Argentina's Cartas Compromiso : Strengthening the Role of Civil Society for More Accountable Public Services

This article notes that at the end of 2000, the government of Argentina (specifically the Subsecretar?a de Gesti?n P?blica, or the Sub-secretary of Public Management) initiated a program of state modernization with the support of the World Bank. T...

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Main Author: Torres, Magüi Moreno
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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/4321334/argentinas-cartas-compromiso-strengthening-role-civil-society-more-accountable-public-services
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spelling okr-10986-103672021-04-23T14:02:50Z Argentina's Cartas Compromiso : Strengthening the Role of Civil Society for More Accountable Public Services Torres, Magüi Moreno MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PUBLIC SERVICES CITIZEN PARTICIPATION SOCIAL SERVICES PENSIONS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CASH TRANSFERS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY BASED DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ACCOUNTABILITY CAPACITY BUILDING ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS ALLOCATING PUBLIC RESOURCES ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AUDITING AUTHORITY CAPACITY BUILDING CASH TRANSFERS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CITIZEN CITIZEN REPORT CARD CITIZEN REPORT CARDS CITIZENS CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CONSULTATION CONSULTATION PROCESSES CONSULTATIONS CONSUMER SATISFACTION CREDIBILITY CRISES DECISION MAKERS DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING POWER DEMOCRACY ECONOMIC CRISIS FINANCIAL SYSTEM FOCUS GROUP FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT SERVICES GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES IMPLEMENTATION PLAN INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL REFORM LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LOCAL LEVELS MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS NATIONAL LEVEL OPENNESS PARTICIPATORY EVALUATION PARTICIPATORY MECHANISMS PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PARTICIPATORY PROCESS PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES POLICY CHANGE POLICY CHANGES POLITICAL COMMITMENT POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEARINGS PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC MANAGEMENT PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE USERS PUBLIC SERVICES REFORM EFFORTS REPRESENTATIVES SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS STATE MODERNIZATION TECHNICAL SUPPORT TRANSPARENCY This article notes that at the end of 2000, the government of Argentina (specifically the Subsecretar?a de Gesti?n P?blica, or the Sub-secretary of Public Management) initiated a program of state modernization with the support of the World Bank. This operation featured a key component around results based management systems, specifically the creation of a Programa Cartas Compromiso, or Citizen Charter Program (CCP). The CCP seeks a new relationship between public service providers and users by promoting a higher degree of responsiveness and transparency to ensure greater quality of services, increased information and better monitoring and evaluation. The Carta Compromiso is a public management tool where the highest authority of a service-providing agency makes a public commitment to citizens, laying out a number of goals and results to be met within a given timeframe. 2012-08-13T11:16:34Z 2012-08-13T11:16:34Z 2004-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/4321334/argentinas-cartas-compromiso-strengthening-role-civil-society-more-accountable-public-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10367 English en breve; No. 40 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Argentina
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topic MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
PUBLIC SERVICES
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
SOCIAL SERVICES
PENSIONS
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
CASH TRANSFERS
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
COMMUNITY BASED DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
ACCOUNTABILITY
CAPACITY BUILDING ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS
ALLOCATING PUBLIC RESOURCES
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
AUDITING
AUTHORITY
CAPACITY BUILDING
CASH TRANSFERS
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CITIZEN
CITIZEN REPORT CARD
CITIZEN REPORT CARDS
CITIZENS
CIVIL SERVANTS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
CONSULTATION
CONSULTATION PROCESSES
CONSULTATIONS
CONSUMER SATISFACTION
CREDIBILITY
CRISES
DECISION MAKERS
DECISION-MAKING
DECISION-MAKING POWER
DEMOCRACY
ECONOMIC CRISIS
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FOCUS GROUP
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GOVERNMENT SERVICES
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICES
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
LOCAL LEVELS
MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS
NATIONAL LEVEL
OPENNESS
PARTICIPATORY EVALUATION
PARTICIPATORY MECHANISMS
PARTICIPATORY PLANNING
PARTICIPATORY PROCESS
PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES
POLICY CHANGE
POLICY CHANGES
POLITICAL COMMITMENT
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC AGENCIES
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC HEARINGS
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE USERS
PUBLIC SERVICES
REFORM EFFORTS
REPRESENTATIVES
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE PROVISION
SERVICE QUALITY
SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SERVICES
STAKEHOLDER
STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS
STATE MODERNIZATION
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TRANSPARENCY
spellingShingle MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
PUBLIC SERVICES
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
SOCIAL SERVICES
PENSIONS
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
CASH TRANSFERS
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
COMMUNITY BASED DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
ACCOUNTABILITY
CAPACITY BUILDING ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS
ALLOCATING PUBLIC RESOURCES
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
AUDITING
AUTHORITY
CAPACITY BUILDING
CASH TRANSFERS
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CITIZEN
CITIZEN REPORT CARD
CITIZEN REPORT CARDS
CITIZENS
CIVIL SERVANTS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
CONSULTATION
CONSULTATION PROCESSES
CONSULTATIONS
CONSUMER SATISFACTION
CREDIBILITY
CRISES
DECISION MAKERS
DECISION-MAKING
DECISION-MAKING POWER
DEMOCRACY
ECONOMIC CRISIS
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FOCUS GROUP
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GOVERNMENT SERVICES
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICES
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
LOCAL LEVELS
MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS
NATIONAL LEVEL
OPENNESS
PARTICIPATORY EVALUATION
PARTICIPATORY MECHANISMS
PARTICIPATORY PLANNING
PARTICIPATORY PROCESS
PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES
POLICY CHANGE
POLICY CHANGES
POLITICAL COMMITMENT
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC AGENCIES
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC HEARINGS
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE USERS
PUBLIC SERVICES
REFORM EFFORTS
REPRESENTATIVES
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE PROVISION
SERVICE QUALITY
SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SERVICES
STAKEHOLDER
STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS
STATE MODERNIZATION
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TRANSPARENCY
Torres, Magüi Moreno
Argentina's Cartas Compromiso : Strengthening the Role of Civil Society for More Accountable Public Services
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Argentina
relation en breve; No. 40
description This article notes that at the end of 2000, the government of Argentina (specifically the Subsecretar?a de Gesti?n P?blica, or the Sub-secretary of Public Management) initiated a program of state modernization with the support of the World Bank. This operation featured a key component around results based management systems, specifically the creation of a Programa Cartas Compromiso, or Citizen Charter Program (CCP). The CCP seeks a new relationship between public service providers and users by promoting a higher degree of responsiveness and transparency to ensure greater quality of services, increased information and better monitoring and evaluation. The Carta Compromiso is a public management tool where the highest authority of a service-providing agency makes a public commitment to citizens, laying out a number of goals and results to be met within a given timeframe.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Torres, Magüi Moreno
author_facet Torres, Magüi Moreno
author_sort Torres, Magüi Moreno
title Argentina's Cartas Compromiso : Strengthening the Role of Civil Society for More Accountable Public Services
title_short Argentina's Cartas Compromiso : Strengthening the Role of Civil Society for More Accountable Public Services
title_full Argentina's Cartas Compromiso : Strengthening the Role of Civil Society for More Accountable Public Services
title_fullStr Argentina's Cartas Compromiso : Strengthening the Role of Civil Society for More Accountable Public Services
title_full_unstemmed Argentina's Cartas Compromiso : Strengthening the Role of Civil Society for More Accountable Public Services
title_sort argentina's cartas compromiso : strengthening the role of civil society for more accountable public services
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/4321334/argentinas-cartas-compromiso-strengthening-role-civil-society-more-accountable-public-services
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