"Verwaltungsmodernisierung, Benchmarking und Wettbewerb"

       “Administrative Modernization, Benchmarking and

       Competition”

       From March 22 – 23, 2011 at DHV Speyer

       Under the direction of:

       Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sabine Kuhlmann

       Univ.-Prof. Dr. Joachim Wieland   

Performance measurement and comparison as well as benchmarking have, in a German and international context, become an important item on the agenda in regards to the modernization of public services.  Against this background, the conference will deal with the operational aspect of benchmarking and performance comparison, which will be applied to various spheres of activity and to the different levels (national, state, municipal) of the German public administration and which are already completed or still in planning. Tied to the recently passed Article 91 of the GG (German Federal Law), which gave performance comparison for the first time a constitutional basis with its introduction during the second round of federal reforms in 2009, questions regarding the legal standardization of benchmarking and the cooperation between the national and state levels concerning the implementation of benchmarking shall, on the one hand, be discussed. On the other hand, current practical applications, implementation problems and future perspectives of this reform instrument will take center stage at the conference. The question of if and under what conditions benchmarking and performance measure/comparison can contribute to the modernization of the administration, the improvement of administrative performance and law-making, and federal competition. 

Further information will follow.