Kilievych Olexandr, Ilchenko-Syuyva Lesya. Performance indicators as tools of good governance: case of Ukraine
Beate Kohler-Koch (Kohler-Koch, 1999) relates governance to the process of policy making as “…the ways and means in which the divergent preferences of citizens are translated into effective policy choices, about how the plurality of societal interests are transformed into unitary action and the compliance of social actors is achieved. During the last 40 years, performance management systems, that in turn include setting performance indicators as an instrument of good public policy-making have been widely used and enhanced in the developed countries. Since 1990s this process also encompasses CEE countries, i.e. in Ukraine. However the success is different in different countries.
The basic performance model for the public sector (social/public needs – objectives – inputs – activities – results) is compared with the policy cycle model. Results are considered as outputs, middle- and long-term outcomes and impacts. The paper will consider the role of policy analysis procedures used in preparation, implementation and measurement of performance of various policies and programs (e.g. growth policies and government programs focused on wellbeing), performance practice of policy analysis and use of performance indicators in Ukraine in recent years.
