Abstract
The public sector is under growing pressure to increase its efficiency. Expectations from the political authorities, local communities, stakeholders and media towards the public-sector entities are high. Modern management methods must be introduced to meet them. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is an important method used in comparative studies of public sector efficiency. Voivodeship Funds for Environmental Protection and Water Management (VFEPWMs) are public entities that financially support actions aimed at environmental protection and water management. Their task is to acquire and redistribute financial resources to support projects related to environmental protection. VFEPWMs face the challenge of increasing the use of available funds and the efficiency of their use. The paper presents the use of DEA method — which is as a modern engineering management tool — to evaluate the VFEPWMs performance. In the DEA performance analysis of VFEPWM, it is assumed that each unit may be characterised by their input resources, effects, environmental variables and transformation processes that transform resources into effects. VFEPWMs have better performance if they transform resources into desirable effects (actions) more efficiently. The results of the conducted analysis allow comparing the performance of particular VFEPWMs, to identify model units and to develop benchmarking graphs. The analysis is performed not only to assess the current level of VFEPWM performance but also to acquire information allowing to remove inefficiency.
Highlights
In many countries various public services and public goods like infrastructure [1], education [2] or environmental protection [3] are carried out by specialised government agencies
Voivodeship Funds for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Poland (VFEPWMs) have been set up to support the area of public tasks, which is the financial support for environmental protection and water management
It would be worth reconsidering the idea of different financing of inefficient funds, which have been characterised by the lowest revenues from fees and penalties
Summary
In many countries various public services and public goods like infrastructure [1], education [2] or environmental protection [3] are carried out by specialised government agencies. Voivodeship Funds for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Poland (VFEPWMs) have been set up to support the area of public tasks, which is the financial support for environmental protection and water management. They collect and redistribute funds to projects that aim to protect the environment. Apart from 16 VFEPWMs, Poland has the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFEPWM) Among other things, their mission is effective and efficient support for environmental activities, and the challenge resulting from their strategies: increasing the use of available financial resources as well as the efficiency of the use. It seems necessary to take an example from other sectors of the economy [7,8] and to assess the performance of the VFEPWMs, to look for benchmarks characterised by relatively higher efficiency in relation to others, and to search for good practices that can be applied
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