Public-Administration-and-Governance.pptx

1. Public Administration and Governance:
How they affect Government Efficiency and
Effectiveness?
Joel G. Polintan
Patricia A. Sto Tomas and Joel V. Mangahas

2. Patricia A. Sto Tomas
• Graduate of Master of
Public Administration from
the John F Kennedy School
of Government of Harvard
University
• Former Chairperson of CSC
• Former Secretary of DOLE
Joel V. Mangahas, Ph D
• He was a professor of public
administration and governan
ce at the University of the Ph
ilippines (UP) and a profess
orial lecturer at the UP Coll
ege of Education
• Doctor of Philosophy, Master
of Public Administration (Dea
n’s List) and Bachelor of Arts
from the University of the
Philippines
• Graduate of Master of Public
Administration from the John
F Kennedy School of
Government of Harvard
University

3. • Defined as the sound exercise of political,
economic and administrative authority to
manage country’s resources for development
• Encompasses not only the affairs of government
but emphasizes the proactive role of the private
sector and the civil society in national
development
Governance

4. Basic Elements of Good Governance
• Accountability-means making public officials answerable for
government behavior and responsive to entity from which
they derive authority
• Participation- refers to enhancing peoples’ access to and
influence on public policy processes
• Predictability- refers to the existence of laws, regulations,
and policies to regulate society and their fair and consistent
application
• Transparency- refers to the availability of information to
the general public and clarity about government rules,
regulations and decisions

5. • Good Governance-missing link in the poverty reduction
efforts of many developing country
• Poor Public Administration-reason why many countries
continue to remain underdeveloped
• Bad Governance-is the reason why broad economic
intervention strategies are unable to “trickle down” and
they remain unfelt by the masses of people

6. Sound of Development Management
Roles of the State
• Creating a conducive economic environment
• Protecting the vulnerable
• Improving government efficiency and responsiveness
• Empowering people and democratizing the political
system
• Decentralizing the administrative system
• Reducing gaps between rich and poor
• Encouraging cultural diversity and social integration
• Protecting the environment

7. Recent and Current Initiatives of
Governance

8. Existing Policy Support
1987 Constitution
• Provides strong and
explicit support to good
governance
• Holds public officers and
employees accountable to
people
• Promote just, free and
prosperous society
• Prohibits political dynasties
and nepotism
• Separation of three
branches of the
government
LGU Code
• Establishes clear
commitment to
decentralization and
local autonomy
• Citizens are encourage
to directly undertake
community development
programs and participate
in decision-making
process

9. Inclusion of Good Governance in the
Government Agenda
Arroyo Administration’s initiative to Advocate good governance
Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP)
• Sound moral foundation
• Philosophy of transparency
• Ethic of effective implementation

10. Providing Organizational Mechanism for
Reforms
• President Ramos-drew up a plan to reengineer the bureaucracy
which set the guiding principles for reorganizing and providing
government operations
• President Estrada- created PCEG by virtue of EO 165 dated 19
October 1999 to formulate the institutional strengthening and
streamlining program of GOCC and SUCs
• President Pnoy-reactivate PCGG to recover ill gotten wealth of the
Marcos Family

11. Combating Corruption
• Office of the Ombudsman
• COA
• CSC
• Sandiganbayan
• Judiciary (headed by
Supreme Court)
• DOJ
• DBM
• ComElec
• PCGG
• BSP
• SEC
• Inter-Agency Anti-Graft
Coordinating Council
• NBI
• Presidential Committee on
Effective Governance
• Presidential Anti-Graft
Commission
• Governance Advisory Council
• Anti-Money Laundering
Council
Philippine Government Anti-Corruption Agencies

12. Increased Participation of the Private Sector
Bantay Kalikasan led by ABS-CBN Foundation
• Bantay Usok
• Bantay Baterya
• Bantay Basura
• Adopt-A-Tree Program (Save the La Mesa
Watershed)

13. Improving Efficiency, Effectiveness and Economy
• Medium Term Expenditure Framework-to enhance
the sustainability of the government’s economic
plan and expenditure program
• Sector Effectiveness and Efficiency Review-
strengthens monitoring and evaluation within
government agencies by providing tools and
techniques for assessing effectiveness of agency
programs
• Organizational Performance Indicator Framework-
emphasizes the shift of focus in the budget process
from inputs to outputs and outcomes

14. World Bank’s Dimensions of Governance
Six indicators of Governance
• Voice and accountability
• Political Stability
• Government effectiveness
• Regulatory quality
• Rule of Law
• Control of corruption

15. • Is yet to institutionalize effective mechanism for planning, agenda
setting and policy making
• Lack of clear priorities and poor planning mechanisms
• Difficult to demarcate the scope of responsibility and pinpoint
accountability among the many sub-structure of the governmental
organization
• The bureaucratic behavior tends to very hierarchical and rule
bound instead of emphasizing productivity improvement and
attainment of intended results
• Civil service system is subservient to the influences and dictates
prevailing political leadership
• Bureaucracy lacks the required managerial and technical
competencies
• Civil servants do not only seem to have the wrong mindset and
attitudes towards their jobs, they also operated under a dispirited
organizational culture
Gaps and Weaknesses

16. • Developing a new work culture
• Better planning and management of governance
initiatives
• Streamlining the bureaucracy
• Improvement of public personnel administration
• Design and implementation of performance-
based management system
• Strengthening administrative justice
• Providing the needed policy environment for
reforms
Conclusion and Recommendation