http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/publications/essu-reports-briefings/ Reports and books published by ESSU en Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit 2004-03-22T21:04:19Z European Services Strategy Unit, Duagh, Camp, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. Alex Nunn privatisation, strategic service delivery partnerships, PPPs, PFI, public private partnerships, outsourcing, options appraisal, leisure trusts, community planning, marketisation, impact assessment, employment, 2001-04-13T12:00Z 1 daily http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/publications/essu-reports-briefings/european-public-services-briefing-3-a-single-e/ Examines the recent Cross Border Healthcare Directive, the role of the European Court of Justice and the ‘Europeanisation of Healthcare’. The introduction of EU law into healthcare presents many problems. The most pressing being that EU institutions have sought to apply the ‘economic’ rights enshrined in the EU Treaty’s free movement law to national healthcare systems, like Britain’s NHS, that are essentially ‘social’ in purpose and aims. Expanding the ‘choices’ of users and providers of cross-border European healthcare is a further indulgence of the choice agenda that we’ve seen in Britain. This will only serve to further undermine social healthcare provision in the UK and the rest of Europe. Dexter Whitfield 2011-03-25T12:54:26Z en Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit healthcare market, marketisation, single market, privatisation, http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/publications/essu-reports-briefings/european-public-services-briefing-2-the-impact/ In the last thirty years public transport services throughout Europe have been subjected to various sorts of privatisation. Reforms introducing competition and market rules into public transport have challenged the public service ethos that these services operate under. The role of successive UK governments in these reforms is well understood and documented. However the role of EU law, policy and institutions in this area is not. The EU, and in particular the European Commission, have had a considerable impact on public policy choices concerning public transport in EU member states since the early 1990s. Those in the UK who seek to redirect public transport policy away from privatisation and toward truly ‘public’ alternatives are to be advanced need to be aware that EU policy will also need to be challenged. At the very least it is accepted that a full understanding of the EU’s role is necessary and dealing with these questions. Dexter Whitfield 2011-03-02T10:12:07Z en Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit public transport, liberalisation, privatisation, competition policy, http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/publications/essu-reports-briefings/european-public-services-briefing-1-european-u/ The European dimension to postal sector liberalisation is often overlooked as successive UK governments have pursued the liberalisation route for its universal postal service: the Royal Mail. Postal sectors in Europe, traditionally dominated by public sector monopolies, have been progressively opened up to increased competition courtesy of European Union (EU) directives, introduced since the mid-1990s as part of EU’s competition agenda and Single Market Programme. This long process of phased liberalisation has come to fruition recently with the last remnants of universal service providers’ protected services being abolished. On January 1st 2011 the Directive introducing ‘full’ liberalisation into European postal sectors was introduced the EU. Dexter Whitfield 2011-03-02T10:02:54Z en Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit postal services, liberalisation, Royal Mail, competition policy, post offices, Single Market, privatisation, http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/publications/essu-reports-briefings/glossary-of-terms-in-public-management/ A Glossary of Terms covering many of the current concepts, phrases and jargon used in the design, planning and provision of public services. Dexter Whitfield 2009-10-28T13:36:03Z en Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit jargon, definitions of terms, public sector language, http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/publications/essu-reports-briefings/democratic-governance-and-the-future-of-city-r/ The five-part Discussion Paper begins with a new mapping of public sector bodies and organisations based on a privatisation of governance typology. The next chapter discusses New Labour’s modernisation and the neoliberal agenda. Chapter three examines the effect of different elements of the government’s public sector transformation strategy on democratic governance such as the changing the role of the state; personalisation and choice; commissioning and contracting; regional and local economic and regeneration strategies; the growth of services markets; new models of governance and public management and empowerment and participation. The Paper explains the City Region concept, the future of the state and urban governance and democratic accountability and the governance of City Regions. (48 pages) Dexter Whitfield 2008-12-03T09:42:32Z en Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit democratic governance, accountability, City region, empowerment, role of the state, public services, transformation, modernisation, commissioning, urban governance, Dexter Whitfield, http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/publications/essu-reports-briefings/public-private-partnerships-confidential-resea/ A highly critical assessment of the Audit Commission’s recent report, For Better, For Worse, on Strategic Service-delivery Partnerships. It finds ten fundamental flaws ranging from inadequate methodology, no evidence base, employment issues ignored, no audit of private sector investment and no comparison of an alternative in-house approach. The Commission’s claim that the information on which its findings are based is “commercially confidential” makes a mockery of transparency, performance management, democratic accountability and community engagement. The second section of the report uses quotes from the Audit Commission report to highlight the shortcomings in more detail. Dexter Whitfield 2008-01-30T09:49:58Z en Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit SP, PPP, Strategic Service-delivery Partnership, public private partnership, outsourcing, procurement, ICT, managed services companies, employment model, value for money, commercial confidentiality, regional business centre, public sector capability, democratic accountability, public sector comparator, contract management, http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/publications/essu-reports-briefings/shared-services-strategic-framework/ A strategic approach to developing shared services projects based on a progressive approach, principles for shared services, a public sector shared services strategy, democratic governance and accountability, an evidence-based methodology, quality jobs and comprehensive appraisal criteria and impact assessment. (May 2007) Dexter Whitfield 2007-05-27T14:22:18Z en Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit shared services, progressive, employment, options, public service principles, outsourcing, http://www.european-services-strategy.org.uk/publications/essu-reports-briefings/employment-risk-matrix/ A revised version of the Risk Matrix assesses the risks of secondment, TUPE and TUPE Plus transfers when assessing employment impacts in outsourcing and privatisation options (March 2010). Dexter Whitfield 2006-11-28T17:20:10Z en Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit Copyright © 1998-2012 European Services Strategy Unit risk, transfer, secondment, choices, outsourcing, privatisation, marketisation, TUPE, TUPE Plus, employment risks, workforce matters,