1. Governance

2. Governance How would you define governance? What is good governance?
What is multi-level governance and what is it usually applied to?
How would you describe joined-up governance?
What would be a Croatian equivalent for the phrase “joined-up governance”?

3. Governance
Governance is how society or groups within it, organize to make decisions. (Institute on Governance)
Governance is a process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are implemented (or not implemented). Public institutions conduct public affairs, manage public resources, and guarantee the realization of human rights.

4. Good governance v poor governance
"Good governance is epitomized by predictable, open and enlightened policy-making, a bureaucracy imbued with a professional ethos acting in furtherance of the public good, the rule of law, transparent processes, and a strong civil society participating in public affairs. Poor governance (on the other hand) is characterized by arbitrary policy making, unaccountable bureaucracies, unenforced or unjust legal systems, the abuse of executive power, a civil society unengaged in public life, and widespread corruption.„
(World Bank)

5. Good governance
Good governance accomplishes the decision-making and implementation in a manner essentially free of abuse and corruption, and with due regard for the rule of law.

6. Multi-level governance
Multi-level governance initially described a “system of continuous negotiation among governments at several territorial tiers-supranational, national, regional and local” that was distinctive of EU structural policy (Marks 1993, Hooghe 1996), but the term is now applied to the EU more generally.

7. Joined-up governance for fundamental rights
Joined-up governance describes a strategy that aims to coordinate the development and implementation of fundamental rights across government structures.
Its goals is making fundamental rights a reality for all.
Joined-up government – objedinjena vlada – how would you define it?
Joined-up governance – objedinjena vladavina

8. Joined-up government
A method of government characterised by effective communication between different departments and coordination of policies.
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9. Translate into Croatian:
Joined-up government is based on the view that public goals cannot be met through separate activities of existing organizations, nor can be delivered by grouping several departments under a common agency. The idea is to align agency activities with particular goals, coordinating activities across orgaizational boundaries without removing the boundaries themselves.

10. Levels
This is done by developing cooperation and coordination mechanisms and tools that link up efforts on two levels:
multi-level: local, regional, national, EU and international
one-level (cross-sector): different governmental sectors

11. Stakeholders government departments and agencies independent bodies
civil society
Stakeholders – dionici
External stakeholders – vanjski dionici

12. Implication
EU institutions and governments at all levels should coordinate their work with each other, as well as with other intergovernmental bodies, national human rights institutions (NHRIs) and civil society.
Coordination is a tool for effective planning, implementation and monitoring.

13. Translate the following paragraph
Translate the following paragraph. Pay special attention to the underlined words:
Some of the benefits of joined-up governance are making access to fundamental rights seamless – rather than fragmented – for the individual and society;
-eliminating situations where policies undermine one another;
- using resources better;
- creating synergies through partnerships between stakeholders from different levels and organisations;
- helping mainstream fundamental rights concerns across all policy areas.
Try to replace the underlined words with their synonyms!

15. Principles necessary for the coordination
Joint commitment and mutual recognition
Division of responsibilities
Sharing resources
Sharing information

16. Joint commitment and mutual recognition
Each sector/level of government is politically committed to joined-up governance for fundamental rights.
Each sector/level is also aware of and explicit about its positions and roles and those of other sectors/levels.

17. Division of responsibilities
The responsibilities for fundamental rights policies and actions are effectively distributed between and within levels of governance, avoiding duplication of interventions and ensuring that the rights of all individuals and groups are taken into account.

18. Sharing resources and information
there must be adequate distribution between levels of government
information must be regularly circulated among all levels and sectors of government.

19. European Agency for Fundamental Rights
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) based in Vienna, has undertaken an extensive research programme to examine how the gap in multi-level governance can be bridged.
The research goal is to identify methods of work and practice that bring together different levels and sectors of government that affect people’s fundamental rights. This touches of sectors such as health, housing, education, law enforcement, employment etc.

20. Translate the following:
Fundamental rights in the European Union (EU) should be enjoyed by all citizens. However, there is often a disconnect between the fundamental rights conventions ratified by Heads of State in Brussels and the actual experiences of citizens. One of the reasons for the gap between law and practice, relates to how fundamental rights are implemented. Fundamental rights are a shared responsibility across government departments and between national, regional and local government authorities. However, implementing fundamental rights in practice requires a high-level of government coordination and governance that stretches from the local municipal authority to the national ministries.

21. Thank you for your attention!