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Enhancing Governance in Australia: Insights from the Regional Resumption Coordinator

This document explores the evolving concept of governance in Australia, emphasizing its crucial role in societal advancement. It addresses Australians' aspirations for effective governance that upholds rights, promotes transparency, and encourages public involvement in decision-making. The outcomes of recent consultations reveal key priorities, such as trust in governance, informed public debate, and participation. It also discusses how the OECD can assist in strengthening governance frameworks, defining key actors, and addressing challenges like transparency and the good governance paradox.

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Enhancing Governance in Australia: Insights from the Regional Resumption Coordinator

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  1. Business Continuity Regional Resumption Coordinator Building effective and responsive institutions …an Australian perspective Sue Taylor, Australian Bureau of Statistics

  2. MAP 2011 - How we currently address governance

  3. MAP consultation • Governance now seen as a key enabler for societal progress – a domain in its own right

  4. Governance and progress in the recent MAP consultation

  5. Governance themes People’s rights and responsibilities Rule of law Transparency Rights Trust Minimised corruption Accountability Effective governance Efficiency Informed public debate Participation Participation Effectiveness Voice Responsive

  6. Australians aspire to institutions and processes they can trust and hold to account. Australians aspire to governance that works well. Australians aspire to a society where everyone's rights are upheld and their responsibilities fulfilled. Australians aspire to well-informed and vibrant public debate. Australians aspire to have the opportunity to have a say in decisions that affect their lives. Consultation results: aspirations

  7. Involvement in decision making • Awareness and understanding • Access and opportunity • Taking responsibility • Open and informed debate • Freedom to pursue and access truth/facts • A free media • Effective regulation • Transparency • Accountability • Trust in governance processes and systems • Integrity • Rights and responsibilities upheld • National laws and standards • Access to justice • Freedom of expression • International conventions and laws • Effective governance • Ease of interactions • Protection • Seamless services • Balance between regulation and freedom • Effective resourcing • Resilience Consultation results: elements Trust Informed public debate Effectivegovernance Participation People’s rights and responsibilities

  8. Key priorities and gaps – how can the OECD support these efforts? • Work in consultation with others in this space (egUNOHCHR/UNDP post 2015 agenda) • Definition and scoping of ‘governance’ • Conceptual framework • Guidelines for measuring governance • Discussion of key issues and challenges

  9. Issues……… • Define the actors and their influence – includes the State but transcends it too, also multinationals • Country context – values and principles • Government asking citizens if they trust the government – a dilemma for some? • Consider the good governance paradox

  10. Issues……… • Transparency paradox • Lack of facts-based indicators • Potential over-reliance on perception measures – is trust enough? • Over-reliance on the views of a few experts • Sample bias • Should we measure proactive measures or violation and or outcomes?

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