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Project: Modernisation of the policy and management cycle
(2002-2006)
Objective
In various government reforms abroad, modernisations of the financial
cycle, such as the introduction of performance budgets and accrual budgeting
go hand in hand with a more results-oriented management. The question
arises as to what factors influence a successful coordination between
the financial cycle and the policy and management cycle. The ‘modernisation
of the policy and management cycle’ project has the following objectives:
- to describe and explain the modernisation of the policy and management
cycle and the connection with the changing financial cycle in eight
OECD countries on the basis of three parameters:
- functions of the new systems: rhetorics versus practice;
- procedures: actors, legal enforceability, methods and processes;
- formatting of the budgets and strategic plans: structure, sources,
time horizon, use of indicators;
- to formulate recommendations for the modernisation of the policy
and management cycle in relation to the financial cycle in the
Flemish government.
Relevance
Better Administrative Policy’ demands better coordination
between the policy cycle and the financial cycle in order to facilitate
results-oriented steering-control. The development of strategic planning,
performance measurement systems and a new financial system fit into this
framework. By describing and explaining international and Flemish reforms,
this project offers scientific support in the further modernisation of
the Flemish policy and management cycle.
Research team
Coordination:
Geert Bouckaert (KU Leuven)
Academic researcher:
Miekatrien
Sterck (KU Leuven)
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