Day 4:
Strategy Implementation
Case: Law-drafting
Tapio Laamanen
13th January 2011
Law-drafting Process in MEE
Initiative
EU/National
- Government programme
Preliminary preparation
-Present situation
-Options: regulation/other
Setting up a project
Preparation
-Options incl. Impact evaluation
-Comments and hearings
Further preparation
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Control of quality
Decision making
-Proposal
-Government > Parliament
-Follow-up
Decision on making
a preliminary study
Decision on starting a project
Decision on setting up a project
Decision on finalizing the project
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Law-drafting in MEE
The law-drafting is one of the main processes of the ministry
The law-drafting process is managed under the direct
supervision of the Permanent Secretary
The steering of the law-drafting process is directed to the
Better Regulation Unit and Director of Legislation, duties:
The process development
The quality control
The concrete law-drafting is the duty of the substance
departments which possess the needed competence and
resources
Law-drafting in MEE
To implement the Government programme, the
corporate strategy and the substance strategies of the
MEE
The substantial targets of the regulation in the MEE
To enhance the operational environment of the
enterprises and competitiveness
To improve the well-being of employees and
consumers
Targets of Law-drafting Process
Quantity targets
each autumn the ministry gives an estimation, a promise, to the
Parliament on the number of law proposals that the ministry is to
give next year
Quality targets of three types:
No technical changes to the proposals in the Parliament
The implementation of the Internal market directives (%)
The ex-ante imapact assessment executed according to the
decision of the council of state
Economical (enterprises, public finance, national economy)
Environmental
Administrative
Duties Concerning the Better Regulation
Function
To enhance Planning of the process – the Legislation Plan
The Government Strategy Document includes a legislation plan for the whole
Government (especially horizontal projects)
The legislation plan of the Ministry (timetable, resource allocation)
A broad plan for the governmental term
A detailed list on the law proposals concerning the next half year
delivered to Prime Minister Office to the Parliament
The Development of the process
Part of the corporate steering and of the performance management
Grounds to the performance targets of the departments
Ensuring the timetable of the projects by giving sufficient support
To recognize problems and risks and to minimize their effects
The follow-up of the projects and ensuring the quality
The managemet group
Case:
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Transformation Programme of MEE
- A development programme focusing on strategic steering,
services and productivity
- Concerning governmental agencies at the administrative sector
Starting Points
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The determination of the main duties
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How to increase productivity without declining the level of main
duties/processes
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The changes in way of action in and between the organisations
Targets
- To develop the structures of the corporate
more effective and systemic entity of organisations
to minimize overlaps, to find synergies, to merge administrative
functions
- To develop the performance and to improve policy effectiviness
Financing
- The projects are financed by ”productivity appropriations” (a kind of
administrative innovation)
Strategic evaluation
Operation in context of the corporate strategy and substance strategies
Operation as a part of the MEE Concern
Functioning
Prioritization Resource allocation Productivity
Synergy evaluation
Roles of the actors in the concern
Distribution of duties between actors
Avoiding overlaps
Process analysis
Ways of action and processes
Remodelling processes productivity and quality
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