OECD Meeting on Public Service Delivery Public Private Partnerships and Regulatory Reform Korkmaz Il

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OECD MeetingonPublic Service DeliveryPublic
Private Partnerships andRegulatory
ReformKorkmaz IlkorurTunis, February 16, 2007
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Public Management Reform in Turkey

• General Background
• The need for reform
• Strong centralist tendencies
• Importance of sustainable development in a
  democratic environment ? participation by all, at
  all levels of government
• Harmonizing Reforms with the Constitution and
  other relevant laws and filling the gaps with new
  auxiliary regulations
• Creating sound mechanisms for local
  administrations

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Drivers of Change Central Government Level

• Regulatory Reform Policies and Principles
• Mechanisms to promote regulatory reform within
  the public administration
• The General Directorate of Laws and Decrees
• The General Directorate of Legislation
  Development and Publication
• The State Planning Organization
• The Secreteriat General for EU Affairs

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Administrative Capacities for Making High Quality
Regulations

• Administrative Procedure Laws
• Public Consultation
• Forward Regulatory Planning
• Assessment
• Effective Communication
• Understanding Regulatory Effects
• Use of Regulatory Impact Analysis

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Rising User Conciousness / Expectations

• Central Government level / weak but increasing
  response
• Local Administrations level / strong response /
  lack of resources
• Coordination between levels of government /
  increasing tendencies
• Shift in Civil Society participation towards
  local administrations

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Economic and Social Council

• Significant means for civil society participation
  / consultation at the central government level
• Is the composition right ?
• Is the effectiveness upto the expectations?

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Significant Participants / Pushers (1)

• Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen
  Association (TUSIAD)
• www.tusiad.org
• Turkish Federation of Chambers and Exchanges
  (TOBB)
• www.tobb.org
• Turkish Foundation of Economic and Social Studies
  (TESEV)
• www.tesev.org.tr
• Turkish Young Industrialists and Businessmen
  Association (TUGIAD)
• www.tugiad.org
• Association for Support to Women Candidates
  (KA.DER)
• www.ada.com.tr/kader
• Turkish Women Entrepreneurs Association (KAGIDER)
• www.kagider.com
• Istanbul Policies Center (IPM)
• www.ipc.sabanciuniv.edu
• IULA-EMME. Turkey
• www.yerelgundem21.org

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The Role of Business

• Highest quality of regulatory environment
• Consultation
• Economic and Social Councils
• REgulatory Reform Committees
• Independent Regulatory Authorities
• Administrative Simplification

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Local Agenda 21- Sustainable Development, Civil
Society Participation

• From Rio to Istanbul
• Turkish experience an old concept / new
  rediscovery
• Successful examples of good local governance
• Izmir Integrated Coastal Region Administration
• Diyarbakir Sustainability of historical
  environment
• Bursa Territorial Development Projects
• Antalya Metropolitan Council for Reginal
  Development

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E-Government

• Existing state
• Service provision citizen demand
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• information transfer
• Are e-citizens there ?
• Further constraints ? Financial constraints?
• Strong Commitment
• National Information Infrastructure Plan
• National Academic Network and Information Center

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Public management work OECD - BIAC

• From intervention to regulatory governance
• Consultation and public participation in
  regulatory decision making
• Bringing into thediscussion the expertise,
  perspectives and ideas of those directly
  affected,
• Helping regulators to balance opposing interests
• Identifying unintended effects
• Providing quality check and assessment of costs
  and benefits
• Identifying interactions between regulations from
  various parts of government
• Enhancing voluntary compliance, reducing
  enforcement and sanctions

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OECD - Ex-Post Evaluation of Public Consultation

• The Evaluation Process
• Evaluation Applied to Consultation Mechanisms
• Institutional Aspects of Evaluation

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OECD- The E-Government Project

• The case for e-government
• Implementing e-government
• Key issues
• Observations