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- 1. Minister and Mandarines External Consultants in Public Administration Tom Schlansky Public Management Spring 2013 Prof. Dr. Eckhard Schröter
- 2. Introduction | Term: Mandarin Civil servants in Imperial China • Teachers, judges, bureaucrats • Elitist training Introduction | Consultants | Focus: Think Tanks | Criticism | Conclusion | Discussion
- 3. Introduction | Goal of presentation Provide an overview about the field of 1 external public consultants 2 Deeper insight about think tanks Introduction | Consultants | Focus: Think Tanks | Criticism | Conclusion | Discussion
- 4. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Consultants 3. Focus: Think Tanks 4. Criticism 5. Conclusion 6. Discussion
- 5. Overview | Utility GOALS OF CONSULTING Information Legitimation Introduction | Consultants | Focus: Think Tanks | Criticism | Conclusion | Discussion
- 6. Overview | Operations – Examples Consulting in concrete policy questions External reports and evaluations Information delivery in law making Introduction | Consultants | Focus: Think Tanks | Criticism | Conclusion | Discussion
- 7. Overview | Providers of Public Consulting PR- and PA- Associations Foundations agencies Others • Chambers Think tanks Law firms • Churches • Unions • (Independent) Experts Introduction | Consultants | Focus: Think Tanks | Criticism | Conclusion | Discussion
- 8. Definition „Think Tank“ • practically oriented research Thin institute • giving decision-preparing results k • private or public funded Tan • usually non-profit • independent k • trying to influence policy-making Problem: Free term Introduction | Consultants | Focus: Think Tanks | Criticism | Conclusion | Discussion
- 9. Situation in Germany | Facts no ideology 80-130* think tanks 50% founded in the last 25 years Majority state-funded academic think tanks Introduction | Consultants | Focus: Think Tanks | Criticism | Conclusion | Discussion
- 10. Situation in Germany | Examples Economy • Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung research institutes • IFO-Institut München Foreign policy • Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik institutes • Deutsches Überseeinstitut Social- and • Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung technical • Fraunhofer-Institut für Systemtechnik und instiutes Innovationsforschung • Bertelsmann-Stiftung Mixed organizations • Forschungsinstitut der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik Introduction | Consultants | Focus: Think Tanks | Criticism | Conclusion | Discussion
- 11. Situation in Germany | Zoom: SWP CLASSIFICAT FINANCING ION state- academic funded FOCUS STAFF foreign and security policy 130 people customers Introduction | Consultants | Focus: Think Tanks | Criticism | Conclusion | Discussion
- 13. Situation in Germany | Zoom: Bertelsmann Stiftung CLASSIFICAT FINANCING ION private- advocatic funded FOCUS STAFF broad 300 people cooperation partners Introduction | Consultants | Focus: Think Tanks | Criticism | Conclusion | Discussion
- 14. Criticism | Problems in Public Sector Consulting Translation Amount Pricing Influence Transparenc Measurabilit y y Introduction | Consultants | Focus: Think Tanks | Criticism | Conclusion | Discussion
- 15. Conclusion 1 Huge range of public consultants 2 Different interests and backgrounds Increasing complexity creates growing 3 demand 4 Rising criticism and demand for transparency Introduction | Consultants | Focus: Think Tanks | Criticism | Conclusion | Discussion
- 16. Discussion | Questions 1 | Should the influence of political consultants be limited? 2 | Is there neutral political consulting? 3 | Should there be more advocating think tanks in Germany? Introduction | Consultants | Focus: Think Tanks | Criticism | Conclusion | Discussion
- 17. Minister and Mandarines External Consultants in Public Administration Tom Schlansky Public Management Spring 2013 Prof. Dr. Eckhard Schröter
- 18. Sources (excerpt) Answer of the Federal Government on the „Kleine Anfrage“ of the party Die Linke http://dip21.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/16/039/1603968.pdf Website :„The Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik“ http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/about-swp.html BPB-article by Martin Thunert http://www.bpb.de/apuz/27231/think-tanks-in-deutschland- berater-der-politik?p=all Website: Transparency International http://www.transparency.de/Transparenz-und- Unabhaengigkei.1133.0.html Website: ThinkTankDirectory http://www.thinktankdirectory.org Additional information
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- Today‘stopic: „Minister and Mandarins“External Consultants in Public Administration But: what‘s a Mandarin?
- Mandarin: generaltermcivilservant in Imperial Chinahighestlevel (consultantof a minister) andlowestlevel (villageteacher) Term camefromportugese, not a chinesewordOurtopicfarawayWelooktoday on the „otherside“ What I wantto do withyou?
- The situation in some areas is quite different Not to confuse, just focus on Germany
- 1. Youalreadygot a smallintroduction2. Whyweneedconsultants? What a kindofconsultantsexist in Germany?3. Talk aboutonespecificconsultant-group: Think Tanks andsome German examples4. Oftenraisedcriticismaboutexternalpublicconsultation5. Give a brief conclusion6. Finally: discussionStart with an overview, whyweneedconsulting?
- InformationToreduceinformationdeficitsofpoliticiansandpublicservantswithreportsandotheradviceofexpertsLegitimationSupport politicaldecisionsbyempircalanalysisorlegitimateactionsofthepast Whatdoesthatmean in concrete?
- Consulting in policy questionsVery specificquestions from experts / professors (foreignpolicy: brazil)Consulting agencies (privatizecommunityfacilities)External reports and evaluationsEvaluation of a lawInformation delivery in lawmakingproccessAssociationsThink-TanksWho isproviding such information?
- Associations (BDI, ADAC, Verband Deutscher Omnibusunternehmen)Foundations (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung)PR- and PA-agenciesThink tanks (SWP, IFO-Institut München)Law firms (Freshfields)Others (chambers, church, unions, experts) Andtotakeoneexample, let‘s talk aboutthinktanks
- Probem: Term „Think Tank“ rather self-description than objectiveclassification Bertelsmannand SWP arefoundations but therearethinktanksas wellBroadtermHowistheconcretesituation in Germany?
- Noideology: In United States thinktanks (f.e. Brookings Institution, Cato Institute) taking strong politicalpositions= Depends if you take practice-oriented university institutes into thecalculation Someexamples
- Closer look
- Founded 1962 / largest institution of this kind in Europe Budget of 10 million euro plus third party fundingWriting studies (public and non-public) Briefing top level administration for current foreign issuesExample of the classic academic German think tank „Opposite example“ is another think tank
- Do you know what are all these initiatives have in common?
- Founded 1972 Classification problem (advocatic vs. academic) Largest private operating non-profit organization in Germany Unusual foundation: Holds 77,4% of Media coporation BertelsmannAG Annual budget of 60 million euro Special: Project based Examples: Founded the CHE Ranking, „Du bist Deutschland“, „Zukunftsdialog“ Experts consulting municipal-level, state-level, federal-level Political aims: Deregulation and limited-state You got some input about political consultants and espacially think tanks is there criticism? Yes!
- Translation:There are problems of translating science knowledge into political usable knowledge.Amount: Because of the increasing complexity of society, a growth of external consultants in public administrations is observed. The development moves to an extent, where the need is questionable.Pricing:Some examples of the past show massive exaggeration in pricing. The payment of consultants should be reasonable and market-oriented.Influence: Often the influence of consultants is invisible. An illegitimate political leverage of consultants should be avoided.Transparency: There is a lack of transparency. When an influence of consultants is legitimate it should be made visible.Measurability:A lot of contracts are diffuse. When contracts are signed, the goals should be measurable. What a conclusion we can find?
- Discussion questions are left?
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- Today‘stopic: „Minister and Mandarins“External Consultants in Public Administration But: what‘s a Mandarin?