Public Policy Analysis and Administration - lecture 3

What are the contribution of sequential analysis?

• Systemisation of political mechanisms

• Facilitates public policy analysis

• Enables process comparisons

What are the limits of the sequential approach?

• Linearity of the process

• Normativity of the model

• Simplification

• Blurred sequence boundaries

• Problem-solution oriented

What are the features of mega projects?

• Promoted by public authorities

• Very costly

• Take many years to develop and build

• Involve multiple public and private stakeholders

• Long-lasting impact

How do political parties see mega projects?

Right-wing: modernisation = technological innovation and competitiveness

Left-wing: modernisation = investment in technology and infrastructure for the improvement of the social welfare

What is the TEN-T?

The Trans-European Transport Network plan is a project aimed at further integrating EU member states through an improved railway network that would boost the internal market en enhance economic and social cohesion

How is the TEN-T implemented?

The implementation is managed by the INEA that issues a call for projects for smaller sub-projects

The INEA an the selected companies jointly develop a strategic action plan defining tasks and a timeline

How are the TEN-T progresses evaluated?

• Progress reports: annual reports to monitor the annua performances

• Mid-term evaluation: assessment of wether fund-receiving companies are effectively executing the mid-term tasks outlined

How can the TEN-T performance be categorised?

• Effective: no gap between planned and achieved objectives = funding continues

• Sub-effective: performance is lacking but can be improved with corrective measures = conditional funding

• Ineffective: significant gaps and no proposed measures to improve = funding discontinued