Paper/Speech Details of Conference Program for the 27th NISPAcee Annual Conference Program Overview WG6: Evidence-Based Public Policy Making Author(s) Gabor Bozso Ludovika University of Public Service Budapest Hungary Bojtor András, Jugovits Károly, Title Challenges of Impact Assessment on the Development of Public Administration in Hungary:The Case of Good Governance Indicators File Paper files are available only for conference participants, please login first. Presenter Gabor Bozso Abstract Impact assessment of public policies in nowadays rapidly changing environment is facing challenges of different governance approaches, emerging demand for transparency and deliver more efficiency in public finances, which highly applies for public reform programs. Several reforms were introduced in the Hungarian public administration since 2010 reshaping both the local and centre government levels. A well-functioning administration with embedded institutions enables the formulation of a competitive environment which propitiously effects the country’s economic growth. Some of the reforms are partly financed by the European Union’s cohesion funds in which result-oriented tendencies can be observed. The majority of the developments belongs to the scope of e-government which results are dedicated to be measured comparatively at the level of the European Union by the Digital Economy and Society Index. Although there are numerous, but significant impacts which are not involved in this ranging system. Hungary introduced a unique pilot evidence-based impact assessment framework connected to the projects of the Hungarian Public Administration and Civil Service Development Operation Program (PACSDOP). The results and impacts are measured and continuously monitored both in project and national levels by a separate institution. The paper aims to reveal the challenges in development impact assessments with a Hungarian case study, the Good Governance Indicator System established by National University of Public Service, which monitors and evaluates Hungarian e-government reforms and developments in order to enhance exchanging innovative methods and practices of public policy impact assessment.
