Workshop III: Performance in multi-sector/organization collaborations

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American co-chair: Maria Aristigueta, University of Delaware, School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, USA
European co-chair: Wouter van Dooren, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Public Management Institute, Belgium

1 JUNE 2006

16.30 – 18.00: MEETING 1: NETWORKS AND PERFORMANCE

1. Evaluating network arrangements: towards revised performance measures (pdf)
Myrna MANDELL, Queensland University of Technology, U.S.
(Robyn KEAST, Queensland University of Technology, U.S.)

2. Putting network performance to the test (pdf)
Joris VOETS, Hogeschool Gent, Belgium
Filip DE RYNCK, Hogeschool Gent, Belgium

3. Can public services be improved through co-operative reforms? Triggers, diffusion and success of reforms at Swiss Local Governments
Reto STEINER, University of Bern, Switzerland

2 JUNE 2006

9.30 – 11.00: MEETING 2: PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

1. Good governance at the public-private boundary (pdf)
Cor VAN MONTFORT, Algemene Rekenkamer, The Netherlands

2. Critical infrastructure protection in the US and the UK; PPP during the Y2K crisis (pdf)
Kevin QUIGLEY, University of Edinburgh, U.K.

3. Specific aspects of PPP in Romania (pdf)
Lucica MATEI, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania
Ani MATEI, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania

11.30– 12.45: MEETING 3: LOCAL NETWORKS

1. Assessing vertical meta governance against horizontal history: a longitudinal study (pdf)
Bodil DAMGAARD, Danish National Institute of Social Research, Denmark

2. Performance of urban partnerships: myths and realities (pdf)
Christos APOSTOLAKIS, Bournemouth University, U.K.

3. Assessing the quality of local governance: a case study of public services in Carrick, UK (pdf)
Tony BOVAIRD, University of Birmingham, U.K.
(Elke LOEFFLER, Governance International, U.K.)

14.00 - 15.30: MEETING 4: DEMOCRATIC PERFORMANCE OF NETWORKS

1. Network governance, democratic performance and the impact of the national political context (pdf)
Chris SKELCHER, University of Birmingham, U.K.

2. How to manage public sector performance with participation: is it possible to guarantee public accountability in "hybrid" management? (pdf)
Hiroko KUDO, Chuo University, Japan

3. Explaining organisational learning from benchmarking in networks: experiences from Norwegian Local Government (pdf)
Jostein ASKIM, University of Oslo, Norway

3 JUNE 2006

8.30– 10.00: MEETING 5: PEOPLE IN NETWORKS

1. The contribution of boundary spanning individuals throughout the development of a multi-organizational relationship (pdf)
Keith BAKER, University of Birmingham, U.K.

2. Government performance and street-level networks: findings from the international literature (pdf)
Peter HUPE, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

3. Co-ordinating government from the bottom-up? Implementation gaps in joined-up government initiatives and alternative forms of street-level co-ordination (pdf)
Oliver JAMES, University of Exeter, U.K.

10.30 – 12.00: MEETING 6: CONTRACTING WITH THIRD PARTIES

1. Collaborative governance: assessing the performance of contracting for service delivery with third parties by American state administrative agencies (pdf)
Chung-Lae CHO, Ewha Womans University, Korea
(Yoo-Sung CHOI, Korea Institute of Public Administration, Korea)
(Deil WRIGHT, University of North Carolina Carolina Chapel, U.S.)
(Jeffrey L. BRUDNEY, University of Georgia, U.S.)

2. Forward together: non-profit - state government contracting relations (pdf)
Kathryn DENHARDT, University of Delaware, U.S.
Maria ARISTIGUETA, University of Delaware, U.S.
Lynne FOOTE, University of Delaware, U.S.