Aspekti Publìčnogo Upravlìnnâ (Feb 2015)
The approach to determining the direction of development of the system of public services in Ukraine by international rating system WGI
Abstract
The problem of the current stage of public service field reforming is defined as the inadequate quality of their provision. Works by V. Rach and T. Mamatova are dedicated to solving the tasks of public administration, where a conceptual model of defining the development vector for the social and economic system is proposed as a methodological tool for academic research. V. Kyzyma proposed to consider the Worldwide Governance Indicators as an international indicator for the information support of the quality assessment of public services in countries as part of the Government Effectiveness index (Good Governance indicator). The aim of the article is to define the development vector for the public service provision system in Ukraine using the WGI international rating system with the involvement of the conceptual model of defining the development vector for the social and economic system proposed by V. Rach and T. Mamatova. The aggregate and individual good governance indicators of countries for the period of 1996 to 2013 are grouped based on the findings of the study conducted by the authors of the article using the information system presented on the Worldwide Governance Indicator website as the WGI Project. The analysis of the change in the rating position of Ukraine showed the interdependence of good governance indicators with the Regulatory Quality, Control of Corruption and Government Effectiveness indicators proving to be the most influential. Moreover, stages where this interdependence can be traced were singled out. The sequential dependence of indicators manifested itself most evidently in the IV period (2005 to 2009). The results for other periods do not run contrary to the hypothesis either. The peculiarities of defining the development vector of public administration in Ukraine are defined using the conceptual model proposed by V. Rach and T. Mamatova as an approach to defining the movement vector of a social and economic system, which consists of five stages: - predicting the state of the benchmarking system: the public administration system of the European Union countries, 2020. Characteristic features (the service provision function of public administration); the basic success indicator of public administration is good governance); - determining the borderline figures of the future state of the united system: the results of the Worldwide Governance Indicator (WGI) global international studies using the methods of The World Bank; - outlining the reference area: the figures of the European Union member countries. The Governance Matters indicator, particularly in the form of a rating by the Government Effectiveness index; - assessing the current state of the system: the Governance Matters indicator determined by the ratings of Ukraine in 2013 by the Government Effectiveness index (the 30th position); - directing the movement vector of the system: to define the basic provisions of the political direction of development concerning the direction of the movement vector of Ukraine, the task of studying the compliance of the implementation of the public administration function in Ukraine with international norms and established practices. It is proven in the article that the premises of the basic function of public administration being that of service provision and that it will characterize the economic and administrative space in 2010 to 2015 as well still remain topical. A study concerning good governance assessment (according to the figures of WGI) allowed to put forward a hypothesis that the calculation indexes of good governance assessment have a distinct sequential dependence for Ukraine, thus it is appropriate to study them as a whole. The peculiarities of defining the development vector of the public service provision system in Ukraine using the WGI international rating system with the involvement of the conceptual model of defining the development vector of the social and economic system are also characterized.
