Complexity and control: how do they work in PPPs?

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Mapping Specialisation and Fragmentation of Regulatory Bodies

The objective of the Flemish database is to determine the current level of proliferation of regulatory bodies and to map how regulatory regimes are structured (i.e. what kind of organizations are involved and what are their characteristics?). This paper explores whether there are ‘groups’ of regulators who share certain characteristics with other members of the same group, but differ from other groups. In specific, we test whether the sector in which a body is active and the level of government to which it belongs, have an impact on the organisational form of the body and the tasks it performs. We find that economic regulators differ significantly from other areas. They are more insulated from politicians, are more specialised and seem to have a relatively strong legal mandate. The level of government seems to be a relevant explanatory factor as well. Federal bodies are more insulated from government than other levels. In addition, they are more specialised in regulation and have a rather limited legal mandate. The results confirm the relevance of comparing different regulatory areas and levels of government.

Images of coordination : how implementing organizations perceive coordination arrangements

A crucial challenge for the coordination of horizontal policy programs those designed to tackle crosscutting issues is how to motivate government organizations to contribute to such programs. Hence, it is crucial to study how practitioners in implementing organizations view and appreciate the coordination of such programs. Assisted by Q-methodology, this inductive study reveals three significantly different "images" centralframe setting, networking via boundary spanners, and coordination beyond window dressing Most surprisingly, different images show up among respondents within the same organizations and horizontal programs. The authors find that the images reflect elements of the literature: the resistance to hierarchical central control, the need for local differentiation and increased incentives, and a collaboration-oriented culture. Most importantly, practitioners of implementing organizations perceive top-dawn mechanisms as ineffective to achieve coordination and ask for adaptive arrangements, involvement, and deliberative processes when designing coordination arrangements and during the collaboration

George K. Bradford v. Andrea O. Bradford and James A. Demita : Response Brief of Appellee

RESPONSE BRIEF OF APPELLEE APPEAL FROM THE FOURTH JUDICIAL COURT, UTAH COUNTY, PROVO DEPARTMENT, JUDGE GUY R. BURNINGHA

Understanding how austerity makes public sector organisations collaborate

Although collaboration between public sector organisations is often understood as a response to cross-cutting policy needs that cannot be met individually, collaboration can also reduce costs, write Muiris MacCarthaigh, Thomas Elston, and Koen Verhoest

Streven naar duurzaamheid bij publiek-private samenwerking: bestuurskundige studie van innovatieve contract- en samenwerkingsvormen als kansen voor meer duurzaamheid

In dit aanbevelingsrapport wordt een studie gepresenteerd over hoe momenteel in Vlaanderen omgegaan wordt met duurzaamheid bij publiek-private samenwerking (PPS), en waar kansen liggen om dat te optimaliseren. Onderzocht is hoe duurzaamheidsaspecten tot uiting komen in de selectiecriteria, gunningscriteria en outputspecificaties van PPS-bestekken. Ook is onderzoek gedaan naar duurzaamheid in de contracten, tijdens de publieke voorbereiding en tijdens de uitvoering van PPS-projecten (zoals DBF, DBFM en contractuele gebiedsontwikkelings-projecten)