By Richard McVeigh from NICVA
Published on 15 Sep 2005
Public administration in Northern Ireland is due for shake up. Many argue that Northern Ireland is over-governed and this is costing us money. What are your views? Register for NICVA's first econsultation to make them known.
What is public administration?
It means local councils, health bodies, education boards and a wide range of ‘quangos’ currently in existence.
This is the second consultation on the Review of Public Administration (RPA) and it contains firmer recommendations for a system of administration based on a model of either seven, 11 or 15 councils . (Numerous voluntary and community organisations contributed to the first consultation paper in 2004). See the end of this page for detail.
Join the econsultation. You will need to register on Community NI in order to post. Registration is simple and free.
eConsultation
It is important that the sector continues to contribute to the debate on RPA. Take five minutes to register for this pilot econsultation, to read what others think and make your views known.
eConsultation provides an innovative way of doing this without the need to attend meetings. The econsultation aims to replicate one of the most useful things about attending a consultation meeting - hearing the views of others - which may trigger something you hadn’t thought of.
How it works
To get involved, register and add your comments to any of the topics. You can log on at any time to learn how the discussion is progressing, find out if anyone has responded to your comments or post new ideas.
We will send you a fortnightly email to tell you how the discussion is developing. When the econsultation is finished we will summarise the responses and submit them to the RPA team. We will also publish them on this site and send them to anyone who participated.
Join the econsultation. You will need to register on Community NI in order to post.
Consultation closing date: Friday 30 September 2005 .
Resources - more detail
NICVA's Draft Response (209Kb) - current consultation
NICVA Briefing Paper (149Kb) - current consultation NICVA Briefing Paper (134Kb) - 2004 consultation NICVA's Response to the RPA (228Kb) RPA Study Tour to ten countries (99Kb)
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Considering so many aspects of delivering services to the public could also undoubtedly take many years to complete. However, the present transitional nature of society presents a real opportunity to manage change. Non-elected bodies may have in the past discharged extensive responsibilities and monies, local and accountable elected bodies in partnership with the Voluntary and Community Sector are willing and able to assume this role. The Voluntary and Community Sector is clearly a pivotal player in building a better future; a society aimed at promoting social inclusion, peace and reconciliation. Its obvious strengths should be capitalized on. Community and Voluntary Sector interest with governing is paramount.
28 Sep 05 @ 12:46