC has a strong role to play in improving the coherence of policies affecting developing countries. The report analyses this question in fields such as agriculture, trade, fisheries agreements and Community fishing fleet subsidies. Co-ordination with other donors also seems to be improving, which bodes well for better overall partnerships between donors and partner countries. In 1998, the development co-operation policy of the following DAC Member countries will be reviewed: Canada, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, and the United States.
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  • 23
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    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264172050
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (60 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Development Co-operation Reviews no.32
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Examens en matière de coopération pour le développement ; Luxembourg 1999
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    Keywords: Development ; Luxembourg ; OECD ; Luxemburg
    Abstract: The OECD Development Assistance Committee's 1999 review of Luxembourg's development aid programmes and policies. It finds that Luxembourg's aid programme has made considerable headway since the first review by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in 1993. The government has implemented most of the DAC's recommendations following that review. Measures taken by the government include: a new law defining the aims of co-operation; selection of target countries; an increase in the number of staff assigned to the aid programme; an agreement governing relations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Co-operation (MFA) and Lux-Development, the executive agency. Over the last five years the volume of Luxembourg's official development assistance (ODA) has risen by an average of 15 per cent a year in real terms. Luxembourg's development aid reached 0.55 per cent of its gross national product (GNP) in 1997. This advance has been made possible by the unanimous support of political parties and public opinion. The non-governmental organisations occupy a special place in the aid programme since a quarter of bilateral aid is channelled through them. Luxembourg delivers its aid entirely in grant form, and largely untied. The sharp rise in the volume of aid makes it important to control and improve the quality of projects and programmes by means of more stringent selection procedures, closer monitoring of projects and systematic [ex-ante] and [ex-post] evaluations. To that end it is crucial to reduce the number of recipient countries, to strengthen further human resources for the aid programme and to extend training for co-operation staff.
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    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Paris : OECD Publishing
    ISBN: 9789264163393
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (148 p.) , ill.
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. La société civile et le développement international
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Civil society and international development
    DDC: 327.1/7
    RVK:
    Keywords: Development ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Bürgerliche Gesellschaft
    Abstract: Interest in the concept of civil society has undergone a remarkable renaissance in the 1990s. It is currrently seen as a potential tool to overcome some of the main theoretical and political stalemates. But what exactly does the concept of civil society mean ? Can civil society really be a counterweight to governments which have become too remote from their people ? The Western concept of what constitutes civil society may well have to be adjusted when applied to developing economies where different cultural forces and values come into play. This book takes up the challenge of defining civil society's role in furthering developmental objectives within the context of developing societies themselves. It compares the activities and attitudes of different elements of civil society within the development process, and suggests ways in which they could be made more effective. It also shows that governments should not try to replace their own development activities with those of civil society.
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