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Major national reform initiatives to improve public sector efficiency and effectiveness
Country Major government wide reform initiative Specific policy areas

EL

Fiscal audits reform, new operating

framework for public enterprises and entities,

measures to reduce red tape

Tertiary education reform, R&D

(investment law, various programmes),

health care reform

ES

States agencies law, State agency for the

evaluation of public policies and service

quality, eAdministration

Education, R&D

FI Local government reform (restructuring municipalities) Productivity measurements

FR Budget reform (LOLF), State modernisation audits Audits, Infrastructure projects

HU Administrative reform (staff reduction, pay system, ...) Education (performance indicators), health care

IT Spending review, Budget reform, Performance based budgeting Health care, Education, Transport, fiscal federalism

LT

Budget reform (Medium-term budgetary

framework), Accounting and fiscal reporting

system reform,

Pension system, Health care services

LU

Budgetary reform (Direction du contrôle
financier, reform of the Court of Auditors,
better integration with SGP)
LV Budgetary reform ("special budgets")

MT

Service Quality Improvement ("chartered

departments"), Performance management,

Collective bargaining for public service

employees

Social benefits

NL

Performance based budgeting, Social

assistance reform (changing funding of

municipalities, benchmark system)

Lump sum funding in education,

Regulatory reform programme of

businesses

PL Expenditure planning, Performance budgeting, IT system

PT Government reform (PRACE, SIMPLEX) Health sector, Education sector

RO Budgetary reform, Programme budgeting Education (decentralising of funding)

SE Local government reforequirements for municipalities) rm (Balanced budget Education, Elderly care (users choice-systems)

SI Result-oriented budgeting, Public private
partnership

Education (funding)

SK Public finance management reform (MTB, Programme budgeting, Fiscal decentralisation)

UK Public Service Agreements (PSAs)

300 individual efficiency initiatives
(drugs procurement, police force,
procurement, back office functioning of
local government)
Source: Responses to the questionnaire "Improvements in public expenditures efficiency and
effectiveness – Lessons learned and the way ahead"