PROFESSIONAL developments: OECD symposium on the future of public services
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ArticlePublisher: 1996Description: p.281-85.Subject(s): Public administration | Civil service
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Public Administration and DevelopmentSummary: The OECD Ministerial Symposium on the Future of Public Services took place in Paris, 1-6 March 1996. Professional Developments reproduces below the Statement by the Chair at the conclusion of the Symposium. The OECD comprises 26 member countries, including the Commonwealth countries of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It also now includes Mexico and the Czech Republic. The first OECD meeting at the ministerial level on public management was a very important and path-breaking effort. We came together because we shared a sense that the OECD countries have similar concerns about how to govern effectively in the current national and world settings. During the last decade the commitment to democratic systems of government - one of the basic values that OECD countries share - has spread to many other countries of the world. Paradoxically, the practice of effective democratic governance is harder, not easier, than it once was. This is partly because of globalization of many issues, which requires that national policies take into consideration global responsibilities and commitments. But in addition, the communications and information revolutions have made governing more complex and challenging than ever before. Moreover, in spite of many reforms, delegates reported that government itself is being criticized in many of their countries as being wasteful, expensive and unresponsive to the demands of the citizens. The challenge of responding to these criticisms is complicated, many felt, by the need to protect the broad public interest. In this regard, they stressed the need to view individuals as citizens with rights and obligations as well as consumers of government services.- Reproduced
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The OECD Ministerial Symposium on the Future of Public Services took place in Paris, 1-6 March 1996. Professional Developments reproduces below the Statement by the Chair at the conclusion of the Symposium. The OECD comprises 26 member countries, including the Commonwealth countries of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It also now includes Mexico and the Czech Republic. The first OECD meeting at the ministerial level on public management was a very important and path-breaking effort. We came together because we shared a sense that the OECD countries have similar concerns about how to govern effectively in the current national and world settings. During the last decade the commitment to democratic systems of government - one of the basic values that OECD countries share - has spread to many other countries of the world. Paradoxically, the practice of effective democratic governance is harder, not easier, than it once was. This is partly because of globalization of many issues, which requires that national policies take into consideration global responsibilities and commitments. But in addition, the communications and information revolutions have made governing more complex and challenging than ever before. Moreover, in spite of many reforms, delegates reported that government itself is being criticized in many of their countries as being wasteful, expensive and unresponsive to the demands of the citizens. The challenge of responding to these criticisms is complicated, many felt, by the need to protect the broad public interest. In this regard, they stressed the need to view individuals as citizens with rights and obligations as well as consumers of government services.- Reproduced
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