Co-Production of Public Services in Terms of the Polish Experience

Abstract

Co-production of public services is an increasingly popular tool in public management, although it is still a new phenomenon in Poland. Despite the attention researchers give to co-production, some significant gaps remain. In this article, author attempts to examine the legal possibility of implementing co-production by the Polish local government by local initiative and Solecki Fund. The article aims to examine how major Polish cities gathered in Union in Polish Metropolises used local initiatives. The next step in research is to find out how Solecki Fund is spread among rural areas according to statistical data. It is proved that only a handful of local governments in Poland are truly engaged in co-production. However, Solecki Fund can be shown as an excellent example of citizens' engagement. It is presented a possible agenda on what can be done to make co-production more popular and used on a regular basis not only in metropolitan but also rural areas.

Behavioral Insights as a New Generation of Public Service Delivery

“…Going forward, it can be said that in terms of co-production, public services are not only involving public administration activity selected by means of political choices, but are an element of interaction, co-operation and co-creation of services organized by a network of subjects representing various sectors of activity (Virtanen & Stenvall, 2014). It might be said that this way of managing public services has still a huge room for increasing (Gawlowski, 2018).…”

Co-production as a tool for realisation of public services

“…We can define it as an initiative for preparing and appointing groups of people who propose to deliver public goods or services to local governments. When it comes to the implementation of Local Initiatives in major Polish cities covered by the Union of Polish Metropolis we can say that the number of local initiatives has increased and between 2014 and 2016 there were 280 local initiatives (Gawłowski, 2018).…”