eGOV WG 1 14-15 september 2009 Stockholm Sustainable Development in Public Administration Dr. Folke K Larsson Swedish Agency for Public Management 1 Folke K Larsson
Sustainability Economic Social Ecological
Sustainability – two aspects A sustainable public administration Public administration contributing to a sustainable society Folke K Larsson
A sustainable public administration Financial sustainability of organisations and services Strategic planning of competencies and demography of staff Continuity but also new solutions Transparency Methods and institutions for analysis, evaluation and quality assurance
Contributions to a sustainable society Stable economy Citizen/customer orientation Participative systems Efficiency in systems and resource use Respecting environmental limits Polluter Pays-principle Equal opportunities Openness, transparency, trust, ethics From output to outcome
Frameworks for sustainable development Lisbon principles of sustainable governance Impact Assessment (IA) World Bank aspects on good governance UN characteristics for good governance OECD Sustainable Governance Indicators 2009 (SGI) Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Lisbon principles on sustainable governance of our natural capital Responsibility Scale-matching Precaution Adaptive management Full cost allocation Participation
Working for a sustainable society Mitigation Adaptation
Key barriers Lack of understanding Inertia
Public administration flagships? Quality methods Greening eGovernment New methods of ”flexicurity” Sustainable pension systems Shared services Procurement as a tool towards sustainable growth
Pathways to the future ”No regret” alternatives Adaptive, step by step Win-win solutions Buildning resilience