Welfare Co-Production: Hungarian and Slovak Reality

Nemec Juraj, Svidroňová Mária Murray and Kovács Éva
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Nemec Juraj: Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Svidroňová Mária Murray: Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.
Kovács Éva: Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies, National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary.

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, 2019, vol. 12, issue 2, 195-215

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Public sector; Non-governmental sector; Co-production; Co-creation; Hungary; Slovakia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.2478/nispa-2019-0019

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