OECD Public Governance Reviews: Czech Republic
Towards a More Modern and Effective Public Administration
The OECD Public Governance Review of the Czech Republic identifies priority governance areas for reform in the Czech Republic and offers recommendations to strengthen the effectiveness, agility and responsiveness of the country’s public sector. The review first provides a snapshot on the effectiveness of the public administration and its capacity to address contemporary governance challenges, such as digitalisation and climate change. It then analyses a number of critical and priority public governance areas including citizen engagement, centre-of-government-led co-ordination and strategic planning, evidence-informed policy making in the Czech public administration, public administration at the local and regional level, human resources management in the public administration, and digital government. It also includes a case study on governance arrangements and regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The review provides recommendations for the Czech public administration to help it implement its Public Administration Reform Strategy: Client-oriented Public Administration 2030 (PAR), achieve the objectives of the PAR, and, ultimately, realise its longer-term sustainable development vision and commitments.
Also available in: Czech
Fostering Citizen and Stakeholder Participation in the Czech Republic
This chapter assesses policies and practices relating to citizen and stakeholder participation in the Czech Republic against the OECD Recommendation of the Council on Open Government and good practices from OECD Member countries. It focuses on participatory processes in public decision-making at central level and beyond electoral processes. The chapter finds that islands of good practice already exist across the Czech public administration, such as advisory bodies that include different types of non-public stakeholders. Nonetheless, the chapter notes that existing processes often lack impact and that there is currently no overarching vision for participation at the national level.
Also available in: Czech
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