Project on developing strategic leadership instruments in government: Recommendations
Prime Minister’s Office
08.05.2019
Julkaisusarja:
Publications of the Finnish Government 2019:20
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-287-742-0Tiivistelmä
When the Government led by Prime Minister Sipilä started its four-year term in 2015, a policy-making model required by the strategic Government Programme was launched in Finland. The aim was to adopt a more cross-administrative approach in the Government’s work and to achieve greater impact for government policy. The mission of the Project to develop strategic leadership instruments in government (PAKURI) was to prepare recommendations for the next Government to make decisions on.
The key areas for development identified in the project are better coordination of the policy and resource processes, strengthening joint government communications, more effective coordination and implementation of government policy, and ensuring that policy preparation extends across parliamentary terms. A total of 20 proposals are presented, divided into three stages during the government term: the Government Programme preparation phase, the commencement phase, and the government term phase.
The most important recommendations concerned the need to specify clear and measurable main objectives and a prioritised set of policies in the Government Programme and to identify reforms that require preparation across parliamentary terms. The Government concludes a written agreement on the management procedures right at the beginning of its term. Sufficient time is set aside for interpreting the Government Programme both within the Government and with the senior public officials. An action plan to be updated on an annual basis is prepared on the implementation of the objectives, key reforms and prioritised set of policies, and their implementation is ensured through strategy meetings and situation review sessions to be held on a regular basis. The allocation of resources is guided by policy.
The key areas for development identified in the project are better coordination of the policy and resource processes, strengthening joint government communications, more effective coordination and implementation of government policy, and ensuring that policy preparation extends across parliamentary terms. A total of 20 proposals are presented, divided into three stages during the government term: the Government Programme preparation phase, the commencement phase, and the government term phase.
The most important recommendations concerned the need to specify clear and measurable main objectives and a prioritised set of policies in the Government Programme and to identify reforms that require preparation across parliamentary terms. The Government concludes a written agreement on the management procedures right at the beginning of its term. Sufficient time is set aside for interpreting the Government Programme both within the Government and with the senior public officials. An action plan to be updated on an annual basis is prepared on the implementation of the objectives, key reforms and prioritised set of policies, and their implementation is ensured through strategy meetings and situation review sessions to be held on a regular basis. The allocation of resources is guided by policy.