Research lines 2001-2006

1. Multi-actor governance
2. Policy & monitoring
3. Human Resource Management & change management
4. Financial management & performance measurement
5. ICT/E-Government
6. Fiscality
7. B-projects

• Research 2007-2011
• Research 2012-2015
• Search project

1. Multi-actor governance

• Europeanisation of the flemish administrative system
• Interorganisational relations with regard to region-oriented policy problems
• Autonomy and steering-control of government organisations
• Evaluative research regarding the need for socialisation and professionalisation of the local policy level

2. Policy & monitoring

• Research into the capacity of professional policy development of the flemish government in a climate of socialisation
• Research into the content and methodology of information systems for the general government policy (2002-2004)
• Organisational aspects of a research department for the general government policy (2002-2004)
• Performance indicators as a coordination instrument of management and policy in the policy field, policy domain and the overarching level (2005-2006)
• Capacity as a condition for evaluations in the policy field, the policy domain and the overarching level (2005-2006)

3. Human Resource Management & change management

• Deregulation and decentralisation as catalysts for a modern and flexible human resource management
• Scientific support of hrm policy, in particular with regard to the inflow, throughflow and outflow of government staff
• Reforms relating to management and organisation
• Reforms relating to deregulation & administrative simplification

4. Financial management & performance measurement

• Modernisation of the financial cycle
• Modernisation of the policy and management cycle
• The system level: progress in performance measurement systems

5. ICT/E-Government

• E-government in an inter-administrative context
• E-government in an intra-administrative context
• E-government in an extra-administrative context

B-projects:

• Public support analysis of the new local government decree (2002)
• Multi-year financial planning in municipalities (2002-2003)

• The impact of supra-administrative decisions on local fiscality (2003)
• Performance contracts (2003)
• Towards an adequate implementation of a monitoring system for local government in flanders (2003)

• The development of an integrated platform for monitoring and supporting local governments (2004)
• The development of indicators for the policy and management cycle, contract cycle and financial cycle (2004)
• Integrity management in the Flemish public sector (2004)

• Local fiscality: points of interest from the flemish coalition agreement (2005)
• Design of a Flemish confidence barometer (2005)
• Development and implementation of TQA for statistics in Flanders (2005)

• Quality and trust in government (2006)
• Intergovernmental cooperation (2006)