Improving policy making and strategic planning competencies of public authorities in the energy management of municipal public buildings: The PrioritEE toolbox and its application in five mediterranean areas

The implementation of the mechanism of Energy Management Contract is of great significance in promoting the energy saving for buildings in China. Combining relevant contents in the Twelfth Five-year Plan of Shaanxi Province, this dissertation introduces the operating mode of the mechanism of EMC, analyses the main problems existing in the field of energy saving in large-scaled public buildings in Shaanxi Province, brings forward the innovative mode for developing market-oriented energy saving with Shaanxi Provincial characteristics based on EMC mechanism, and hopefully provides theoretical bases for the applications of EMC mechanism in the field of energy saving in large-scaled public buildings in our province.

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PROBLEMS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY OF UKRAINE

Strategic Panorama ◽

10.53679/2616-9460.1-2.2020.01 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 5-13

Author(s):

Olga Reznikova

Keyword(s):

Strategic Planning ◽

National Security ◽

The State ◽

Methodological Framework ◽

Security Strategy ◽

Public Authorities ◽

Main Research ◽

Security Environment ◽

National Security Strategy ◽

Methodological Principles

The article explores the development of methodological principles in the field of strategic planning and management and the development of planning documents in the field of national security, taking into account the peculiarities of the current stage of global development, the variability of the security environment. The purpose of this article is to identify problematic issues in the field of national security planning in Ukraine and ways to improve the process of development and implementation of the National Security Strategy, taking into account the best world practices. The research is based on the analysis of publications by domestic and foreign researchers in the field of strategic planning, appropriate legal acts of Ukraine, as well as the author's experience gained from her involving in development of draft strategic documents of the state. This article is focusing on solving the following scientific and practical problems: identification of the main trends in the development of methodological framework of strategic planning in the field of national security; identification of problems in the field of strategic planning in the field of national security of Ukraine; identification of scientifically substantiated ways to improve the process of strategic planning in the field of national security in Ukraine, taking into account the best international practices. The main research methods are empirical (in particular, observations, descriptions, comparisons) and general scientific (primarily, analysis, synthesis, generalization, explanation, historical and logical methods, etc.). The main results of the study are, in particular, the following: It is determined that in accordance to the best world practices the development of national security strategies take into account the principles of national resilience and the wide expert involvement in the process of preparation of such a document is recommended. The growing role of strategic management and the need to ensure national resilience characterize current trends in the development of methodological framework of strategic planning in the field of national security. It is emphasized that the very fact that the state has a national security strategy based on the scientific ground is not a guarantee of achieving certain goals and results in practice. Therefore, the process of implementation of such a document should be under constant control by the public authorities. The new cycle of planning has been starting after the adoption in 2020 of the new National Security Strategy of Ukraine. The analysis conducted by the author revealed a number of problematic issues, the solution of which requires, in particular, the amendment to the Law of Ukraine "On National Security of Ukraine" in terms of strategic planning. The fundamental differences and innovations of the current National Security Strategy of Ukraine in comparison with its previous editions are determined. It is emphasized that lessons from the experience of implementing strategic planning documents in the field of national security should be learned in Ukraine. It is determined that the low level of implementation of previous national security strategies of Ukraine was caused by the declarative nature of some of their norms, lack and formality of control over the implementation of such documents, lack of reporting procedures, indicators and criteria for evaluating the results, including for their compliance with certain objectives. The lack of attention to the analysis of the security situation in appropriate field, risk assessment, forecasting, threat identification and vulnerability detection are identified as some of the most significant problems during the preparation of strategic planning documents in the field of national security. Based on the results of the study, recommendations for the state authorities of Ukraine were prepared.

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The Problems of Matching Objectives, Instruments, and Financial Flows in Regional Policy

The world of new economy ◽

10.26794/2220-6469-2018-12-3-90-97 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 90-97

Author(s):

N. E. Barbashova ◽

Yu. V. Gerasimova

Keyword(s):

Strategic Planning ◽

Regional Policy ◽

Information Support ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

Public Authorities ◽

Financial Flows ◽

Incentive Mechanisms ◽

Budget Policy ◽

The Relationship ◽

State Regional

In the article, authors considered the relationship between the priorities of the regional policy of theRussian Federation, the applied instruments, and the corresponding financial ﬂows. The study was conducted on the basis of the analysis of normative legal acts of the Russian Federation in the field of regional policy, budget policy and strategic planning, as well as strategic and program documents of the Federal level. The authors paid special attention to the instruments of stimulation of regional economic development. The authors came to the conclusion that the successful implementation of regional policy is hampered by the problems associated with the incompleteness and inconsistency of the system of strategic planning documents, the lack of interdepartmental coordination, the redundancy of the number of incentive mechanisms, the complexity of managing financial ﬂows from various sources, and the gaps in information support. The findings of the study were tested on the example of the Primorsky Krai. According to the analysis, the authors have formulated recommendations for public authorities aimed at improving the effectiveness of incentive mechanisms of state regional policy.

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Revising Swiss Policies

American Journal of Evaluation ◽

10.1177/1098214011401902 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 32 (4) ◽

pp. 494-517 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Kathrin Frey ◽

Thomas Widmer

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Policy Making ◽

Public Policies ◽

Efficiency Analysis ◽

Reform Process ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Public Authorities ◽

Evidence Based Policy ◽

Types Of Information ◽

Do So

Evidence-based policy-making and other recent reforms in public steering emphasize the role systematic evidence can play in improving decision making and public policies. Increasing deficits heighten the pressure on public authorities to legitimate public spending and to find savings. Existing studies show that the influence of research-based information on decision making is shaped by several factors, but they typically do not distinguish between different types of information. Our contribution aims to compare the influence of efficiency analysis to information about performance effectiveness. We do so by looking at 10 cases in which public policies are being revised at the federal level in Switzerland, and do so by tracing the entire policy reform process. This qualitative analysis sheds light on which actors use efficiency information, how and under which conditions, and highlights the contribution of efficiency analysis for evidence-based policy-making.

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Goal-Setting Model in Multilevel State Strategic Management of Socio-Economic Development

Экономическая наука современной России ◽

10.33293/1609-1442-2021-1(92)-52-76 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 52-76

Author(s):

Olga M. Pisareva

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Theoretical Model ◽

Strategic Planning ◽

Goal Setting ◽

Development Planning ◽

Public Authorities ◽

Socio Economic Development ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Multi Level ◽

Strategic Goal

In the context of the deployment of transient processes and the exacerbation of crisis phenomena in socio-economic systems of various types, the importance of a reasonable setting and correction of development goals increases. For the current situation in the Russian Federation, when the implemented program of constitutional amendments creates the preconditions for the subsequent reform of public authorities and the mechanism of multi-level strategic planning, it is especially important to conduct research in the field of substantiating scientific approaches to the development of mathematical methods for solving the problem of strategic goal-setting. One of the key points in the modernization of the methodological support of strategic planning in the context of the constitutional transformation of the system of public authorities is consideration of the value foundations of activities in the systems of distributed management of socio-economic development, analysis of the problems of formalizing the setting of goals by the participants in the multi-level strategic planning process and substantiation of the structure of the theoretical model of goal-setting. The article considers the general characteristics of the functioning of the system of state strategic planning in the Russian Federation from the point of view of goal achievement. The institutional and conceptual foundations of goal setting are presented. The relationship between the concepts of “goal”, “target indicator” and “target function” are shown. The interrelation of the tasks of goal-setting and programming of the activity of an economic agent is characterized. An approach to formalizing goal-setting based on a theoretical scheme of mutual development planning tasks is proposed. The general structure of the strategic goal-setting model in the organizational mechanism of multi-level long-term planning determined. A possible approach to the algorithmization of the solution of the linear formulation of the goal-setting problem in the multisubject development control space based on the methods of target programming and multicriteria optimization was proposed. The formation of an operator of iterative management of the potentials and development priorities of interacting economic and social agents on the horizon of strategizing substantiated. To introduce a theoretical model of goal-setting into the practice of strategizing in the context of the formation of a digital platform of public administration, it is necessary to develop appropriate algorithmic support, as well as the formation of a regulatory and information base and the definition of an organizational and technological basis. Further improvement of the analytical and methodological tools for supporting the activities of strategic planning participants at the goal-setting stage is associated with the description and analysis of the corresponding applied tasks of goal setting at various levels and areas of socio-economic development planning.

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1. An Overview

Policy-Making in the European Union ◽

10.1093/hepl/9780198807605.003.0001 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 3-12

Author(s):

Mark A. Pollack ◽

Christilla Roederer-Rynning ◽

Alasdair R. Young

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

European Integration ◽

Comparative Politics ◽

Policy Making ◽

The European Union ◽

Public Authorities ◽

Eu Policy ◽

Eu Policies ◽

Ongoing Experiment

The European Union represents a remarkable, ongoing experiment in the collective governance of a multinational continent of nearly 450 million citizens and 27 member states. The key aim of this volume is to understand the processes that produce EU policies: that is, the decisions (or non-decisions) by EU public authorities facing choices between alternative courses of public action. We do not advance any single theory of EU policy-making, although we do draw extensively on theories of European integration, international cooperation, comparative politics, and contemporary governance; and we identify five ‘policy modes’ operating across the 15 case study chapters in the volume. This chapter introduces the volume by summarizing our collective approach to understanding policy-making in the EU, identifying the significant developments that have impacted EU policy-making since the seventh edition of this volume, and previewing the case studies and their central findings.

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1. An Overview

10.1093/hepl/9780199689675.003.0001 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Helen Wallace ◽

Mark A. Pollack ◽

Alasdair R. Young

Keyword(s):

Policy Making ◽

Security Policy ◽

The European Union ◽

Public Authorities ◽

Sixth Edition ◽

Eu Policy ◽

Foreign And Security Policy ◽

The Common ◽

Analytical Approaches ◽

The Eu

This text examines the processes that produce policies in the European Union — that is, the decisions (or non-decisions) by EU public authorities facing choices between alternative courses of public action. It considers the broad contours of the EU policy-making process and relevant analytical approaches for understanding that process. It includes case studies dealing with the main policy domains in which the EU dimension is significant, including competition policy, the common agricultural policy (CAP), the economic and monetary union (EMU), enlargement, common foreign and security policy (CFSP), justice and home affairs (JHA), and energy and social policy. This chapter discusses the significant developments that have impacted EU policy-making since the sixth edition, summarizes the text’s collective approach to understanding policy-making in the EU, and provides an overview of the chapters that follow.

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Parliament and Foreign Policy-Making Process

Asian Social Science ◽

10.5539/ass.v14n2p165 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 165

Author(s):

Mohammed Salman Tayie ◽

Ibrahim Mohammad Dashti

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

Political Institutions ◽

Policy Making ◽

Public Diplomacy ◽

Public Authorities ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Institutional Approach ◽

The People ◽

Democratic Systems

Objective: The study discusses the role of the parliament in foreign policy-making. The role of the parliament has increased over time in light of the complexities and intertwined interests among countries and the emergence of globalization phenomenon, which has dehumanized the nature and reality of international relations, the need to deepen cooperation among the parliamentarians of countries has increased and expanding it to various fields, and hence emerged the role of parliament in foreign policy-making, so that Public Diplomacy is a substitute for government diplomacy.Method: The study is based on the institutional approach, which is one of the oldest methods used in political analysis. It stems from the study of political institutions in terms of composition and competencies. The institutional approach in its origins is due to the traditional constitutional school in the study of political systems, which was confusing the concept of state and the political system, and the latter is seen as the system of government as defined by constitutional law, i.e. the set of rules and laws governing public authorities and defining their terms of reference and functions.Results: The study concluded that parliamentary diplomacy has become a substitute for the official diplomacy and contributes side by side to the exclusion of war crises and finding the pursuit peaceful diplomatic solutions. The Public Diplomacy is a tributary of support for official diplomacy if coordinated together and the value of Public Diplomacy increases as the goals and orientations of the country's foreign policy express the values and aspirations of the people truthfully.Conclusion: The study concluded that parliaments - especially in democratic systems - play an important role in the process of foreign policy-making, and that there are external and internal factors affecting the effectiveness of the role of parliament in foreign policy. The Kuwaiti parliamentary experience reflected this development of parliamentary diplomacy and its role in foreign policy-making.

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