- 著者
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福田 耕治
- 出版者
- 日本EU学会
- 雑誌
- 日本EU学会年報 (ISSN:18843123)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.2007, no.27, pp.75-97,329, 2007-08-30 (Released:2010-05-21)
It had long been realized that for the EU to fulfill its mission of creating a “citizen's Europe”, higher levels of transparency and accountability would be essential. European Commission administrative reforms of the mid 1990's were not directly modeled on New Public Management (NPM) thinking, they were affected by their member states' NPM reform practices. The eventual resignation of the Santer Commission made a radical reform effort virtually inevitable. In 1999, the succeeding President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi appointed the vice president, Neil Kinnock (the UK Commissioner), to take charge of “European Governancei” reform using NPM guidelines with the intention of achieving administrative reforms and encouraging greater accountabilityPolicy evaluation has already proved effective at eradicating bid rigging and political corruption and has helped to restore trust in the EU both among the Nation States' representative organs and the citizens themselves. Consequently the European Council's Laeken Declaration, 15 December 2001, stressed the need for the EU to create a Constitution as a way of achieving greater accountability and legitimacy. The policy evaluation element of NPM is considered to be another important method of enhancing democratization and efficiency in the policy-making processes of the EU. The specific objectives of this paper are as follows:Firstly, we will look at European governance reforms which have been introduced in the light of NPM thinking. Secondly, we will examine the history of the concept of Policy Evaluation and consider its definitions with regard to NPM reforms in the European Union. Thirdly, we will consider what kind of role is expected of policy evaluations in the EU, and the repercussions for accountability lines and links. We will analyze and summarize the EU's experiences of administrative reforms with regard to NPM and address the broader issues concerned with accountability, agencies and public management.