Welfare Co-Production: Hungarian and Slovak Reality
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy |
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| Web | https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/nispa/12/2/article-p195.xml |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2019-0019 |
| Keywords | Public sector; Non-governmental sector; Co-production; Co-creation; Hungary; Slovakia |
| Description | For more than 30 years the delivery of local public services has been undergoing change, from a style of delivery dominated by the public sector to a more efficient,more effective mixed system, characterised by variations in ownership and sources of financing. Concepts such as public-private-civil sector mix, partnerships, co-operation, and co-creation have emerged as ways of organising public-services production and delivery. Our case deals with co-production via the involvement of the third sector in welfare services. The goal of this paper is to map the real relations between public bodies and the non-governmental sector in the co-production of welfare services in two newer EU member countries – Hungary and Slovakia. The information obtained suggests that the examples of good practice exist, but at a global level the quality of partnership between the government and the non-governmental sector is problematic. The study also highlights important drivers and barriers determining the quality of collaboration and the results of projects – limited resources (mostly financial) to implement collaborative welfare innovations on both sides seem to be the core barrier. |
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