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OECD Meetingon

Public Service DeliveryPublic Private Partnerships

andRegulatory Reform

Korkmaz İlkorurTunis, 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 İstanbul• Turkish experience; an old concept / new

rediscovery• Successful examples of good local

governance• İzmir : İntegrated Coastal Region Administration• Diyarbakır : 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

or

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• İdentifying 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