Download - 23.09.2011/ SCM -Network, Ljubljana
23.09.2011/SCM-Network, Ljubljana
Gerald Reindl
SCM: Test Case for Outcome-Oriented Impact Assessment
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IA: Status quo in Austria
• Comprehensive obligation - fragmented implementation
• Lack of support & instruments- Exceptions
• Administrative culture
Economic
EnvironmentalSocial / consuments
Financial
impacts
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Experiences with SCM
Aim: „get ex-ante assessments done in quality“
- Law- Ordinance (Standardkostenmodell-Richtlinien)
- Guidelines- Monitoring: MoF-statement on compliance
Challenge: Quality
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Experiences with SCM
-> Mandatory fields-> IT supported output for consultation
Introduction of admin burden calculator
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Introduction - Considerations
Aim: „better regulation“• Process• Oriented toward
outcomesExperiences• Aspiration vs.
Practice• International und
science
Budget Reform as trigger• Outcome orientation in
budget und impact assessment are mutually reinforcing
• Use a substantial, existing reform process
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Federal Budget Reform 2013 (2nd stage)
Result-oriented management of administrative
units
Performance Budgeting
New budget structure: „lump-sum budgets“
Accrual budgeting and accounting
Outcome-oriented impact
assessment
New budget principles: outcome-orientation; efficiency; transparency; true and fair view
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Horizontal Outcome-Orientation
• Outcome Information in budget
• Policy formulation: laws/ordinances
• Budget execution: projects/programmes
• Juxtaposition of financial inputs and impacts
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Coherent
Budget/Impact assessment- Use synergies:
Same approaches towards defining objectives, measures…
- Intertwined: Does the objective of the law contribute to measures/objectives formulated in budget?
- Ex-ante/ex-post:internal evaluation after max. 5 years
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Coherent
Legal Framework – Federal Budget Law 2013 (BHG 2013)
„Framework“ ordinance on principles of outcome oriented IA
Ordinance on financial impacts Ord.
Admin burden
Ord.Gender
Ord.Environ-
mentetc.
Provisions – Law
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Pragmatic
• Done within administration
• Only significant impacts are assessed in detail; 2-step approach
• Limited number of impact dimensions
• Lean process
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Feasible
• Methodological support
• Guidelines
• IT Tool
-> Guidelines
Support by IT
• Relief of users- Background information
provided by tool - Calculations
• Guided process- Guided analysis ->
writing in tool- „Push the button“- IA-
document- Experts can work in parallel
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Support by IT
• One-stop-solution
• Selection
• Usability
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Quality Checks & Feedback Mechanisms
• Obligation to conduct impact assessment – at the same time enablement
• Standardization of results – quality checks possible
• Ensuring of common minimum quality
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Standard Cost Model
Admin burden calculation: consideration of further aspects
• Small and medium sized enterprises- Aspects of “SME-Test” integrated in
SCM
• eGovernment-proofing- Assessment of expected benefit for
- Enterprises- Administration
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Key aspects of implementation• Taking into account national
circumstances
• Involving ministries
• Apply principles of SCM-experience
• Administrative reform approach: initiate change in culture
• Short and medium term processOutcome orientation- Budget management- Policy/tics- Administration