1. DAAD
Webinar
Public
Policy
and
Good
Governance
-­‐-­‐challenges
in
the
MENA
Region–
Session
V
Working
with
ConBngency:
Public
Policy
in
TransiBon
&
Post-­‐Conflict
Environments
DAAD
WEBINAR
PUBLIC
POLICY
AND
GOOD
GOVERNANCE
CHALLENGES
IN
THE
MENA
REGION
Prof.
Florian
Hoffmann
Franz
Haniel
Chair
of
Public
Policy
Willy
Brandt
School
of
Public
Policy
University
of
Erfurt
(Germany)
h"p://www.brandtschool.de/the-­‐school/full-­‐6me-­‐academic-­‐staff/prof-­‐dr-­‐florian-­‐hoffmann.html

2. Guiding
Ques6ons
 What
are
the
Good
Governance
Challenges
in
the
MENA
Region
?
 Who
are
the
crucial
actors
to
concentrate
on
during
and
aHer
transi6on
?
 Are
there
structural
impediments
or
DAAD
WEBINAR
fundamental
goal
incompa6bili6es
to
a
PUBLIC
POLICY
AND
GOOD
Good
Governance
‘revolu6on’
in
MENA
?
GOVERNANCE
CHALLENGES
IN
THE
MENA
REGION
 What
realis6c
hopes
are
there
?
Who
carries
them
?

3. • Legacy
of
the
past:
laws,
public
management,
military
superiority,
dilemma
of
leadership.
Development
or
Cohesion?
• The
concept
of
family,
village,
city
then
country
concept.
DAAD
WEBINAR
Governance
Is
Typically
Weaker
in
MENA
than
in
the
PUBLIC
POLICY
Rest
of
the
World
AND
GOOD
GOVERNANCE
CHALLENGES
IN
THE
MENA
REGION

4. • MENA
governments
remain
the
most
centralized
of
all
developing
countries
DAAD
WEBINAR
PUBLIC
POLICY
AND
GOOD
GOVERNANCE
CHALLENGES
IN
THE
MENA
REGION

5. • Informa6on
Ins6tu6ons
and
Governance
Dilemma
in
the
ME
DAAD
WEBINAR
PUBLIC
POLICY
AND
GOOD
GOVERNANCE
CHALLENGES
IN
THE
MENA
REGION
©
Abdalhadi
M.
Alijla
2011.
Informa6on
ins6tu6ons
in
Arab
states

6. DAAD
WEBINAR
PUBLIC
POLICY
AND
GOOD
GOVERNANCE
CHALLENGES
IN
THE
MENA
REGION

7. Measure
of
Good
Governance
of
MENA
• From
the
rule
of
law,
to
controlling
corrup6on,
to
public
sector
efficiency,
to
ci6zen
voice,
to
“democracy.”
• Lack
of
data
on
the
quality
of
governance.
• The
quan6ta6ve
picture
reveals
a
grada6on
in
the
quality
of
governance
in
MENA.
• The
quality
of
governance
in
the
region
increases
with
incomes.
• MENA
region
ranks
at
the
bo"om
on
the
index
of
overall
governance
Quality.
DAAD
WEBINAR
PUBLIC
POLICY
AND
GOOD
GOVERNANCE
CHALLENGES
IN
THE
MENA
REGION

8. • Governance
Gap
in
MENA
1. Index
of
the
quality
of
administra6on:
measures
the
efficiency
of
the
bureaucracy,
the
rule
of
law,
the
protec6on
of
property
rights,
the
level
of
corrup6on,
the
quality
of
regula6ons,
and
the
mechanisms
of
internal
accountability.
2.
Index
of
public
accountability:
measures
the
openness
of
poli6cal
ins6tu6ons
and
par6cipa6on,
respect
of
civil
liber6es,
transparency
of
government,
and
freedom
of
the
press.
DAAD
WEBINAR
PUBLIC
POLICY
AND
GOOD
GOVERNANCE
CHALLENGES
IN
THE
MENA
REGION

9. DAAD
WEBINAR
PUBLIC
POLICY
AND
GOOD
GOVERNANCE
CHALLENGES
IN
THE
MENA
REGION

10. DAAD
WEBINAR
PUBLIC
POLICY
AND
GOOD
GOVERNANCE
CHALLENGES
IN
THE
MENA
REGION