Public Administration Reforms during Fiscal Crisis in Lithua-nia: Perceptions of Senior Civil Servants

Abstract

The empirical results of executive survey on public administration reform are presented covering reform trends, reform results, results oriented culture and coordination in Lithuanian public administration during fiscal crisis since 2008. The survey acting as a tool to monitor the development of public administration reforms allows identifying important success and shortcomings that are otherwise difficult to measure employing other methods. The survey was carried out closely following the methodology of 3rd work package of "Coordinating for Cohesion in the Public Sector of the Future" (COCOPS) 1 . It is shown that although the public administration is evaluated as functioning better than before, there are serious perceived shortcomings in general approach to reforms, missing components in fostering results oriented culture, lack of horizontal coordination and overall negative effects of public administration reforms on the society.

Development of performance management reforms in Lithuanian public sector

“…Let us say that the main problem in the area of Lithuanian communication policy is safety on the roads, because according to the EU statistics, Lithuania has 100 fatalities for one Thus the mechanism of supply-demand is important in performance management, according to Wouter Van Dooran. 22 The demand for the information on performance is usually formed by the politicians (although not necessarily) as the main users of information, who consolidate the requirements for it in the legal acts, whereas the supply is related to the preparation of information on performance by civil servants. In the absence of the political engagement to form the demand for information on performance, the democratic component may "fluctuate", because various researchers have noticed weak places in the process of performance management anyway, when the civil servants "adjust" to the performance management systems.…”

“…European Commission's press release "Road safely: EU reports lowest ever number of road deaths and takes first step towards an injuries strategy" // http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-236_en.htm (accessed November 1, 2013) 22. Wouter Van Dooran, Performance Measurement in the Flemish Public Sector, Doctoral dissertation (Leuven: Katholike Universiteit, 2006), p. 32.…”