Day 2 - Florian Hauser - EaP Governance.pdf

Presentation given by Florian Hauser at the SIGMA-GIZ joint event Advancing Good Governance in Public Administration Reform in the Eastern Partnership Countries, that took place 4-5 June 2024 in Brussels.

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Better Bureaucracy –
A European vision
An EU Perspective...
Florian HAUSER
Deputy Head of Unit
Directorate General for Refrom Support

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What you had asked me to
cover...
▪Good Governance
▪Public Administration
Reform and European
Integration
▪Accession Negotiations
▪Membership
▪Linkages and lessons from
EaP, Western Balkans and
EU Member States

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What you had asked me to
cover...
▪Good Governance
▪Public Administration
Reform and European
Integration
▪Accession Negotiations
▪Membership
▪Linkages and lessons from
EaP, Western Balkans and
EU Member States

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What you had asked me to
cover...
▪Good Governance
▪Public Administration
Reform and European
Integration
▪Accession Negotiations
▪Membership
▪Linkages and lessons from
EaP, Western Balkans and
EU Member States
What I will talk about
✓Whygood governanceand public
administration mattersfor the EU –
and for you
✓How the Commission supports
reforms(TSI & ComPAct)
✓Somelessonsand tips(hopefully
useful)

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Whygood governanceand
public administration
mattersfor the EU

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Europe’s biggest industry...
➢PublicsectorintheEU
➢MaketheSingleMarketwork...(LettaReport)
➢FoundationforEurope'scompetitiveness...(DraghiReport)
(Reduceadministrativeburdens–example:FR/DEbarometer)
51.5%
of EU GDP
21%
of EU Workforce
EUR 670bn
annual public
procurement market
✓Productive?
✓Adding value?
✓Enabling?
✓Leading edge?
✓Resilient?
✓Relevant?

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How the Commission
supports reforms
(TSI & ComPAct)

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•Tailor-made technical expertise to EU Member States to
design and implement reforms
•Demand driven and does not require any co-financing
from Member States
•Wide range of reform areas, in any reform phase
•National andregional level, multi-or single-country
projects
•Since 2020, more than 780 projects implemented
•€ 864 million of budget for the period 2021-2027
The Technical Support Instrument (TSI)

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How does the Technical Support Instrument
work?
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Submission of requests for
technical support by
Member States
Selection of requests
Provision of technical
support
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European Commission’sin-house expertise
Direct provision
Member States’ experts
Other international organisations
Private sector experts
Indirect provision
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DG REFORM involved throughout the duration of the project
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Deadline: October 31 Project length: Approx. 16-24 months

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Skills
Pillar 1. The Public
Administration
Skills Agenda
Develop the workforce of
public administrations at
all levels for current and
future challenges
Digital
Pillar 2. Capacity
for Europe’s
Digital Decade
Strengthencapacity for
digital transformation
Green
Pillar 3.
Capacity to lead
the green
transition
Strengthen capacity
towards the green
transition and build
resilience
ComPAct structure & flagships 2024
+ Public Administration Cooperation & Exchange (PACE)

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Overarching aim to facilitate
cooperation
✓consolidate knowledgeabout public
administration from different sources
(e.g.Commission, Member States)
✓building of synergies, thematically
and horizontally (e.g. use of TSI)
✓Promote mutual learning between
Member States, Commission, other
EU institutions and networks
ComPAct logic

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EU Academy | New Tool, New Opportunity
A jointventurebetween
JRC and DIGIT

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The EU Academy is
▪a modern EU inter-institutional online learning
platform, containing
▪learning materials and online events, designed for
▪external stakeholders, working professionals,
businesses, working on
▪the implementation of EU policies and programmes in
Member States and regions, and beyond.
World-class
platform& services
Member States
& Regions
Accession
Countries
EU
Neighbourhood
Countries
World
Understand/
Implement
Understand UnderstandUnderstand/
Implement

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Somelessonsand tips
(hopefullyuseful)

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Lessons…
•EU success is a function of the quality of public
administration in Member States (EU policy/law implementation,
funds management)
•You might enter the EU, even though your public administration is
not quite ready for it, but you will not enjoy it (and it won’t get
easier).
•Progress is not linear, and it doesn’t always go in the right
direction (politics doesn’t help).
•Champions don’t stay champions necessarily
(problems/contexts evolve quickly, needs permanent effort)
•Big reforms might not achieve the intended outcomes but might
have unintended benefits.

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Tips…
•Give it your best for yourself and your country –don’t do it
formalistically or for accession purpose (without believing in it)
•Get the fundamentalsright(Principles!) –without the right values
and attitudes, you will go nowhere
•Think people, processes, technology –in that order!
•Develop a collaborationand interoperabilitymindset (across
sectors and multi-level governance)
•Learnfrom others, develop your own style (copy-paste might not
work)
•Develop a reflectiveand reform capacity =>become a learning
organisation

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Tips…
Think
Inside out
and
Outside in

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Bonus material…
The European Commission is
also a public administration, and
we also need to learn and evolve

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The EuropeanCommission’
corporatelearningstrategyforpolicymaking
EU PolicymakingHub

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Discover more about EU policymaking
on our website.
Join our newsletter for exclusive
updates and insights. Sign up now!
Policy cycle
Cross-cutting
activities
Political priorities
The European Commission’s corporate policymaking learning offer
More packages in
preparation
EUpolicymakinglearningisstructured
underthreeheadings:
1.the EU’s policymaking cycle,
2.cross-cutting activities of innovative
policymaking,
3. the European Commission’s political
priorities.
Training,e-talksandtheotherlearning
offeraregroupedintolearningpackages
toguidetowardsthestrategicallymost
importantlearningresources.
Coursesaredeliveredbyexternaltraining
providers,EUseniormanagementand
experts,andexternalspeakers.
Essentials of policymaking
Offered at an introductory
and a more advance level
Smart 4 Policy
self-assessment
tool

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The need for policymaking specific learning in the Commission
Astheseveralrecentandongoingcrisesshow,
policymakingneedstobeagile,adaptable,andinnovative
tofaceincreasinglycomplexanddifficultchallenges.This
requiresskillsthatneedtobedevelopedintimeand
constantlyupdated.
The new corporate HR strategy puts a strong emphasis on
making learning and development more strategic, and the
EU Policymaking Hub’s programme has now been fully
integrated into it, becoming the Commission’s corporate
learning programme for policymaking.
A main objective of the EU Policymaking Hub is to offer
guidance on strategically relevant learning for individual
policymakers and their managers. The content of the
policymaking learning programme focuses on the
policymaking process, cross-cutting, transversal
competences relevant for forward-looking and innovative
policymaking, and at competences and knowledge closely
related to the policy priorities.

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Objectives of the policymakinglearningpackages
•Guide policymakers towards policymaking
relevant learning of strategic importance
•Offer expert policymakers additional
relevant courses
•Offer managers a tool for meaningful
career and learning guidance

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Centre for Organisational Transformation
•A multi-disciplinary team (DG HR, JRC, SG, DIGIT and CNECT)
•Mandated by the InformationManagementSteeringBoard to
support change initiativesaimed attransforming how the
Commissionworks
•Key areas of expertise:
•Collaboration
•Participatory & Change Processes
•Digital Transformation
•Flexibleworking
•Communities of Practice
•Knowledge Management

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Complexity and permacrisis mode: need space for reflection & expertise
Pressure on resources, efficiency and workload:need for deeper
collaboration, process improvement & prioritisation
Flexible structures: need for ad-hoc project teams across domains
Digital skills:need for support from champions & direction from the top
Transitions to flexible workspaces: need forlocal project team + central
support for each move
Internal facilitation capacity: need for more to work across DGs
Key learnings

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Good luck!
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Keep in touch
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European Commission
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Instrument (TSI)
(europa.eu)
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