Horizontal coordination in cooperative federalism: The purpose of ministerial conferences in Germany

Hegele, Yvonne; Behnke, Nathalie

doi:10.1080/13597566.2017.1315716

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“…To coordinate measures that the Länder implemented via their own administrative decrees, the long-standing Conference of the Premiers ( Ministerpräsidentenkonferenz ) ( Hegele and Behnke 2017 ) was used to hold regular (weekly to monthly) meetings with the chancellor to coordinate measures which the Länder implemented via their own administrative decrees. After these meetings, agreements were published, and press conferences were held documenting the output of the coordination process.…”

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Explaining Intergovernmental Coordination during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responses in Australia, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland

Schnabel

Hegele

2021

Publius: The Journal of Federalism

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The COVID-19 pandemic required prompt action from governments all over the world. In federal systems, it can be important or beneficial to coordinate crisis management between the various governments. The extent to which intergovernmental coordination occurred and the form it took (vertical or horizontal) varied across countries and regarding the measures taken. By examining the introduction and the subsequent easing of containment measures and the procurement of medical supplies in Australia, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland, this article identifies the circumstances under which intergovernmental coordination occurs. Surprisingly, the existence of strong intergovernmental councils did not lead to closer intergovernmental coordination. Governments coordinated more intensively when jurisdiction was shared, problem pressure was high, and measures were(re-)distributive in nature. Vertical coordination was more likely when vertical intergovernmental councils existed and powers were shared.

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Explaining Intergovernmental Coordination during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responses in Australia, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland

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Hegele

2021

Publius: The Journal of Federalism

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“…Federal principles of organizing, such as the separation of competencies and subsidiarity, require solutions that allow authorities to maintain full control over the processes and process data for which they are responsible [1,6]. While coordination is highly desirable, cross-organizational monitoring and the automated triggering of subsequent process steps by other authorities are often not present, or only present to a certain degree [18].…”

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The Evolution of an Architectural Paradigm - Using Blockchain to Build a Cross-Organizational Enterprise Service Bus

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Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Cross-organizational collaboration and the exchange of process data are indispensable for many processes in federally organized governments. Conventional IT solutions, such as cross-organizational workflow management systems, address these requirements through centralized process management and architectures. However, such centralization is difficult and often undesirable in federal contexts. One alternative solution that emphasizes decentralized process management and a decentralized architecture is the blockchain solution of Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees. Here, we investigate the architecture of this solution and examine how it addresses the requirements of federal contexts. We find that the solution's architecture resembles an improvement and cross-organizational adaption of an old architectural paradigm, the enterprise service bus.

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“…The second set of relevant intergovernmental arenas besides the Bundesrat are so-called ministerial conferences, eighteen sectoral intergovernmental councils composed of ministerial bureaucrats from the Länder governments, who are sometimes joined by their counterparts from the federal level (Hegele and Behnke 2017). In addition to the sectoral conferences, the minister presidents' conference is the most prominent coordination arena of the Länder governments.…”

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Administrative Federalism

Behnke

Kropp

2021

Governance and Public Management

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The German federal architecture is shaped by a peculiar mix of strong decentralisation and high autonomy at lower levels of government coupled with an administrative culture of uniformity, solidarity and coordination. This system has been described as ‘administrative federalism’ to emphasise the prominent role of executives and administrations in policymaking and policy implementation. The federal level relies on the Länder for executing its tasks; in turn, the Länder executives possess rights of co-decision in federal legislation via the Bundesrat. While formal jurisdictions are strongly decentralised, a dense web of interlocking powers and processes, as well as institutions of coordination, creates incentives for territorial governments to closely cooperate with each other. The German-style administrative federalism has been successful, but is requiring adaptation and developments caused by trends like the upward shift of tasks from the Länder to the federal level and increasing party-system fragmentation.

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Horizontal coordination in cooperative federalism: The purpose of ministerial conferences in Germany

Cited by 44 publications

References 28 publications

Explaining Intergovernmental Coordination during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responses in Australia, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland

Explaining Intergovernmental Coordination during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responses in Australia, Canada, Germany, and Switzerland

The Evolution of an Architectural Paradigm - Using Blockchain to Build a Cross-Organizational Enterprise Service Bus

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