Tool For Good Governance Research Articles

Public Procurement in Local Government: A Tool for Good Governance, Value Creation, and Sustainable Development

Worldwide, government adopts various methods and strategies for Good Governance (GG), Value Creation (VC) and Sustainable Development (SD) in public sector. One of such methods is Public Procurement (PP), a strategic instrument for public policy initiatives and a tool to stimulate GG, VC, SD, economic growth, and competitive markets. However, in Local Government (LG), PP process is often exposed to fraudulent activities, mistrust, non-competitive, non-transparent and non-accountable or politicized, these hampered GG, VC, and SD. It is against this background, that the study examined PP fundamental principles, mechanism for effective operation, essentials steps for LG PP process, and using fundamental principles as moderating variables in PP process to achieve GG, VC and SD. The study employed exploratory research design. Consequently, the study concluded that PP is a strategic tool to achieve GG, VC and SD in LG. Besides, the moderating variables of PP process in LG is not only prerequisite for GG, VC and SD but a means to guarantee integrity, fair pricing standard, trust, widening SMEs participation, and also to solve societal and climatic problems prevailing at the LG areas. Therefore, the study recommends that LG should have financial, administrative, and political autonomy to drive procurement policy for GG, VC, SD, and societal sustainability. Additionally, professionalizing and adoption of E-procurement in LG will ensure efficient service delivery and seamless procurement process. Furthermore, procurement officials should exhibit efficiency, transparency, accountability and probity in procurement process to avoid bureaucracy and corrupt practices pertinent to award of contract and payment.

Right to Information: A Tool of Good Governance

Right to Information: A Tool of Good Governance

THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE PROJECT APPROACH IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AT THE LEVEL OF UNITED TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES OF THE DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM OF TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION OF POWER

The article is devoted to the issue of project management implementation by public management bodies of the decentralized system of territorial organization of power, in particular the functional features and advantages of implementing project management tools in the activities of united territorial communities of Ukraine. It is determined that the project approach to project management today is one of the most popular ways of management in the modern world. The relevance of the widespread introduction of project management methodology and project approach in the practice of public administration as a new culture of management and effective tools for good governance in a crisis, instability and uncertainty is substantiated, solving industrial, scientific and social problems. It was concluded that the use of project management methodology at the national level of the decentralized system of territorial organization of power is both strategic and tactical in nature. In strategic terms, the project approach makes it possible to focus the efforts of public authorities on solving urgent problems of long-term development of society in its key areas, reducing tensions in the socio-political sphere, by increasing the efficiency of public authorities to strengthen their legitimacy and resilience to internal and external threats establish a stable partnership dialogue with communities and civil society institutions. In terms of tactics, budget savings, reduction of implementation of state programs and national projects, some optimization of government structures and improved coordination of public authorities, cooperation and public-private partnerships with business entities.

Public Policies Making Process and Governance: A Case Study National Ministry of Cabinet Affairs, South Sudan

The study explained public policy as important tool for good governance. The emphasis is placed on what is public policies making process? As such public policy is well-defined as articulated by early philosophers, is a projected programe of goals, values, and practices. Also it is essential for the policy concept that there be a goal, objective, or purpose. Generally public policies is defined as plans in that they are general statements or understanding which guide or channel thinking in decision making. In this regard the research explained Public Policy Formulation Process that indicates stages, types of public policies, implementation, and evaluation of public policy. On the other hand the study consider governanceas the manner in which power is exercised in the management of country's economic and social resources for development. Furthermore, governance system as posted by early writers is also explained. At the same time the articulation include governance system and state nation, governance characteristics, and governance system in South Sudan. The study has considered, the discussion, analysis, and finding for the research data collected, in which all respondents has expressed their opinion about important of public policies in shaping good governance. Moreover the study has included the explanation of challenges facing governance system in South Sudan and suggested solutions, including recommendations for public policy implementation.

E-Governance: A Comprehensive Tool for Good Governance

E-Governance: A Comprehensive Tool for Good Governance

An Analysis of the Right to Information Act 2013 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

The right to information is a powerful tool of good governance without which Transparency and Accountability remain a mere aspiration and an allegory. The basic purpose of this study is to analyze the importance of RTI in general and to provide an overview of the introduction of this basic human right in the conflicts-affected province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan in particular. RTI ACT of 2013 in KP was the first serious effort of the PTI provincial government in the country. For accomplishing this task, qualitative methodology with primary and secondary sources as an instrument for collecting data has been employed. Key informant interviews were conducted with members of the Provincial Assembly of KP and officials in the RTI Commission to record their opinion about RTI. The piece of study has highlighted the brief history of the efforts of introducing this law in Pakistan and analyzed the features, mechanism, and success extent of the RTI Act 2013 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The paper concludes that the Act was highly respected throughout the country, as it was ranked 3rd in all global RTI Acts as it met basic international requirements like clearly defining and enumerating information and exemption from disclosure.

Towards Good Governance: Developing an e-Government

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), today, are seen as the miracle medicines for curing a nation from the ails of corruption, mismanagement, poor governance, inflation, monopolies, business stagnation, illiteracy and so on. One important aspect concerns development and implementation of ICTs for the EGovernance. E-Governance holds enormous potential in terms of improving service delivery and efficiency, better response to business and citizen needs, and provision of affordable government services. Defined as “Government’s use of technology, particularly web-based Internet applications, to enhance the access to and delivery of government information and service to citizens, business partners, employees, other agencies, and government entities [McClure (2000)]” or “the continuous optimisation of service delivery, constituency participation, and governance by transforming internal and external relationships through technology, the Internet, and new media [Gartner Group (2000)]”. The e-government makes it possible for a government’s different departments and organisations to have direct access to grassroots and vice-versa. It cuts down the costs and delivery times for the government and simultaneously becomes a tool for check and balances against the government. The e-government in short is a tool for good governance—transparency, participation, regulations and accountability.

E- Governance, as a Tool for Good Governance: A Reflection from Selected Khidmat Centres in District Poonch of Jammu and Kashmir

E-governance refers to the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in the realm of governance. It is an endower o transfer how the government works and improve the system of service delivery mechanisms through the use of technology. Even though it is something that entirely modifies the conventional method of governing, it is an exercise. The fundamental components of good governance are the rule of law, transparency, efficacy, efficiency, effectiveness, accountability, and public engagement. The government faces difficulty in addressing the problem of providing enough public services. This paper aims to accentuate the role of e-Governance for Good Governance and the Satisfaction level of people in rural areas toward e- services delivery by the Mean of Common Service Centres.

RTI: A Tool of Good Governance

Transparency and accountability in administration are the basic elements for successful operation of democracy in the country. Like pure oxygen, information is the major element that citizens need to live in the social structure of the society and maintain its democratic balance. The enactment of the Right to Information Act in 2005 is a historic event in the annals of democracy in India. Right to Information (RTI) in India was implemented through Judicial pronouncements as a Fundamental Right under Article 19 (1) (a). This RTI Act became a pioneer tool for the Indian citizens to promote, protect and defend their Rights, apart from ensuring greater transparency it also acts as a deterrent against the arbitrary exercise of public powers. A major drastic change can be achieved towards transparency and accountability in governance by implementing the Act both in letter and spirit.

Towards Building a Functional Whole-of-Government M&E System for Zambia: The Supply Side

Monitoring and Evaluation Systems have been identified the world over as powerful tools for good governance, they provide relevant information about development projects, programmes and policies. For that reason, governments, bilateral and multilateral development agencies, including civil society organisations have adopted M&E systems to better their performance through accountability, feedback loops and continuous learning mechanisms. This study investigated the functional status of Zambia’s public sector M&E system. Using a designated diagnostic checklist and analytical framework, the country’s whole-of-government M&E system was found to be weak in several aspects. Specifically, the study argues that for any M&E system to function satisfactorily, it is required that both its ‘supply-side’ and ‘demand-side’ are well developed and sustained. The diagnostic findings have revealed that Zambia’s whole-of-government M&E system had both its supply-side and demand-side weak. However, the study has not focused on both sides, instead, the supply-side has been fully explored and clear suggestions for improvement are made herein. Consequently, the study has proposed a new model which when implemented would holistically strengthen the Government –wide system for M&E. It remains to the powers that be to adopt and implement the recommended model. Government will need to strengthen and sustain its M&E political championship, restructure all government functions towards a results-based management approach—statistics, information technology, skills, policies, laws, etc to support an M&E regime. Likewise, the issues covered in the proposed model could also be of use to other organisations seeking to strengthen their M&E systems. Particularly, the methodology used to undertake the needs analysis could be of utmost applicability by others before embarking on a fuller process of building and strengthening their systems for M&E. Another study was underway to support the demand-side of Zambia’s M&E system.

Key principles of providing transparency in the activities of local government bodies

The article considers the key principles of ensuring the implementation of transparency in the activities of local governments. Transparency as a tool of good governance allows implementing the right of the public for participation in the decision-making process during the formation of regional and state policy via access to public information through open dialogue and partnership. The analysis of such important principles of transparency as: transparency, participation, accountability and ethical principles of local self-government are key aspects of democratic governance in public authorities and are considered to be one of the important achievements of reforms in recent years in Ukraine. Emphasis has been placed on the substantiation of the expediency of local democracy usage mechanisms in the activities of public authorities. The readiness of Ukrainian society to use the mechanisms of local democracy is quite low. The low level of readiness of Ukrainian civil society to make decisions jointly and to solve local problems indicates the distrust to governmental officials, lack of open communication and reluctance of citizens to take responsibility. In this context, the formation and development of civic competence is a necessary condition for the implementation of the public participation in the decision-making process. Forms of public participation such as partnership, delegation of authority to address pressing issues and public governance are examples of real participation in community life. The analysis of the research of transparency principle helps to identify key areas and mechanisms for improving governance at the local level and for the cooperation between government and the community.

Control and Governance of Public Companies: Case of Public Establishments in Morocco

Control in a broad sense is often defined as a tool for good governance within the company, particularly that belonging to the public sphere, where the concept of control is often synonymous with a structural or even regulatory obligation to be observed, particularly at the level of the public structure. The purpose of this article is to highlight, the main attributes defining the mode of control within public structures, particularly in the Moroccan context. Also, it is proposed to examine the positioning of internal control at the level of the national and international context and its evolution within the public entity in Morocco. So, a first section is devoted to a clarification of the concept of governance and a lever value creation. At the second, the context related to internal control at the level of public organizations in Morocco is presented. Then, a close look is taken at the concept of Control as an elementary axis of enlightened and performance-oriented governance. On another level, with regard to the public structure in Morocco, a presentation of the evolution of the concept is exposed, complemented in the last part by a review of the regulatory and organizational framework governing the management of the public portfolio.

Interrogating Empowerment as a Tool for Good Governance in the Niger Delta

Governance aims to provide basic amenities, opportunities and the enabling socio-economic environment for citizens to meet their aspirations within the prescribed social order. In Nigeria and the Niger delta, the ubiquitousness of corruption is the major challenge to governance. Approaches employed to tackle or bypass the corruption challenge include the use of empowerment programmes. Empowerment is conceived as a vehicle through which national governments tackle underdevelopment, unemployment and sustainable livelihoods. This research investigates what empowerment means to Niger Deltans, comparing provider-recipient perspectives. It also examines the impact of empowerment programmes and practices as employed across the Niger Delta, and the role empowerment plays in producing good governance outcomes. The research shows that; conflicting empowerment expectations exists between end-user benefactors and programme designers/providers which hampers development efforts. These conflicting expected outcomes stem from an entitlement to empowerment. Empowerment also serves the role of conduit for corruption which is a bane of good governance in the Niger delta and Nigeria. Finally, further room for research exists in questioning our dependence on empowerment programmes as facilitators of rural development as against direct infrastructural and institutional development.

CITIZENSHIP AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION: A DETERMINANT OF GOOD GOVERNANCE

Citizenship is the status of being a legal member of a state, having been recognized by the law and custom of such state, whereby citizens owe allegiance to the state (coun-try) and in turn been protected by the state. Nevertheless, for citizens to owe allegiance to their states implies that such citizens is patriotic and also ready to take up their constitutional rolls or duties to the betterment of the state, and in return enjoys the fundamental human rights, citizen’s liberty and protection from their states (country). However, for citizens to know their rights, duties and obligations, and for them to be able to participate actively in their countries political decision making (supporting and criticizing government policies) that will leads to a robust public and foreign policy of their country, then, such citizens need to be politically educated through citizenship education, because Citizenship education breeds active democratic citizen-ry. This article titled citizenship and citizenship education: A determinant of good governance examined the importance of citizenship education and how it can breed active democratic citizenry that can enhance good governance in the state. This article employs the interview as a tool for data collection, and also applied the secondary source of Data collections by retrieving valuable information’s from ready-made works of scholars to buttress the argument of this work. The paper finds out that there is a positive correlation between citizenship education and active democratic citizen-ry. This article finally recommends that extensive citizenship education will serve as a veritable tool for good governance and National development. However, the paper recommends that citizenship education is a must and a child of necessity, a policy to be adopted by all government.

Gender Prerogative in Nigerian Politics: An Ideal Tool of Governance?

This paper stands to determine where the wind of politics should tilt towards as regards the fact that politics in Nigeria has been seen to be a guest frequently hosted by a particular gender in all 58 years of the country’s political history. Is the intuitive seclusion of political leadership towards the side of the Male gender an ideal tool for good governance, peace and progress?

Administrative openness and diversity in Swiss municipalities: how does local autonomy influence transparency practices?

The increasing demand for transparency has recently fostered greater openness within public administrations. Considered as an essential tool of good governance, transparency helps reinforce the perceived legitimacy of authorities. At the same time, local autonomy has been increasingly embraced in recent decades and recommended by many international institutions. This article combines these two concepts and seeks to highlight the causal relationship that binds them. Given its diversity, Switzerland offers fertile ground for assessing the influence of local autonomy on information-dissemination practices through a comparative perspective. To do so, this article has adopted a mixed approach, based on the creation of a transparency index for two Swiss cantons and on interviews conducted with elected officials from 16 municipalities. The results show, on the one hand, that transparency practices diverge sharply between Swiss municipalities and, on the other hand, that autonomy does have an influence on the degree of transparency at the local level. They encourage further reflection on local government practices and methods to measure what they mean for relations between authorities and citizens. Points for practitioners In this article, the development of a transparency index provides an insight into the very diverse online information-dissemination practices of Swiss municipalities. It reveals that municipal autonomy has a positive impact on the degree of transparency at the local level. The interviews conducted also show that proximity to citizens makes it possible to circumvent the lack of resources available to smaller municipalities through more direct information channels. These results encourage proactive communication by elected municipal officials.

Results Based Management (RBM) as a Tool for Good Governance

<em>Governments and other public institutions worldwide are facing increasing demands for good governance and the achievement of sustainable socioeconomic development. They are thus seized with searching for the appropriate strategies albeit with considerable difficulties. Literature shows that several nations that adopted and effectively institutionalized the Results Based Management approach have managed to meet the demands with relative ease. This study sought to investigate the linkage between the institutionalization of RBM and the improvement in good governance as well as the delivery of development results. The findings are aimed at contributing to literature on good governance, RBM and development program management in general. Premised upon a qualitative approach, data for this study were gathered through the review of print and electronic documentation on good governance and RBM, primarily relating to Malaysia Rwanda, nations that have registered marked improvements in good governance, implementation of RBM as well as the delivery of development results. Analysis of data showed that RBM is an effective for good governance that can lead to the successful delivery of development results. The effective implementation of the approach is therefore highly recommended as is further research on the relationship of the two notions.</em>

E-Governance as a Tool of Good Governance in India: A Case Study of Suwidha Kendra, Jalandhar (Punjab)

With the progress of information and communication technologies, e-Governance has emerged as a significant contributor in improving citizens’ perceptions towards administration worldwide. The present paper examines that if an increase in the quality of governance through the mode of electronic public service delivery mechanism will prove to be an effective tool of good governance. The primary data have been collected by field survey by using schedule, personal interview and observation methods. For this purpose, a random sample of those 80 SUWIDHA (single user-friendly window disposal and helpline for applicants) clients was chosen who were availing the services from the SUWIDHA centre at Jalandhar District (Punjab). The analysis has been done by taking into considerations the perspectives of clients and administrators. This empirical study determines e-Governance as tool of good governance in the context of facilitating interactions, reducing transaction costs and time, time-bound receiving of services, citizenry awareness and knowledge, basic infrastructure and ease in applying for the services and their deliverance.

Benchmarking Tools For Good Governance In Arab Universities

Benchmarking Tools For Good Governance In Arab Universities

Between patronage and good governance: Organizational arrangements in (local) public appointment processes

This article investigates whether certain organizational arrangements in (local) public appointment processes could encourage the use of appointments as a tool of good governance rather than as a tool of patronage. Specifically, we studied the role of six organizational arrangements in 10 case studies of intra- and inter-organizational public appointment processes held in Italian local government. We found that good governance (in terms of perception of overall integrity and fairness) was found in processes of public appointments where there was independent scrutiny, and when the process involved local councillors and/or external stakeholders – that is, actors beyond those with the formal power to appoint. In these cases, making appointments was seen as a tool of good governance rather than of patronage. These organizational arrangements were more relevant than other ones such as the transparency of public advertisements, job descriptions and educational/professional requirements, and media and public awareness. The article describes the relevant literature and the research study, and discusses implications for research, policy and management.Points for practitionersIn terms of policy implications, the article discusses the importance of ensuring transparency and some form of checks and balances in the power of making public appointments, as well as of promoting more awareness among citizens and society in general of the issue of public appointments. From a managerial point of view, the article suggests that public managers should consider the implications of the different organizational arrangements that can be used in public appointment processes to exploit the good governance potential of public appointments.