Community: Governance
Governance is based on a set of principles to meet challenges in areas such as: risk, finance, quality, probity, commerce and reputation.
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A Canadian model of Public Administration- Iain Gow, 2004 — Canada School of Public Service www.csps-efpc.gc.ca
Current Developments in Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities Duncan H. Blackman-2005 — See section on Public Consultation and Policy Development (more contents will be displayed under the "Jurisdictional" section of the Resources and Creative Works website)
Enterprising Non-Profits — Social enterprises are businesses operated by non-profits with the dual purpose of generating income by selling a product or service in the marketplace and creating a social, environmental or cultural value.
Enterprising Non-profits -Caledon Institute of Social Policy-2002 — In recent years, many non-profit agencies have learned the hazards of being too dependent on a single source of funding. In a bid to diversify revenue sources, some non-profits are launching business enterprises. http://www.caledoninst.org
ESTABLISHING INTERGOVERNMENTAL LEADERSHIP ON DISABILITY ISSUES -MICHAEL J. PRINCE , 2002 — on getting changes in order for people with disabilities to participate more equally in society
Evaluation of the Implementation of Local Area Co-ordination in Scotland, 2007 — Local area co-ordination ( LAC) originated in Australia and was introduced to Scotland in the form of a recommendation in The same as you? report, following a national review of services to people with learning disabilities. With a strong, person centred value base, LAC is an innovative way to support individuals and families to build a 'good life' and to strengthen the capacity of communities to welcome and include disabled people.
GOOD GOVERNANCE HANDBOOK 2015 — From the Good Governance Institute and Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership. Governance is based on a set of principles that has developed over time to meet new challenges in areas such as: risk, finance, quality, probity, commerce and reputation. More at http://www.hqip.org.uk/
GOVERNING IN THE MILLENNIUM: HOW MUCH LESS GOVERNMENT? Arthur Kroeger, 1995
Guide for commissioners of services for people with learning disabilities who challenge services, 2007 — This good practice advice has been written primarily for NHS and local authority commissioners of services to assist them to commission high quality, cost effective services for people with learning disabilities whose behaviour challenges services. More at the National Development Team for Inclusion http://www.ndti.org.uk/
IM/IT governance framework, 1999 — The goal of effective IM/IT governance is to ensure that all IM/IT initiatives have been managed from an organization-wide perspective and that they contribute to the institution’s strategic business goals.
Innovations in governance in Canada -1999
MODERNIZING GOVERNANCE: A Preliminary Exploration, 2000
partnership-based governance: lessons from IT management, 2000
Promoting Sustainable Development: the Question of Governance, 2004
Public Sector Innovations and Public Interest Issues — This paper is an overview of recent public sector innovations in Canada and other countries. More at http://www.innovation.cc/index.html
Responsible Government: Clarifying Essentials, Dispelling Myths and Exploring Change, 2004
SEATTLE: The Lessons for Future Governance, 2000
Strong and Prosperous Communities - the Local Government White Paper, 2006 — The aim of this White Paper is to give local people and local communities more influence and power to improve their lives. It is about creating strong, prosperous communities and delivering better public services through a rebalancing of the relationship between central government, local government and local people.
Sustaining Grassroots Community-Based Programs: A Toolkit for Community- and Faith-Based Service Providers, 2008 — Sustainability is the capacity of an organization to achieve long-term success and stability and to serve its clients and consumers without the threat or loss of financial support and the quality of services. Sustainability is about maintaining and continuing program services after a funding period is over and ensuring that the organization has become a permanent part of community resources.
The public-private-partnership “fetish”: moving beyond the rhetoric, 2004 — Public-Private-Partnerships (P3s) encompass a broad range of commercial and financial activity involving state engagement of for-profit firms to either provide or partially finance publicly prescribed services through long-term contracts.
There has been an explosion of academic and professional literature on horizontal management and whole-of-government perspectives on public sector governance, 2004 — This paper attempts to further thinking about strategic dimensions of horizontal governance at the system level. The points of departure are two recently published reports, Connecting Government from the Management Advisory Committee of the Australian Public Service and The Horizontal Challenge from the Canada School of Public Service. More at Optimum Online: The Journal of Public Sector Management available free at http://www.optimumonline.ca