PUBLIC GOVERNANCE AT THE OECD HIGHLIGHTS AND INSIGHTS
PUBLIC GOVERNANCE AT THE OECD HIGHLIGHTS AND INSIGHTS FOR BRAZIL AND LAC Luiz de Mello Deputy Director Public Governance Rio de Janeiro, 21 June 2017
Roadmap • A primer on the OECD – Key facts and numbers • Why does public governance matter? – How we support policymakers • How do we support policymakers? – Our tools and lines of work
THE OECD: KEY FACTS AND NUMBERS
More than just “developed countries”, … 1961 1974 1994 2007 2008 2013/152014
… and a large presence in the world 35 € 370 Million (2016) 5
Brazil 25 South Africa 10 5 0 Indonesi a Number of legal instruments 30 India 20 China 15 Pre-1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 15 20 17 20 20 15 11 20 13 20 20 09 20 07 20 05 20 03 20 01 19 99 19 97 19 95 19 93 Number of Partnerships Brazil and the OECD: A growing and mutually beneficial cooperation 40 35 30 25 10 5 0
WHY DOES PUBLIC GOVERNANCE MATTER?
Government accounts for a large share of the economy, not only in terms of production, … 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 Source: OECD National Accounts and Government at a Glance databases. ZAF CRI RUS LTU COL CHN 0 DNK NOR SWE FIN FRA CAN GRC ISL EST BEL PRT HUN SVN AUT LVA ESP CZE ITA SVK ISR POL USA OECD WA NLD NZL LUX GBR CHE KOR CHL DEU JPN IRL MEX 2
… but also employment in most countries Employment in public sector as a percentage of total employment 2014 % 2009 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 Source: International Labour Organization (ILO) ILOSTAT (database). BRA CRI DEU KOR JPN CHL MEX CHE PRT ESP ITA AUS CAN FRA OECD BEL GRC SVN GBR IRL POL EST SVK FIN HUN SWE LVA DNK NOR 0
Quality, not only the level, of spending affects performance 650 Shanghai-China 600 Singapore Mathematics performance (score points) Korea Student performance and average spending per student 550 Switzerland Japan Poland Canada Finland Netherlands Viet Nam Estonia Belgium Germany Czech Republic Australia Austria New Zealand Slovenia Denmark 500 Ireland Latvia France Lithuania Norway Portugal Iceland Slovak Republic Croatia Sweden United States Israel Hungary Turkey Spain 450 Italy Bulgaria Thailand United Kingdom Chile Malaysia Mexico Uruguay. Montenegro 400 Tunisia Brazil Jordan Colombia Peru 350 R 2 = 0, 01 Luxembourg R 2 = 0, 37 300 0 20 000 40 000 60 000 80 000 100 000 120 000 140 000 160 000 180 000 200 000 Average cumulative spending per student from the age of 6 to 15 (USD, PPPs) Source: PISA 2012 Results: What makes schools successful? Resources, policies and practices, Volume IV.
Regulation is a powerful tool, but few countries systematically evaluate its impacts OECD average EU average Note: The vertical axis represents the total aggregate score across the four separate categories of the composite indicators. The maximum score for each category is one, and the maximum aggregate score for the composite indicator is four. The EU average is for the 21 EU member countries that were also members of the OECD at the time of survey in 2015. Source: OECD (2015), OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2015, http: //www. oecd. org/gov/regulatory-policy/indicators-regulatory-policy-
Integrity matters not only for confidence in government and institutions, … 2104
… but also for economic performance 7 Innovation Index (WEF) 6 FIN CHE USA JPN SWE NLD DEU DNK NOR GBR LUX BEL AUT IRL CAN AUS NZL ISL 5 R 2 = 0, 5823 ISR FRA EST 4 CHL 3 KOR PRT SVN CZE ESP HUN POL SVK ITA TUR MEX GRC 2 1 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 Source: Data available from WEF and Gallup World Poll. 60 70 Corruption (inversed CPI )
A few challenges remain; productivity growth has been slower than in the past, and …
… there has been a decline in confidence in government since the global crisis Confidence in national governments
HOW DO WE SUPPORT POLICYMAKERS?
Some of our areas of work Budgeting and public expenditure Public employment and management Promoting integrity and fighting corruption Regulatory policy Digital Government Strategic policymaking and coordination Public sector innovation
Key pillars of our engagement Communities • Committees, Working Parties and Networks, Conferences OECD instruments • Principles and Recommendations to Council Data and research • Surveys, thematic reports, Government at a Glance Sharing practices and experience • Online platforms, OPSI, comparative studies Tailored advice • Peer Reviews, Thematic reviews, Regional reviews
Policy communities • Committees and Working Parties for policymakers: – Regulation, Public Governance • Networks of senior officials: – Centres of Government, Senior Budget Officials, Regulators, regional networks • Conferences and symposia: – Integrity Forum, Open Government, etc. 19
OECD instruments: recommendations adopted over the last 5 years on public governance Recommendation on gender equality in public life (2015) budgetary governance (2015) Recommendation on effective public investment across levels of government (2014) Recommendation on Principles for Public Governance of Public. Private Partnerships (2012) Recommendation on digital government strategies (2014) Recommendation on regulatory policy and governance (2012) Quality, Recommendation on Integrity & for Principles Transparency Independence & Integrity in Lobbying (2010) Recommendation on the governance of critical risk (2014) Recommendation on Fighting Bid Rigging in Public Procurement (2012) International Open Data Charter * (2015) *developed with participation of OECD
Data and Research: Government at a Glance • Biennial publication: 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 • 50+ indicators covering the entire “production chain” of government activity • Output and outcome data; efficiency and effectiveness indicators • Includes all member and partner countries
Data and Research: Regulatory Policy Outlook • First evidence-based cross-country analysis of OECD countries’ progress to improve the way they regulate • Based on the 2015 Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance (i. Reg) • In-depth review of 3 key tools of regulatory policy: RIA, stakeholder engagement, ex post evaluation • Forward looking agenda for regulatory policy
Sharing good practices: The case of OPSI oe. cd/opsi An interactive platform to share and collaborate Designed by policy makers from 33 countries More than 120 projects Innovations from health, education, environment, social protection, public safety
Tailored advice: The case of Public Governance Reviews Overarching themes: Leadership and 360° diagnostic In-depth analysis Actionable recommendations (+ implementation support) co-ordination by the Centre of Government Strategic planning and budgeting Performance management, policy evaluation Multilevel governance Public sector integrity Public sector procurement Human resources management Digital governance Regulatory reform
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