OECD Public Governance Reviews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

OECD.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

OECD Public Governance Reviews

Place of Publication:

Paris : Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, 2023.

Summary:

The OECD Public Governance Review of Honduras offers recommendations to strengthen the effectiveness, coherence and openness of the country's public sector, and in particular its centre of government. It first provides an overview of Honduras's public sector and assesses its performance across interrelated dimensions.

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Executive Summary

1 The Public Sector in Honduras

A more effective public sector is essential to address the country's challenges

Coping with a complex context: Health and climate shocks compound structural weaknesses

Macroeconomic performance put under pressure by COVID-19 and climate-related crises

High poverty and pervasive inequality rates erode human capital and hamper inclusive growth

High levels of violence impede socio-economic development and push many to migrate

Fragile public finances are further threatened by COVID-19

Financing the budget: External dependence and reversal of a positive trend amid multiple shocks

The country's growth-enhancing spending is low, despite high total expenditures

Challenges and opportunities for the Honduran public sector

Public investments and public employment show the need for a more results-oriented use of public resources

Inefficiencies in public investment limit the impact of spending

Public sector jobs enjoy a significant wage premium and weak meritocracy characterises the civil service

Harnessing digital technologies can improve service delivery and inclusion, but challenges lie ahead

Can a multi-layered government enhance public sector effectiveness? Building from a very centralised country

Perception of corruption and low trust in public institutions are two major challenges for the public sector

The perception of corruption has worsened and the increasingly lower level of trust in government institutions undermines the possibilities of advancing necessary reforms

Recent efforts to strengthen integrity and accountability have yielded mixed results

Conclusion

References

2 Improving Policy Co-ordination at the Centre of Government in Honduras

Introduction.

The centre of government in OECD countries: From administrative support to whole-of-government co-ordination with a focus on results

Co-ordinating within a fragmented environment: The Honduran challenge

A highly fragmented public administration

Towards a stronger centre of government in Honduras: Advancing a better-equipped framework to pursue whole-of-government co-ordination

A seemingly solid policy co-ordination framework led by the SCGG

Honduras CoG institutions face a significant challenge in positioning themselves as leading in the co-ordination of policy priorities

Too many co-ordination institutions do not equate to greater co-ordination: Sectoral cabinets, a well-intended but ill-conceived endeavour

A lack of established processes for decision making at the sectoral cabinets

The lack of information sharing across secretariats hinders co-ordinated public action

Sub-national governments face major difficulties aligning with national strategies: The challenge posed by vertical co-ordination

Recommendations

Improving policy co-ordination from the centre of government

Improving information sharing across secretariats for evidence-informed decision making

Strengthening vertical co-ordination to better align territorial plans with national strategies

3 Strengthening the Results-Based Management Framework in Honduras

Introduction

Progress and challenges in building a robust Results-Based Management framework in Honduras

An RBM framework with some initial but uneven impact

The complexity of the RBM framework hinders its effective implementation and limits its potential impact

A well-defined strategic planning framework, but gaps in implementation, especially in defining priorities.

The SCGG: A well-identified body but with limited capacity to co-ordinate the planning framework

Budgeting for Results: Formal references but without actual implementation

4 Strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation in Honduras

Building a sound institutional framework for monitoring and evaluation in Honduras

Honduras could improve its definitions of monitoring and evaluation

The SCGG played a central role in the monitoring and evaluation framework

Monitoring and evaluation activities are not sufficiently embedded in a whole-of-government legal framework

Macro-level guidance for monitoring and evaluation could be developed further

Promoting the quality of monitoring and evaluation processes

Performance indicators need to be improved as a first step towards producing robust monitoring evidence

Honduras could consider implementing initiatives to overcome the lack of sufficient data and the difficulties in accessing information

Quality assurance mechanisms and quality control mechanisms could be further developed

Competencies within the whole of government to strengthen the monitoring and evaluation processes in Honduras need to be further developed

Promoting the use of monitoring and evaluation results and evidence

Honduras could improve publicity surrounding and communication of monitoring and evaluation results

Embedding monitoring and evaluation results into the policy-making cycle could help Honduras improve the use of evaluation results

Honduras could leverage the evaluation ecosystem that has developed beyond the executive to generate stronger demand for evidence-based decision making

Building a sound institutional framework for monitoring and evaluation in Honduras.

Promoting the quality of monitoring and evaluation processes

Note

5 Open Government in Honduras: Towards Effective Implementation

Developing a coherent and ambitious understanding of open government in Honduras

Honduras could benefit from a coherent and streamlined understanding of open government and its principles

Honduras could integrate protection of the civic space as part of its understanding of open government

Honduras could consider issuing a decree on open state to provide a legal basis for its open state and open government agendas

Strengthening the frameworks for transparency and participation to increase the impact of open government

Honduras does not have a law on open government and could enshrine the right to information in the Constitution

The ATI law is aligned with OECD standards but further efforts are needed to improve its implementation

The institutional capacities to conduct oversight of the ATI law could be strengthened

Honduras adopted a legal framework on citizen and stakeholder participation, the ambition of which could be increased

The institutional architecture for citizen and stakeholder participation in Honduras could be improved to support implementation

Translating high-level objectives into concrete and measurable actions in Honduras' first National Open Government Policy

The OGP action plan constitutes the platform to operationalise the open government agenda in Honduras

Including open government and open state in high-level strategic policy documents

The Open State Declaration tries to spread the benefits of open government to all branches and all levels of government but is lagging behind on implementation.

Moving from scattered initiatives towards an integrated open government agenda through an Open Government Strategy

Streamlining the institutional architecture to reduce overlaps and increase co-ordination

Honduras could create a dedicated Open Government Office

The mandate of the Open Government Office should avoid overlaps with other entities in charge of the implementation of the transparency, accountability and anti-corruption agendas

Honduras could streamline its co-ordination mechanisms to support coherence and more efficient implementation

Improving implementation of the open government agenda in Honduras through open government literacy, monitoring and evaluation

Honduras could increase open government literacy across the public sector and society at large to facilitate the implementation of open government initiatives

Fostering monitoring and evaluation of the open government agenda

Annex 5.A. The OECD Approach to Open Government

What is open government? The OECD approach to open government

Moving towards an open state

Note.

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ISBN:

92-64-97922-0

92-64-47570-2