Many public-sector systems are already designed to enable this, such as judicial hearings and public-comment periods around policy decisions. The development of regional universities begun by the Dawkins reforms, by contrast, appears to have opened up the possibility of university to a much broader socioeconomic range of students. And policies which are about people and the course of their lives are very much centred in the kitchen and the lounge room. 4 hours ago, More than 100 arrested during anti security law protests in, Bright Philip Donkor: Enough of the vilification on Joy FM, Koku Anyidoho and President Mills Joined the Wrong Political, Prayer on vaccine: South Africa Should Call Justice Mogoeng, Former Museveni Minister Condemns Recent Election-Related Ma, Disregard Any Information On The Inauguration Of The Private, EU Election Observation Mission Ghana Statement, Emerging Public Leaders on Ghana's 2020 elections. It is about managing difference to both preserve its benefits and exploit its potential, but also ensure we may live peaceably and comfortably together, not divided into subgroups riven with resentment and hostility. Paid maternity leave, while available to only around 60 per cent of the female workforce compares extremely favourably to paid paternity leave. Introduction . Since 2004, SmartWay has saved 170.3 million barrels of oil — the equivalent of eliminating the annual energy use of more than 6 million homes. Policy, either public or private sector, which fails to distinguish between formal and substantive equality, is doomed to fail. The paper finds that there are higher levels of potential support across the population as a whole than amongst those in the lowest quartile of income distribution. Social exclusion also relates to a lack of support or help from friends, family or the community where individuals live. Perhaps because despite conversations in some quarters about the personal and political, Australian society generally went along with the changes for women at work, but left untouched the life at home. It’s a waste for them and for all of us. It enables businesses to: 1. simplify and streamline their existing processes 2. produce their existing products at a lower cost 3. sell their products or services to their existing customers at lower prices This type of innovation can have a major impact on a business. This combination of “human plus machine” can actually often make substantively better decisions than the machine or the human on their own (see sidebar, “Privacy, integrity, and vulnerability”). There is no doubt that issues around unpaid work and caring in the home are the source of great deal of angst and discussion in families. PUBLIC POLICY Public policy may be defined as a course of action taken by a government to address an issue or a matter of national importance or resolve a problem or a crisis ~ Peter Johnson. But it’s also true that an effective public service is one which responds well, and in a timely way, to the political demands of the day with policies and processes that are low in administrative cost, well targeted, fair, transparent and meet the tests of national interest. The need for social policy in particular to address substantive inequality in order to achieve formal equality now sees the OECD, for example, talking about active social policy. The political will to adhere to that simple formula is what is often difficult for most governments. The results delivered by the Public Sector must be measured and the question asked How do these results demonstrate that the Ghanaian citizen has gotten more out of every Cedi spent. 1. Let me outline very quickly, just 3 benefits of chasing for efficiency in the Public Sector. Andrew Simms, ‘“The private sector is more efficient than the public sector”’, Mythbusters series from nef and Tax Justice Network, April 2013, nin.tl/nef-report ↩ For a detailed discussion see, Hilary Wainwright, The tragedy of the private, the potential of the public, PSI and TNI, 2014, nin.tl/alternatives-to-privatization ↩ giving a greater emphasis on increasing the employment rate of mothers with children and. But there are such strong reasons for them to do so. For example improved efficiency across the public sector that achieves just a 2% reduction in costs across board could possibly generate GhS1.4 Billion which will mean that Total expected Grants of 1.1Billion from Donors will not need to be on our Budget, and we would still have change of some GhS300 Million – that, in my view is a more sustainable way to achieve a Ghana Beyond Aid. the unevenness of provision of family-friendly conditions; the novelty of men’s utilisation of family-friendly conditions; doubts about the legitimacy of men’s claims to family responsibilities; negative attitudes on the part of immediate supervisors; informal practices and taken-for-granted assumptions; the workload burden resulting from measuring performance by outcomes rather than by length of time spent at the workplace. There is no doubt that the drivers of this debate in terms of family breakdown and its consequences have strong emotional impact. Effective communication and dissemination of information in policy development processes will strengthen public poverty policies. In other words the absence of equity. In the end, innovation-driven graduates can therefore be employed in the public sector to improve efficiency, or in the private sector to improve profits or if they find no employment in either, already have what it takes, to create their own opportunities. What we call Efficiency and any Innovation deployed to achieve it MUST, of necessity increase the chances of corrupt practices being prevented or found out. But it is also true that equity is a catalyst. It is not so difficult although it is certainly about more than improving the Cabinet CoOrd process, circa 1980s, or running the country on IDCs, circa 1990s. These statistics will be familiar to many of you, but are worth repeating briefly because they so starkly illustrate what is going on in the homes of Australian families. Another reason may well be the discomfort caused by public policy moving out of what we have traditionally considered the public sphere and into the kitchens and lounge rooms of Australian families. This should be achieved through competition, unless there are compelling reasons to the contrary. More importantly I want to thank IMANI for instituting this award and for the kind sponsorship of the Swiss Embassy here in Ghana. Anyone who doubts that ought to remember the French Revolution and the rule of the mob. The more fundamental question is whether systems using private companies can deliver public services as effectively as public sector 1 International Monetary Fund 2004 Public … It can raise its productivity and competitiveness, optimise its resource allocation and increase bottom-line savings and profits. The Public sector is by far the single biggest absorber of University Graduates. A compounding effect on the future of Australia’s work force, again, not just a social issue. It offers excellent learning on how some achieved efficiency through innovation and what can be done by others to achieve same. In two of those examples, so called equity programmes have produced unintended results and may well be described as ineffective and even inefficient. This chapter examines policy analysis and selected policy models. Women are already two and a half times more likely to live in poverty in old age then men and it is estimated that by 2019 men will have contributed double the superannuation of women. The formula for providing public goods and services to citizens and funding its provision is generally a simple one. Technology can be a tool for making government better and democracy stronger. There is growing consensus that this genderfication of life choices plays a major role in family poverty and in a number of other outcomes of national concern such as workforce participation and social dislocation. Our Operations must ask the question How will our travelling procedure from requests to authorisation to whether first or economy class flight are selected, How will our recruitment procedures, this PPP project, this procurement procedure give more to the Ghanaian citizen out of every Cedi. Speech Delivered By Dr Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia At GFD Career Fair-29th June 2017, British Council, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia Speech At The 2017 Coastal And Maritime Surveillance Africa Conference And Defence Exhibition On 28th March 2017, Acceptance Speech by Irene Ponu-Brenyah on the Occasion of PAP's Fundraising Dinner (26/11/16), Pres. However, where our domestic environment is characterised by increasing debts, consistently lower than planned revenue generation and high public sector costs – the ONLY way to balance the equation – is to focus on EFFICIENCY at all levels in the short term and on EFFECTIVENESS in the long term. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN POLICY-MAKING AND IMPLEMENTATION WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE PORT ELIZABETH MUNICIPALITY by REUBEN MASANGO ... implementation can be strengthened and made more fluid. Equity as a tool. While public transfers to families continue to remain important across the OECD in insuring against childhood disadvantage, active social policies combine a number of other critical ingredients. Innovation must not only be about the Operations, Machinery and Procedures needed to deliver better public services – it must also be about the decision making processes – for example what efficiency is delivered to the Ghanaian by any Government’s decision to have an entirely new CSSPS developed while a previously paid for version was running; innovation must also be about how money is raised to deliver public services for example what is the standard pricing module for charges within our Public Hospitals or better still, how can we monetize indiscipline; and by all means innovation must cover how relationships with citizenry who receive services are managed – for example, why should citizens seeking to procure public services be asked to give something small or made to feel they are being done a favour. A recent study by NATSEM suggests that reductions in family assistance and increasing costs of childcare deter mothers with small children from working full time and for families with two or more children, mothers are likely to be far better off working part time11. There is a strong gender component to the choices we make, free or constrained is unclear. We came behind African countries such as Kenya, Botswana, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Namibia, Uganda, and Cote d'Ivoire – It simply means we are losing our Star of Africa Status and that we have work to do in improving our Allocative and Technical Efficiencies. Well may we ask ourselves about the point of providing income support to poor families in such a way that the effective marginal tax rate of the second earner, usually the woman, is raised to such a level that it is rational for her to withdraw from the workforce- with all the risks to low socio-economic status households that flow from relying on one earner, including the greater risk of poverty for her children. Policy analysis is concerned primarily with policy alternatives that are expected to produce novel solutions. Pranab Mukherjee’s Speech At The Unveiling Ceremony Of The Gandhi Statue, Live updates: Ghanaians go to the polls today, Catch up on the latest news videos from around the world, Get the latest live updates about the Coronavirus Pandemic. It has to do with the fundamental right to opportunity of all our citizens. Joining efforts across sectors can lead to more efficient solutions to social problems that are a concern to both companies and governments. Not the least of which concerns family breakdown. What is the point of being an employer on merit when women with children find it so much more difficult to manage the demands of a job designed for someone without children or child-rearing responsibilities? The kind of active social policies that are needed in response to such conditions are ones which give greater emphasis to investing in people so as to maximise their potential for self sufficiency, and policies based on a life-course approach. It is important to note that these are not problems that are faced by Australia alone. In 2002-03 only 7% of certified agreements featured access to paid paternity/secondary carer leave.12. Issues must become agenda items for policymaking bodies, like legislatures and administrative agencies, in order to proceed into the next stages of the policy process. Why do people think the solution to the problem of the low numbers of women on boards is to have an affirmative action policy when in fact the absence of women from feeder groups, namely CEO positions and line management positions, is to blame? Perhaps these increases in social disengagement (and we aren’t even counting child hood obesity in here) are a consequence of the growing income gaps some say has fuelled greater levels of economic growth. On many counts this is good for children, but frequently not for the women themselves. The basic idea within NPM is that the public sector can be made more efficient through adopting organizational structures from the public business sector and the private business sector (Busch, Johnson, & Vanebo, 2002). The common feature of active social policies is that they do more than shore up minimum living standards- their purpose is to realise human potential. The government prefers retaining ownership of companies involved in utility services such as water, electricity, roads, agriculture, and also for industries sensitive to national security. prepared by IMF staff and completed on June 11, 2015. So of course e quity must be a national goal. The ageing population is also increasing pressure on workers to financially provide for their own retirement by working longer and accumulating more superannuation. After all, economists in Federal Treasury are now able to model the economy and twiddle with the levers of economic policy accordingly, Ann Harding’s Stinmod model allows us to predict the equity outcomes of changes to benefits and taxation arrangements; demographers like Peter McDonald are playing around with fertility models; Helen Hughes I vaguely recall once developed a development model for the entire Korean economy; it is only another step to build an integrated Australian public policy model which anticipates change across a much broader range of variables. But that is not all. Where there is disputed custody, the Family Court, driven by the interests of the child, are likely to award residence to the parent with demonstrably stronger bonds with the child. Equity meaning people really are employed on merit and that public policy really does provide the choices and opportunities for its citizenry as it is ultimately meant to do, equity ensuring that public policy is effective. Making university education free, for example, scarcely changed the socioeconomic profile of university students and arguably was actually a regressive measure. Chapter three outlined what public administration entails and factors that influenced the crafting of the assessment policy and how it is implemented. Across the OECD, an average increase in the employment of mothers of 12 per cent led to a decline in child poverty of around 10 per cent. Innovation that is focused on delivering efficiency makes it it possible for opportunities to be created (either by discovering entirely new services or discovering better ways of delivering current services) – whether those opportunities translate into more and newer services being available to citizens or expanding the reach of current services, is further testament that efficiency if done aggressively has more benefits than just reducing the cost of delivering those services. It has to do with the management of difference. The point about poverty is that it is a waste- a waste of people’s lives. This is a problem for our labour force planners, for employers, especially if Australia is to remain internationally competitive. Efficiency, Effectiveness and Equity in Public Administration, Copyright © Australian Human Rights Commission, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice. This widening of inequality in the distribution of market incomes is common to many OECD nations where income inequality is increasing and parts of the population continue to miss out on the benefits of economic growth. leave forms which allow families to care for a range of dependents. Innovation in the public sector is not necessarily about finding entirely New ways of delivering services to the public – it is equally about improving current ways of getting things done. A major Arab Bank study of low economic growth rates in the Arab world, for example, found most of their desultory growth (1/2% a year on average) could be explained by the absence of education, human rights and in particular women’s rights. Take our stagnant literacy rates- again common throughout high income countries. Striking the Balance has ventured into dangerous territory, territory not usually the domain of public policy. It focuses on attempts to deliver IT-related projects but it is intended to be a first step aimed at identifying strategies for overcoming the hurdles of adoption and acceptance of project management practices in the entire ministry and ultimately across the local public sector. How wonderful to be so rich- this is good news. Making the best use of them - for themselves, their families, the nation. Staff Report. Formal aged care needs alone are expected to increase by between 180 and 250 per cent of current expenditure in that time. Perhaps the reason why equity is frequently seen as a barrier to the achievement of these other great national interest goals is the confusion between formal equity and substantive equity. Girls on average outperform boys in secondary schooling and women now make up more than half of all university graduates; Women, particularly women with children have surged into the paid workforce in recent decades and now more than 60% of women with dependent children are employed; a majority part-time. 2. It is happening now and there is some early evidence that although Australians are caring for their elderly parents, they frequently resent the juggling burden this places on them, especially when trade offs need to made between their children’s interests and those of their parents. IMF staff regularly produces papers proposing new IMF policies, exploring options for reform, or reviewing existing IMF policies and operations. Giving a greater emphasis to policies which allow families to balance their paid and unpaid work commitments is obviously a key. Which in most cases is the mother, who has been responsible for primary day to day care, and with whom the child is more familiar. Not surprising, more public sector organizations are beginning to evaluate new technology—in particular, the cloud—to effectively and affordably provide the services their citizens need. We have begun to move on. On that basis I wish to add my voice in congratulating the award winners for today - The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Driver and Vehicle License Authority (DVLA), National Service Secretariat (NSS), Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Business Development. Why? The fanatic of private sector superiority acclaims that compared to public sector, private sector is more efficient and dynamic, while the public sector is slower and more wasteful; that a higher proportion of private sector participation will make things better (Simms and Reid, 2013). This article is based on research by Carlos Losada, Francisco Longo & Manuel Férez Government-run organisations in Spain could be more efficient. Equity promotes security, national security. In fact, some parts should be adopted into mainstream Public sector operations. providing leave – particularly paid leave as I have argued in relation to maternity leave – which allows parents, particularly mothers to take time out of the workforce and return to it following childbirth, flexibility in working time arrangements and. A Relationships Australia survey found that 89% of Australian agreed that relationships suffer because of work and family conflict. Equity doesn’t fit. Not only can family instability impact on those chances but inadequate care – from parents who may lack time and skills to raise children. And on many levels I think that they are quite right. Of course it is never that simple. Striking the Balance is an examination of the role of unpaid work and care in determining equity outcomes for men and women; the conclusion to the project will need be coherent but also active social policies which aim to not only improve equity but will do so through improved economic empowerment, health and even family stability. #2 REDUCTION IN SYSTEMIC CORRUPTIONThe practicality of embracing efficiency and procuring the innovation needed to achieve it, is that it forces organisations to focus their efforts on those policies, procedures, management and technology systems that add value to the final good or service that is delivered to the citizen. More importantly I want to thank IMANI for instituting this award and for the kind sponsorship of the Swiss Embassy here in Ghana. Surely, in these circumstances, government policies and institutions play an essential role in ensuring economic growth and social development move in tandem. Our discussion paper Striking the Balance: Women, men, work and family is very much framed around this notion of active social policy. That biased recruitment preference, combined with the fact that Government is the single biggest employer of University Graduates – means that Government and by extension public sector will suddenly start to see the self-serving benefit in ensuring that one of the focus of Tertiary learning becomes Innovation. Then you can add in the cost to the economy of having one less worker available to work. The OECD’s active social policy report recognises similar patterns across OECD nations.7. As stated in the IMANI report, the Global Innovation Index (GII) a cross-economy performance assessment, compiled on an annual basis, which continuously seeks to update and improve the way innovation is measured in 2019 ranked Ghana 106 out of 129. Introduction. To not only make little change to the equity outcome, but to also diminish effectiveness and efficiency. 13 These included: Employees, supervisors and even some senior managers thought that breaks or reductions in working hours could irreversibly damage men’s careers. Business lobbying has a strong influence on public policies. Men frequently lament the loss of their children; it is a cause of great sorrow. It’s got to work together or we are all wasting our time. Imani 8th Inspirational Public Sector Leadership Award Keynote Address By Marricke Kofi Gane, Moving Speech by Yao Selorm Kuatsinu, a Volunteer at Nkosuo Initiative, Keynote Speech By Francis Asenso-Boakye At The Rotary International District 9102 Conference, Address by HE John Dramani Mahama at the 31st December Revolution anniversary- Ho/ VR. more aware of the public sector’s efforts to promote CSR. Recruiting on merit, having a woman at the interview, is a very small part of the solution. I stated that so we see the potential that Efficiency offers us IF we aggressively pursue it, and not just on paper. Toward a more efficient public sector 21 Large-scale organizational changes in government are typically beyond the remit of individual senior leaders. There is no going back. But it is possible. #1 BEDGETARY FLEXIBILITY:Grants from donors in the 2019 Budget is GhS 1.1 Billion. The following document has been released and are included in this package: The . It has ventured into the home, into the private world of unpaid work and unpaid responsibilities, whether they be caring for children, adult disabled children, ageing parents, dogs or houses. MAKING PUBLIC INVESTMENT MORE EFFICIENT . He told the Washington Post, “I promised the American people I would produce results, and apply my ‘ahead of schedule, under budget’ mentality to the government.”To those ends, he established the White House Office of American Innovation and placed Jared Kushner at the head of the new … I suspect there is still a view amongst many managers that equity is a cost, a nice to have interference with good public administration that may make people feel better and keep ministers out of the news, but also takes up a great deal of public service time, discourages the appointment of people on merit and builds in complicated work-place arrangements such as part time work and flexible hours which make managing harder and less efficient. 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