Capacity Building for Good Governance

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Capacity Building for Good Governance

• Presentation by Guido Bertucci at the EuroMed
  Conference Rome 27-28 October2009

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Basic Ingredients of Good Governance
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Levels of Governance Capacity

• Systemic/Institutional Level
• Organizational Level
• Individual Public Official Level

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Capacity Building Focus at the Systemic Level

• Respect for the democratic processes, the rule of
  law and the independence of the Judiciary
• Integrity and effectiveness of collective
  decision making processes involving parliaments
  and local governments
• Legislative independence and commitments to
  public service values

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Capacity Building Focus at the Systemic Level

• Appropriate distribution of responsibility among
  national, sub-national and local levels
• Ability to monitor policy implementation and to
  exercise oversight
• Capacity of the executive to set priorities, to
  implement policies effectively and promote
  sustainable development

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Capacity Building Focus at the Systemic Level

• Rules and space for civil society participation
  in collective decision making and in setting
  priorities
• Culture of constructive cooperation among various
  institutions and actors

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Capacity BuildingTools

• Development of appropriate regulatory frameworks
• Improvement of working methods and practices of
  state institutions
• Promotion of democratic values and culture of
  service (agents schools, media, civil society)
• Integration processes (e.g. E.U )
• Assistance from International Organizations

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Capacity Building Focus at the Organizational
level

• Strategic planning capacity
• Management and implementation capacity
• Network building and management capacity
• Inter-organizational coordination systems
• Budgeting and resource management

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Capacity Building Focus at the Organizational
Level

• Modern human resources management and performance
  assessment systems
• Change management systems
• Mechanisms to protect from political interference
• Contracting capacity

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Capacity Building Focus at the Organizational
Level

• Capacity to Manage relations with citizens
• Capacity to Develop e-government strategies and
  programmes
• Integrity and ethics frameworks
• Accountability and oversight systems
• Protocols for guaranteeing transparency

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Capacity Building Tools

• Regulatory framework
• Result based performance management
• Organization-wide plans for administrative
  culture development/change
• Mechanisms to elicit citizens satisfaction
• Organization-wide assessment of training needs
  and implementation of training plan

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Capacity Building Tools

• Creation of networks with other organizations,
  nationally or internationally to exchange
  knowledge and innovation
• Establishment of mechanisms to promote innovation
• Leadership development
• Organization-wide retreats
• Creation of mechanism to share individual skills
  and knowledge within the organization

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Capacity Building Focus at the Individual level

• Leadership/facilitation capacity
• Values and culture (e.g. impartiality, integrity,
  service orientation)
• Self awareness
• Ability to innovate
• Global vision and contacts

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Capacity Building Focus at the Individual Level

• Technological awareness and ability to operate
  digitally
• Respect for diversity
• Judgment and responsibility management
• Capacity to network and interact with other
  administrators and the citizens, incl. with
  social networks (web 2.0)

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Capacity Building Focus at the Individual level

• Ability operate flexibly and innovate
• Ability to build partnerships with civil society
  and the business sector
• Ability to promote and manage citizens
  engagement in decision making and programme
  implementation
• Communication
• Ability to deal with complexity
• Ability to relate local issues to global ones

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Capacity BuildingTools

• Integration of individual training plans with
  organizational plans
• Building of specific individual competencies and
  skills
• Building of adaptation skills
• Mobility and rotation programmes
• Internships
• Coaching and mentoring
• Establishment of reward systems

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• Exposure to citizens feedback
• Enrollment in professional associations
• Facilitation of peer to peer exchange of
  knowledge and experiences, particularly at the
  international level