Government/non-profit Partnerships, Public Services Delivery, and Civil Society in the Transitional Nations of Eastern Europe: Lessons from the Hungarian Experience

Osborne, Stephen P.; Jenei, György; Fabian, Gergeley; Kuti, Éva

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“…Further work has explored, inter alia, modes of inter-sectoral interaction (Young, 2000), the impact of government funding of VCOs (Brooks, 2000;Brown and Troutt, 2004), the nature of crosssectoral working (McLaughlin, 2004), the role of VCOs in the policy process (Bryce, 2006) and the role of VCOs in the public service delivery system (Brinkerhoff, 2002;Cho and Gillespie, 2006). This is also a lesser but growing literature that has explored government-VCO relationships in Eastern Europe in general (for example Kostovicova, 2006;Snaveley and Desai, 2001;Struyk, 2002) and in Hungary in particular (for example Downley, 2006;Jenei and Szalai, 2002;Jenei and Vari, 2000;Osborne et al, 2005;Szeman, 2000; and the important work of Kuti discussed later).…”

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“…Building upon this work, Osborne et al (2005) postulate three alternative approaches by Hungarian VCOs to influencing the policy process:…”

Section: The Development Of Public Policy In Hungary Since 1989 and Its Implications For The Vco Sectormentioning

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“…Moreover there has been a long-standing debate in the community development literature about whether organizational forms such as VCOs enable or constrain/replace genuine local development (Williams [2005] summarizes this debate). All these factors may well lead to sustainable institutional pluralism being undermined (Osborne et al, 2005).…”

Section: The Development Of Public Policy In Hungary Since 1989 and Its Implications For The Vco Sectormentioning

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`Whispering at the Back Door'?

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This article explores the evolution of local government — voluntary and community sector relationships in Hungary since `The Change' of 1989. It does this in the context of a national policy framework concerned to develop the role of the latter sector as a key provider of essential public services at the local level. The article finds that the organic networks that enabled public policy development and implementation in the communist era continue to persevere in Hungary. This perseverance has meant that local voluntary and community groups privilege network skills above service domain skills — and that the pressure to provide public services has crowded out much of the capacity for civil society activity by these groups. The article concludes by considering the implications of this research for the wider group of accession states in Eastern Europe.

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“…Building upon this work, Osborne et al (2005) postulate three alternative approaches by Hungarian VCOs to influencing the policy process:…”

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2008

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“…The current UK Government, owing to the global financial crisis, has taken measures to reduce the state sector and ultimately harness the resources of the third sector to a greater extent (Cabinet Office, 2010). Issues surrounding this osmotic movement of services between sectors is something not just of interest in the UK but also of international significance LinkAge Plus: lessons for organisations given the interest in such movements in other parts of the global economy (Osborne et al, 2005;Osborne et al, 2003).…”

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LinkAge Plus: lessons for third sector organisations and commissioners

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2012

International Journal of Public Sector Management

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Purpose -The paper aims to explore the relationship between commissioners of service and the third sector arising from research undertaken during a LinkAge Plus project by comparison to the eight principles of commissioning. It seeks to explore the issues concerning the development of services and the implications in an era of austerity for rapid changes to the implementation of policy nationally in the UK and internationally. Design/methodology/approach -The main methods employed are interview, document analysis and observation. This research re-evaluates research undertaken for a LinkAge Plus pilot evaluation. Findings -The framework provided by the eight principles of good commissioning appeared to rely on the premise that the contracts entered into are long-term in nature, however, where short-term contracts are entered into the principles appear somewhat unachievable.Research limitations/implications -The paper examines the findings arising from one LinkAge Plus pilot site only, however, the authors contend that the findings offer genuine insights into the relationship between commissioners of services and the third sector, owing to the number of projects undertaken for the scheme. Practical implications -The findings offer organisations and policy makers an insight into the issues faced by the third sector when dealing with large commissioners particularly with regards to the rapid change of service provision and short-term contracts. This has considerable relevance in the changing economic climate and the associated austerity measures being imposed. The paper also fulfils the need for greater empirical work required in the important area of third sector delivery of services. Originality/value -LinkAge Plus offered a unique opportunity to examine how a commissioner can use third sector organisations to develop services quickly and the associated issues that arise.

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“…The author has adopted the approach of the UK government, which is suitable for this study, that the third sector is comprised of all organizations which are nongovernmental, and principally reinvest surpluses in the community or organizations that seek to deliver social or environmental benefits (Treasury, 2005;CLG, 2007 not only important for service delivery within the UK but is growing in importance in most developed countries as these face funding issues around the delivery of public services resulting from the current economic crisis (Osborne et al, 2003(Osborne et al, , 2005. The increased use of this sector for the provision of services, nationally and internationally can be attributed, in addition to the perceived cost benefits, to factors described by Smith (2010) of:…”

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An examination, through roles of accounting, of the commissioning of public services from the third sector: the case of a DWP funded initiative

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2012

Public Money & Management

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Government/non-profit Partnerships, Public Services Delivery, and Civil Society in the Transitional Nations of Eastern Europe: Lessons from the Hungarian Experience

Cited by 7 publications

References 6 publications

`Whispering at the Back Door'?

`Whispering at the Back Door'?

LinkAge Plus: lessons for third sector organisations and commissioners

An examination, through roles of accounting, of the commissioning of public services from the third sector: the case of a DWP funded initiative

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