The Call for Innovative and Open Government
An Overview of Country Initiatives
This report presents an overview of country initiatives concerning efficient, effective public services and open and innovative government. It focuses on four core issues: delivery of public services in times of fiscal consolidation; a more effective and performance-oriented public service; promotion of open and transparent government; and strategies for implementation of a reform agenda. These issues were discussed at the OECD Public Governance Ministerial Meeting held in Venice, Italy, in November 2010, hosted by the Italian Ministry for Public Administration and Innovation.
Ukraine
The economic crisis has made many people wonder about the feasibility of reforms at such a juncture. On the one hand, the crisis is a unique opportunity to implement long overdue reforms as measures to save the country. On the other hand, the crisis increases by many times the risks peculiar to the major reforms: failure can bring a weak economy to disaster.