scholarly journals Measure and discipline in world procurement markets = Medición y reglas de los mercados mundiales de contratación pública

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 752
Author(s):  
Pablo Zapatero Miguel ◽  
Marc Petz

Abstract: The revised Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) illustrates the long-term trans­formation in the way governments currently deliver public policies: steering, not rowing. Under a re­gulatory paradigm based on improving efficiency and best value for money, the 51 GPA Parties have reformed the previous GPA framework and expanded global procurement markets in accordance. Howe­ver, the figures of this structural policy trend have not yet been properly mapped. This research estima­tes on basis of the available data that the GPA parties cover round 26% (US$2,140bn) of their GGCE (US$8,220bn), whereby the global GPA coverage could potentially be expanded substantially (compare to global GGCE: US$13,100bn) on the long term.Keywords: public-private partnerships, world trade, market-formation, government procurement, GPA.Resumen: El Acuerdo de Contratación Pública (GPA) revisado ilustra la transformación de largo plazo en la forma en que los Estados desarrollan políticas públicas: guiar, y no remar. Bajo un paradigma regulatorio basado en la mejora de la eficiencia y el mejor valor por el dinero, los 51 Miembros del GPA revisado han reformado el marco legal originario y contribuido a expandir los emergentes mercados glo­bales de contratación pública. Esta investigación calcula en base a los datos disponibles que las partes del GPA cubren un 26% (2.140.000 US$) de su GGCE (8.220.000 US$), mientras la cobertura global del GPA podría expandirse de manera significativa (comparar con el GGCE global: 13.100.000 US$) a largo plazo.Palabras clave: partenariados público-privados, comercio mundial, formación de mercados, con­tratación pública, GPA.

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martijn van den Hurk

The use of public–private partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructure provision has not always been based on their promise to deliver value for money (VfM). PPPs have also been applied to keep investments off governments’ annual accounts. This article links that motivation to particular modes of practice. It depicts the case of the Belgian region of Flanders. In this jurisdiction, a long-term PPP policy strategy, central coordination mechanism, and application of VfM assessment tools have remained absent. PPP has been used in an ad hoc way, which has granted government departments leeway in closing partnership deals. The result has been a fragmentation of both knowledge and practices. It will be challenging to realize reforms that include a more critical stance toward PPP and foster learning processes: Actors have become used to their ways of dealing with PPP and seek to pursue their own fragmented trajectories.


Author(s):  
Jana Štrangfeldová ◽  
Štefan Hronec ◽  
Jana Hroncová Vicianová ◽  
Nikola Štefanišinová

Education is a key area, the results of which play an important role in the development of each society. The role of education focused on the inclusion of children into school groups, to prepare students to enter the labour market or continue their studies in the context of tertiary education is a sufficient argument to enable beginning to look for answers and possible solutions to the difficult question of the quality of schools. Constant pressure from the public forces them to monitor and improve the provision of public services, and continually enhance their own performance in order to achieve long-term existential security. These facts consequently require a comprehensive measurement of their performance. This opens up opportunities for applying the concept of Value For Money based on the principles of New Public Management. The purpose of the scientific study is to show the potential uses of Value for Money on the example of education. The suggestion of methodology of VFM to measure the performance in education presented in this study shows possibilities to measure, evaluate, monitor and achieve necessary and especially relevant information about the situation of education and subsequent decision-making not only for public forces, but also, it can be the suitable tool for public grammar schools themselves. The article is co-financed by the project VEGA 1/0651/17.


2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-82
Author(s):  
Kariyoto Kariyoto

Pengukuran organisasi sektor publik menjadi penting untuk mengetahui tingkat pencapain pelayanan kepada masyarakat. Kinerja organisasi sektor publik dapat diukur menggunakan alat dan indikator yang sesuai. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui konsep nilai waktu uang, masukan keluaran hasil, nilai terbaik sebagai indikator pengukuran kinerja sektor publik. Penelitian ini berlokasi di Perpustakaan Universitas Brawijaya Malang. Jenis penelitian melalui studi perpustakaan. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan observasi dan dokumentasi buku yang berhubungan dengan kinerja organisasi sektor publik. Analisis data digunakan reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan atau verifikasi data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa nilai waktu uang, masukan keluaran hasil dan nilai terbaik dapat dipakai sebagai alat pengukuran kinerja organisasi sektor publik.


Author(s):  
N. Butenko ◽  
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E. Robins ◽  

The purpose of this article is to review recent international studies on ports that have entered into public private partnerships (PPPs). This article examines five articles covering ports in Columbia, Mexico, Brazil, the Caribbean (Cayman Islands), China, South Korea, and France. Divided as follows, the article includes: (I) a summary of each article; (II) a critique of the articles related to the countries referenced; and (III) an assessment of how this relates and/or applies to Ukraine. The analysis and assessment of each article should better inform progress towards PPPs and their use in ports in Ukraine. Based on five variables to assess PPP projects in this article: (a) the type of PPP (allowing for a plurality of PPP arrangements); (b) regulatory framework (with a supportive institutional arrangement for PPPs); (c) financial safeguards (delivering value for money against other options); (d) accountability; and (e) miscellaneous data (something that improves context and practical aspects), this article offers three key findings. First, enhance accountability and publicity. Second, improve market engagement. Third, correct implementation of legal and institutional frameworks. This study, according to its author, encountered the usual limitations: sample selection and access to data at different stages of the project’s completion. The sample is fair, comprising a diverse, representative pool of projects. Regarding access to data, the article found that publicity and reporting need to improve in the Caribbean. The author engaged with all main sources, especially local ones, at different stages of each project. PPPs in the Caribbean are not exempt when it comes to budgetary decisions.


Author(s):  
Adrian J. Bridge ◽  
Robert Lee Kong Tiong ◽  
Shou Qing Wang

Australia is just one of many developed countries facing the challenge of delivering value for money in the provision of a substantial infrastructure pipeline amidst severe construction and private finance constraints. To help address this challenge, this chapter focuses on developing an understanding of the determinants of value at key procurement decision points that range from the make-or-buy decision, to buying in the context of market structures, including the exchange relationship and contractual arrangement decision. This understanding is based on theoretical pluralism and illustrated by research in the field of construction and maintenance, and in public-private partnerships.


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