Reforming the public sector in the EU: the new public procurement regime

To induce innovation in the public sector, Directive 2014/24/EU encourages internal and external consultation during the procurement process. However, little is known regarding the prominence of these practices. Determining the extent of knowledge sourcing in innovation procurement across 28 European countries, this paper presents an institutional cluster analysis, examining heterogeneity across knowledge sourcing activities, procurement areas, and tender innovation outcomes for 1,505 public procurers from 2008-2010. Building upon existing taxonomies, three types of procuring agencies are identified: Large collaborative agencies practicing public procurement of innovation (31%); supplier-focused pre-commercial procurers (20%); and direct procurers at the municipal level (49%). Validation supports this heterogeneity, using innovation outcomes and policy drivers. At the country level, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and Poland are most represented in respective clusters. Findings enable predictions regarding impacts on agencies and innovation from the new public procurement directive's translation into national law by Member States.

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Transposition of the EU Public Procurement Directives 2014 in Austria

10.54611/ozzv6117 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 4-13

Author(s):

Bernt Elsner ◽

Ruth Bittner

Keyword(s):

Public Procurement ◽

Case Law ◽

Legal Framework ◽

National Parliaments ◽

The Public ◽

Service Contracts ◽

New Public ◽

Eu Directives ◽

Historical Developments ◽

The Eu

The EU public procurement directives 2014 further advance the European Commission’s ambitions to regulate most public procurement at the EU-wide level. The Directives already set out a fairly concrete legal framework for national parliaments regarding public procurement procedures for work, supply and service contracts above the EU-thresholds. The Austrian parliament decided to implement these directives mostly word for word, but at the same time tried to preserve most of the historical developments to the public procurement law that were specific to Austria. In addition to that, the Austrian legislature responded to recent ECJ case law that was established after the EU Directives were published. The new public procurement code creates legal certainty for both contracting authorities and contractors in several different aspects. However, the interpretation of some provisions will be subject to case law, especially regarding contractual cooperation between contracting authorities. Concerning contracts not fully regulated by the Directives – such as concessions as well as social and other specific services – the Austrian legislature opted not to regulate them further and leave some flexibility to the contracting authorities.

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Sustainable Public Procurement as an Instrument for the Implementation of Sustainable Development in the European Union

Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts Between Sustainable Financial Systems and Financial Markets - Practice, Progress, and Proficiency in Sustainability ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-1033-9.ch005 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 77-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Małgorzata Burchard-Dziubińska ◽

Tomasz Jakubiec

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Public Sector ◽

Public Procurement ◽

Market Potential ◽

The European Union ◽

Socially Responsible ◽

The Public ◽

Green Public Procurement ◽

The Eu

The aim of the considerations is to assess the effectiveness of sustainable public procurement (SPP) as a tool for the implementation of sustainable development in the European Union. The chapter discusses the legal bases for the use of sustainable public procurement in the EU, the potential of the public sector in the implementation of sustainable development through public procurement in the EU, functioning of the market for sustainable public procurement, market potential of the public sector of the European Union in the implementation of sustainable development through public procurement, good practices and barriers related to green public procurement (GPP), and socially responsible procurement (SRPP). The chapter ends with conclusions from the research and practical recommendations regarding the use of sustainable public procurement in the European Union.

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Intellectual Capital and Sustainable Economic Performance in the Public Sector: The Context of the New Public Management in Malaysia

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13147885 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (14) ◽

pp. 7885

Author(s):

Kardina Kamaruddin ◽

Indra Abeysekera

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Intellectual Capital ◽

Economic Performance ◽

Public Management ◽

Structural Equation ◽

New Public Management ◽

The Public ◽

New Public ◽

Operational Variables ◽

Construct Dimensions

The New Public Management allows us to reflect upon whether intellectual capital helps public sector organisations meet their performance benchmarks. Sustainable economic performance gains importance from the public sector’s service ideal. Although there have been empirical endeavours using intellectual capital as operational variables, this study examines the theoretically informed relationship between the intellectual capital construct and its construct dimensions and the sustainable economic performance construct and its construct dimensions. The decision-making inputs of senior officials in the Malaysian public sector are vital for evaluating the relationship, as these officials are the individual strategists of the collective organisational strategy. The study conducted a survey that received 1092 usable responses and analysed them using the structural equation modelling research method. The findings showed a robust theoretical relationship between intellectual capital and sustainable economic performance. Furthermore, the study identified intellectual capital items that play a vital role in supporting public sector sustainable economic performance in Malaysia under New Public Management. The findings provide useful knowledge for public sector officials and policymakers, and for further research.

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Accounting and the post-new public management

Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal ◽

10.1108/aaaj-03-2018-3423 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 255-279 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Ileana Steccolini

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Public Administration ◽

Public Management ◽

New Public Management ◽

Content Type ◽

The Public ◽

Accounting Research ◽

Societal Relevance ◽

New Public ◽

Public Sector Accounting

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reflect various pathways for public sector accounting and accountability research in a post-new public management (NPM) context. Design/methodology/approach The paper first discusses the relationship between NPM and public sector accounting research. It then explores the possible stimuli that inter-disciplinary accounting scholars may derive from recent public administration studies, public policy and societal trends, highlighting possible ways to extend public sector accounting research and strengthen dialogue with other disciplines. Findings NPM may have represented a golden age, but also a “golden cage,” for the development of public sector accounting research. The paper reflects possible ways out of this golden cage, discussing future avenues for public sector accounting research. In doing so, it highlights the opportunities offered by re-considering the “public” side of accounting research and shifting the attention from the public sector, seen as a context for public sector accounting research, to publicness, as a concept central to such research. Originality/value The paper calls for stronger engagement with contemporary developments in public administration and policy. This could be achieved by looking at how public sector accounting accounts for, but also impacts on, issues of wider societal relevance, such as co-production and hybridization of public services, austerity, crises and wicked problems, the creation and maintenance of public value and democratic participation.

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New public management and the rise of public sector performance audit

Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal ◽

10.1108/aaaj-06-2017-2964 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 280-306 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Lee D. Parker ◽

Kerry Jacobs ◽

Jana Schmitz

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Public Management ◽

New Public Management ◽

Content Type ◽

The Public ◽

Key Stakeholders ◽

New Public ◽

Performance Audit ◽

Performance Auditing ◽

Strong Control

Purpose In the context of global new public management reform trends and the associated phenomenon of performance auditing (PA), the purpose of this paper is to explore the rise of performance audit in Australia and examines its focus across audit jurisdictions and the role key stakeholders play in driving its practice. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a multi-jurisdictional analysis of PA in Australia to explore its scale and focus, drawing on the theoretical tools of Goffman. Documentary analysis and interview methods are employed. Findings Performance audit growth has continued but not always consistently over time and across audit jurisdictions. Despite auditor discourse concerning backstage performance audit intentions being strongly focussed on evaluating programme outcomes, published front stage reports retain a strong control focus. While this appears to reflect Auditors-General (AGs) reluctance to critique government policy, nonetheless there are signs of direct and indirectly recursive relationships emerging between AGs and parliamentarians, the media and the public. Research limitations/implications PA merits renewed researcher attention as it is now an established process but with ongoing variability in focus and stakeholder influence. Social implications As an audit technology now well-embedded in the public sector accountability setting, it offers potential insights into matters of local, state and national importance for parliament and the public, but exhibits variable underlying drivers, agendas and styles of presentation that have the capacity to enhance or detract from the public interest. Originality/value Performance audit emerges as a complex practice deployed as a mask by auditors in managing their relationship with key stakeholders.

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Public private partnership as a last resort for traditional public procurement

Panoeconomicus ◽

10.2298/pan0603299b ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 53 (3) ◽

pp. 299-311 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Viktorija Bojovic

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Public Services ◽

Developing Economies ◽

Public Procurement ◽

Public Private Partnership ◽

Public And Private ◽

Private Partnership ◽

The Public ◽

Management Culture ◽

Complex Projects

This paper discusses recent changes in the way public services are delivered A marked increase in the cooperation between the public and private sector in the realization of complex projects, mostly concerning development of infrastructure, is the main characteristic of present-day developing economies. The creation of new, innovative agreements is driven by the limitation of public funds and an ever-growing demand for an increase in the quality of public services. Looking upon the western economies experience alternatives to the traditional public sector procurement are identified in the public/private partnership. The public/private partnership can be seen as one component in the rearrangement of the public sector with a management culture that focuses on the citizen or customer. Also included in this are accountability for results, investigation of a wide variety of alternative service delivery mechanisms, and competition between public and private bodies for contracts to deliver services consistent with cost recovery and the achievement of value for money. The partnership can be realized through an array of models and in this paper priority is given to the DBFO (design-build-finance-operate) model, due to its importance in implementation. The DBFO model is considered to be a synonym for the public/private partnership, as it is the most suitable for complex projects and gains the most benefits.

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Trade Union Practices in the EU and Latvia: Experience for Eastern Partnership Countries

Baltic Journal of European Studies ◽

10.2478/bjes-2014-0018 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 99-118

Author(s):

Sergejs Stacenko ◽

Biruta Sloka

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Trade Union ◽

Trade Unions ◽

Industrial Relations ◽

Comparative Approach ◽

Eastern Partnership ◽

The Public ◽

Social Dialogue ◽

Eastern Partnership Countries ◽

The Eu

AbstractThe article will show major dimensions in the experience of EU Member States that could be shared with the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries. The framework of the study is the EU concept of trade unions in social dialogue and social partnership in the public sector. This study outlines the concept of social dialogue as a core element of industrial relations and will focus on industrial relations specifically in the public sector. The authors have elaborated the approach to industrial relations and social dialogue taking into account comparative approach to definitions provided by international institutions such as ILO and OECD, as well as institutions in the EU and Latvia. Latvia is also a case study for Eastern Partnership countries as these countries and their trade unions are in a transition period from socialist structures to structures that possess liberal economies. Trade unions in these countries are members of the International Trade Union Confederation. The major transformation that trade unions underwent from being part of the socialist system and becoming an independent institution since Latvia regained independence in 1991 has been studied. The paper discusses the current developments related to the position of Latvian Free Trade Union Federation in the system of decision-making process related to the public administration management. Finally, the prospective role of trade unions in the EU and in Latvia is analysed and possible revitalisation of trade union is discussed. This approach could be applied to the Eastern Partners of the EU.

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Socially Responsible Organizational Governance in the Public Sector

Public Policy And Administration ◽

10.5755/j01.ppaa.19.3.27713 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 119-132

Author(s):

Gita Lasytė

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Public Sector ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Socially Responsible ◽

Public Governance ◽

Organizational Governance ◽

The Public ◽

New Public ◽

New Public Governance ◽

Corporate Social

The present paper aims to examine the theoretical assumptions of socially responsible organizational governance in the public sector. In public authorities, corporate social responsibility is a relatively new phenomenon. Therefore, the paper focuses on the interaction between social responsibility and the New Public Governance. The article puts forward the assumption that the principles of governance of public goods and public services provided by the public sector are very close in content to the concept of social responsibility. The goal of the public governance process is efficiency and effectiveness not only in public administration institutions, but also in building a welfare society. In this context, the New public governance is in line with the principles of social responsibility. The similarities between the new public governance and social responsibility can be recognized in an understanding the values, processes and elements the primary standards of which are accountability, openness, efficiency, responsibility, compliance with procedural norms, division of power (involvement of stakeholders). The article also discusses the concept and characteristics of corporate social responsibility and provides criticism on the CSR phenomenon.

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How well does Malaysia achieve value for money in public sector purchasing of medicines? Evidence from medicines procurement prices from 2010 to 2014

10.21203/rs.2.22857/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Nurhafiza Md Ham ◽

Prasadini N Perera ◽

Ravindra P Rannan-Eliya

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Price Competition ◽

Public Procurement ◽

Weighted Average ◽

Access To Medicines ◽

Healthcare Sector ◽

Public Healthcare ◽

Continuous Increase ◽

The Public ◽

Pharmaceutical Procurement

Abstract Background Malaysia’s public healthcare sector provides a greater volume of medicines at lower overall cost, indicating its importance in providing access to medicines for Malaysians. However, the Ministry of Health (MOH), as the main healthcare provider, has concerns about the continuous increase in the public sector medicines budget, and achieving efficiencies in medicines procurement is an important goal. The objectives of this study were to assess the overall trend in public sector pharmaceutical procurement efficiency from 2010 to 2014, and determine if the three different ways in which MOH procures medicines influences efficiency.Methods We matched medicines from the public sector procurement report by medicine formulation to medicines with a Management Sciences for Health (MSH) International Reference Price (IRP) for each year. Price ratios were calculated, and utilizing the information on quantity and expenditure for each product, summary measures of procurement efficiency were reported as quantity- and expenditure-weighted average price ratios (WAPRs) for each year. Utilizing MOH procurement data to obtain information on procurement type, a multiple regression analysis, controlling for a number of factors that can influence prices, assessed whether procured efficiency (relative to IRPs) differed by MOH procurement type.Results Malaysia’s public sector purchased medicines at two to three times the IRP throughout the study period. However, procurement prices were relatively stable in terms of WAPRs each year (2.2 and 3.2 in 2010 to 1.9 and 2.9 in 2014 for quantity and expenditure WAPRs, respectively). Procurement efficiency did not vary between the three different methods of MOH procurement. Procurement efficiency of both imported innovators and imported generics were significantly lower ( P <0.001 and P <0.01) than local generic products, and medicine source and category influenced the procurement efficiency of each MOH procurement mechanism.Conclusion The design of different medicines procurement mechanisms, along with the balance of interests that Malaysia has sought to achieve in its public procurement procedures, have not been able to achieve lower public sector medicines procurement prices (relative to IRP). Introducing pooled procurement options along with continuous monitoring of procurement efficiency and exploring ways to improve price competition among local and foreign suppliers is recommended.

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