Swedish Experiences of Outsourcing State Activities: Analysis & Consequences
Explore the Swedish model of outsourcing core activities, highlighting the rationale, impact on governance, and implications for the state and civil servants. Delve into research questions on agencies' outsourcing decisions and the safeguarding of expertise in the process.
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8th Quality Conference Session 11:1 Swedish experiences of outsourcing an analysis Peter Ehn Luxembourg, 2 October 2015
Why this study? A large proportion of Sweden s public services are delivered by private sector providers Lack of comprehensive analysis of the outsourcing of state core activities 2
The Swedish model Collective decision-making in Government A dual central administration Self-governing local authories responsible for fundamental welfare services regional and 3
Our research questions What does the research say about outsourcing? Why do agencies outsource? What are the consequences for the state? 4
Five questions for those who consider outsourcing of core activities What is to be outsourced and why? Is there a risk of other values being jeopardised if the mainly planned for financial reasons? What does outsourcing internally for the agency/ministry unit? What demands does the outsourcing place on governance? How do we safeguard expertise when outsourcing? outsourcing is mean our own 5
Consequences for the state A changed state but also a changed private sector And what happens to the civil servant? 6
