Public service delivery in the Nordic Region : An exercise in collaborative governance
Nordic welfare states are world renowned for providing high quality public services. Nordic municipal and regional authorities, in particular, play a central role in the delivery of key public services in areas, such as, health, education, and social care. However, in recent years, public authoritie...
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ftnordiccouncil:oai:DiVA.org:norden-7226 2023-05-15T16:49:48+02:00 Public service delivery in the Nordic Region : An exercise in collaborative governance Cedergren, Elin Huynh, Diana Kull, Michael Moodie, John Sigurjónsdóttir, Hjördís Rut Wøien Meijer, Mari 2021 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-7226 https://doi.org/10.6027/R2021:4.1403-2503 eng eng Nordregio Stockholm : Nordregio Nordregio Report, 1403-2503 2021:4 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-7226 urn:isbn:978-91-8001-013-9 doi:10.6027/R2021:4.1403-2503 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Nordics rural public service education training transport cross-border governance Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden Social and Economic Geography Social och ekonomisk geografi Report info:eu-repo/semantics/report text 2021 ftnordiccouncil https://doi.org/10.6027/R2021:4.1403-2503 2022-08-18T20:27:29Z Nordic welfare states are world renowned for providing high quality public services. Nordic municipal and regional authorities, in particular, play a central role in the delivery of key public services in areas, such as, health, education, and social care. However, in recent years, public authorities have faced several challenges which have reduced capacity and resources, including long periods of austerity following the 2008 financial crash, rapid demographic changes caused by an ageing population, and the COVID-19 health crisis. In response to these challenges many public authorities have looked to inter-regional, inter-municipal and cross-border collaborations to improve the quality and effectiveness of public service delivery (OECD 2017; ESPON 2019). Indeed, collaborative public service delivery is becoming increasingly prominent in the Nordic Region due to a highly decentralized systems of governance (Nordregio 20015; Eythorsson 2018). Report Iceland norden (Nordic Council of Ministers): Publications (DiVA) Norway |
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Nordic welfare states are world renowned for providing high quality public services. Nordic municipal and regional authorities, in particular, play a central role in the delivery of key public services in areas, such as, health, education, and social care. However, in recent years, public authorities have faced several challenges which have reduced capacity and resources, including long periods of austerity following the 2008 financial crash, rapid demographic changes caused by an ageing population, and the COVID-19 health crisis. In response to these challenges many public authorities have looked to inter-regional, inter-municipal and cross-border collaborations to improve the quality and effectiveness of public service delivery (OECD 2017; ESPON 2019). Indeed, collaborative public service delivery is becoming increasingly prominent in the Nordic Region due to a highly decentralized systems of governance (Nordregio 20015; Eythorsson 2018). |
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Public service delivery in the Nordic Region : An exercise in collaborative governance |
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