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1) Programmatic (political) mission: governance; 2) Performing public tasks determined by law; 3) Managing the resources of public administration and the institutional development thereof.
Institutional reforms in Poland 1989 1999: PUBLIC INTEREST VS. STRUCTURE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCE
VARIANCES
CENTRE
8 12 17 25 35 49
HOW MANY VOIVODESHIPS / REGIONS WITH WHAT DECISION POWER ??
CENTRE
Central gggovernment
Regional interest:
Regional development policy, (decision-making according to the respective set of political criteria and objectives)
VOIVODESHIP
Regional self-govnmt
Local interest:
Local development and policy, delivering public services, public order, direct governance and administration (decisionmaking according to a set of political criteria and objectives
VOIVODESHIP
VOIVODESHIP
District admins.
District Admins.
COUNTY (powiat)
Local self-govnmt
COMMUNE
Local selfgovernment
COMMUNE
(gmina)
1990: First step towards decentralization: Municipal reform
COMMUNE (gmina)
Suspension of reforms: opposition against counties 1994-97. Political conflict 98: how many voivodeships ?
COMMUNE (gmina)
1998: Second step Administrative and territorial reform
Public administration in Poland after the 1989 1999 reforms general outlook
Central Government and its administration (centre and field subsidiaries) Regional selfgovernment: voivodeship
Administrative (Regional) division of the country HOW DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN SELECTED EU COUNTRIES OF SIMILAR SIZE?
EXPERTISE: Advisory Council for the Systemic Reform of the State Chair: Prof. J. Regulski
design
co-ordination
Undersecretary of State Mr. J. Stpie
responsible for preparation of the new administrative division of the country
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Mr. J. Tomaszewski
implementation
Undersecretary of State Dr J. Poskonka responsible for implementation of the Reform Executive Secretary of the Team