In many industrialized countries healthcare services are under constant pressure from rising costs and an aging population. Reform is difficult, having to find a balance between what we would like to have in healthcare and what we can afford and organize. Changing the system…
Thinktank and platform for public and civil entrepreneurs. Mission We want to bring social issues closer to a solution by stimulating and supporting social entrepreneurship and active citizenship. Therefore we stimulate and initiate innovation and creativity in concepts and policies, influence the societal arena,…
Media like radio, newspapers, television and the internet are crucial aspects in our daily life. One of the most important players in this public domain are the Public Service Broadcasters. Their purpose is to inform, educate and entertain the public in an independent and…
Contracting out is a method often chosen by governments in order to increase efficiency and to reduce government spending. Characteristic of contracting out is that it refers to the transfer of service delivery to an entity not within normal governmental hierarchy without transferring the…
Arrangements between public & private parties Public officials, private entrepreneurs and citizens are looking for new ways of creating the public domain and public services in cooperation with each other. Public-private partnerships and liberalization policies can be created if they add value aimed at…
We present here the case of privatizing prisons. After a short introduction we try to draw lessons from the experience in the USA and Australia. Privatizing prison facilities and correctional services is probably one of the most debated topics concerning public-private cooperation. Despite the…
We have had many guiding policy concepts, such as ‘privatisation’ and ‘contracting out’ (high point in the 1980s and 90s, continuing into the beginning of this century) and others, often applied with more ambition in Anglo-Saxon countries, such as ‘reinventing government’ (first period of…
This article underlines the necessity of entrepreneurship within the public sector, focussing on the modern context in which a specialized knowledge and higher-education business must operate. Competition about the ranking of the institutions and the recruiting good teachers, researchers and talented students is global….
Education is so fundamental in one’s upbringing that it is not an option to compromise: every child should have a good education regardless of its socio-economic class. Although everyone would agree with that endgoal, how to achieve it is a different matter altogether. There…
Presented in this report are the various stipulations from European Law regarding the Public Broadcasting Remit. Historically, EU Member States have been quick to secure the position of their public broadcasting systems in view of expanding European law, thus providing shelter for the systems…
