Choosing an assessment framework
Ingvild Oia, UNDP Oslo Governance Centre 1
Objectives and structure of the session 1.
How to decide on your governance principles?
2.
Show two country examples, Indonesia and Nigeria (in addition to the local governance barometer introduced in first session.
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Introduce the IDEA local democracy assessment framework
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Present a flow chart for guiding the selection of framework from the users’ guide. Group work: Select a framework and explain why you chose it! Is there a need to adapt it? 2
Input factors Legal, organisational, training, physical
Policy objective
Financial resources
Type 1: Assessments that focus on the achievement of policy objectives:
Economy
Activities
Outputs
Outcome
Impact
Effectiveness
Efficiency
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Type 2: Assessments that focus on public administration processes Processes and structures of: Input
1.Public service delivery 2.Public HR management 3.Public financial management 4.Government policy making 5.Leadership
Output
Outcome
Impact
Your value chain various performance values may be combined in functions, or value chains, expressing how they may contribute to various policy goals • Good local governance = effectiveness+ rule of law + transparency + accountability participation and civic engagement+ equity and fairness
Nigeria Good Urban Governance In support of sustainable urbanization and good urban governance, UNDP and UN-HABITAT are assisting the National Bureau of Statistics in developing a customized framework for assessing the quality of urban governance in Nigerian cities. In the 21 pilot cities, the project will: •help identify appropriate national indicators on urban governance, •develop national knowledge, including the creation of "Urban Governance Information Resource Centres", and •reinforce stakeholders-driven policy dialogue on good urban governance in Nigeria.
Framework Principles indicators (Higher level indicators)
Questions
data sources
Effectiveness
Was the preparation of the plan participatory?
Administrative Household FGD
Equity Participation Security Accountability
Strategic plan Service delivery Resource mob &mgt. LG capacity
Indonesia Democracy Index National leadership & ownership : • Rapid decentralization process unequal democratic performance across provinces • Planning Commission needed an instrument to help assess democratic progress & setbacks in each one of the country’s 33 provinces • The IDI, measured at provincial level, is now the official policy planning tool for provincial govts
Indonesia Democracy Index Country specificity : Newly transitioned to democracy, therefore priority is to assess: 1) Civil liberties, 2) Political rights 3) Democratic institutions ďƒ
Framework Aspects Variables (higher (indicators) level indicators)
Indicators (questions)
data sources
Civil Liberties
Number of written laws and regulations which impede the freedom to establish association
Written documentation
Political Rights Democratic institutions
Freedom of assembly Freedom of expression Freedom of religion Freedom from discrimination
Indonesia Democracy Index Participatory & inclusive data collection : IDI triangulates data from 4 different sources: a) Media (analysis of newspaper content) b) Official documents (local regulations, police records, records of local election office) c) Focus group discussions (with pax from 13 different backgrounds) d) In-depth interviews with some key informants ďƒ Mix of qualitative & quantitative data
Indonesia Democracy Index Use in policymaking : The IDI is now an official target under Indonesia's National Medium-Term Development Plan (2010-2014): By 2014, an average score of 73/100 on the IDI has been set as a national target for the area of the plan concerned with the consolidation of democracy.
Excercise Use the flow chart to select your assessment methodology. Once chosen, review the governance principles/higher level indicators of this methodology, would you like to amend these and adjust the value chain? Choose one governance principle from the framework, look at its indicators. Are there concerns or issues in your country that make you want to adapt these indicators?