Workshop I: The performance of performance budgeting

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American co-chair: Gerald J. Miller, State University of New Jersey Rutgers, Graduate Department of Public Administration, USA
European co-chair: Geert Bouckaert, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Public Management Institute, Belgium

1 JUNE 2006

16.30 – 18.00: MEETING 1: INDICATORS AND SERVICES

1. Introduction

2. Performance assessment of defense procurement contracts: what indicators? (pdf)
Jean-Michel OUDOT, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France

Discussant: Patrizio MONFARDINI

3. Radical change goes underground: performance-based budgeting in French Higher Education (pdf)
Robert FOUCHET, Institut de Management Public, France
Emil TURC, Institut de Management Public, France

Discussant: Jean-Michel OUDOT

4. Do economic factors explain prison privatization? (pdf)
Byron PRICE, State University of New Jersey Rutgers, U.S.

Discussant: Aniina AUTERO

2 JUNE 2006

9.30 – 11.00: MEETING 2: PERFORMANCE FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES

1. The meaning of performance and "space" for local public authorities: the Italian experience (pdf)
Patrizio MONFARDINI, University of Siena, Italy
(Ricardo MUSSARI, University of Siena, Italy)
(Pasquale RUGGIERO, University of Siena, Italy)

Discussant: Nico MOL

2. Determinants of strategic management implementation in local governments. An international setting (pdf)
Ana YETANO, University of Zaragoza, Spain
(Vincente PINA, University of Zaragoza, Spain)
(Lourdes TORRES, University of Zaragoza, Spain )

Discussant: Frans VAN NISPEN

3. Connecting knowledge and policy: using performance measures for developing housing and transportation policy in communities (pdf)
Milan J. DLUHY, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, U.S.

Discussant: Veerle CONINGS

11.30– 12.45: MEETING 3: PERFORMANCE AND BUDGETING

1. On the performance relevance of the new budgeting and accounting system in German Public Administration (pdf)
Jürgen GORNAS, Helmut-Schmidt University, Germany

Discussant: Miekatrien STERCK

2. Managing for outcomes while accounting for outputs. New directions for New Zealand's performance budgeting system (pdf)
Richard NORMAN, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Discussant: Heiki JOUSTIE

3. Are state structure and form of political executive indicators for content and functions of budget reform?
Conclusions from the Belgian, Dutch and Swedish cases (pdf)
Veerle CONINGS, Public Management Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Geert BOUCKAERT, Public Management Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Discussant: Nicole THALLER

14.00 - 15.30: MEETING 4: PERFORMANCE FOR DECISIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY

1. Coherent and clear performance information - does it exist? (pdf)
Anniina AUTERO, State Treasury, Finland

Discussant: Ana YETANO

2. The impact of performance budgeting on the role of parliament: a four-country-study (pdf)
Miekatrien STERCK, Public Management Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Geert BOUCKAERT, Public Management Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Discussant: D.J. ROBBINS

3. Accountability in Dutch central government agencies (pdf)
Nico MOL, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Johan DE KRUIJF, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Discussant: Jürgen GORNAS

3 JUNE 2006

8.30– 10.00: MEETING 5: PERFORMANCE AND INCENTIVES

1. Measurement incentive and policy issues for performance budgeting (pdf)
Kiyoshi YAMAMOTO, University of Tokyo, Japan
Mari KOBAYASHI, Waseda University, Japan

Discussant: Byron PRICE

2. Are incentives based on quantitative performance indicators effective? (pdf)
Nicole THALLER, University of Trier, Germany
(Dieter SADOWSKI, University of Trier, Germany)
(Peter SCHNEIDER, University of Trier, Germany)

Discussant: Richard NORMAN

3. Incentives, certification and targets in performance budgeting (pdf)
Gerald J. MILLER, State University of New Jersey Rutgers, U.S.
D.J. ROBBINS, Grand Valley State University, U.S.
Jaeduk KEUM, State University of New Jersey Rutgers, U.S.

Discussant: Johan DE KRUIJF

10.30 – 12.00: MEETING 6: PERFORMANCE AS A REFORM DRIVER

1. Performance-based budgeting and its boundaries by analyzing the performance of VBTB (pdf)
Frans VAN NISPEN, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Johan J.A. POSSETH, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Discussant: Milan DLUHY

2. Performance management in Finland's central government (pdf)
Heiki JOUSTIE, Ministry of Finance, Finland

Discussant: Kiyoshi YAMAMOTO

3. Conclusions