Organizing for Coordination in the Public Sector, 2014 Practices and Lessons from 12 European Countries Public Sector Organizations Series

This collection focuses on public sector coordination, key aspect of governments' have sought to tackle contemporary policy challenges. By guiding the reader through 20 case studies of novel coordination instruments from 12 countries, the compendium gives valuable lessons for achieving better coordination of public policies.

1. Introduction: Emerging Coordination Practices in European Public Management; Per Lægreid, Tiina Randma-Liiv, Lise H. Rykkja and Ku?lli Sarapuu PART I: COORDINATION IN NORTHERN EUROPE 2. Coordinating Emergency Medical Service in Estonia; Veiko Lember and Ku?lli Sarapuu 3. Consolidation of Support Services in Estonia; Kaide Tammel and Ringa Raudla 4. The Establishment of the Estonian Top Civil Service Development System; Annika Uudelepp, Tiina Randma-Liiv and Ku?lli Sarapuu 5. Shared Services in Ireland; Muiris MacCarthaigh 6. Coordinating for Crisis Management in Norway after the terrorist attack in 2011; Lise H. Rykkja and Per Lægreid 7. One-Stop-Shops for Social Welfare: The NAV Office in Norway; Per Lægreid and Lise H. Rykkja 8. Coordination in UK Central Government; Oliver James and Ayako Nakamura 9. Local Service Boards in Wales; Valeria Guarneros-Meza and Steve Martin PART II: COORDINATION IN WESTERN EUROPE 10. A Cross-Cutting Program for Coherence: Flanders in Action; Astrid Molenveld and Koen Verhoest 11. Coordinating Integrated Youth Care Across Sectors; Koen Verhoest, Joris Voets and Astrid Molenveld 12. Coordination Practices in German Employment Services. The Case of Jobcenters; Kai Wegrich and Anca Oprisor 13. Inter-Ministerial Coordination in Germany: A Working Group in Climate Policy; Thurid Hustedt 14. Coordination of Internal Security in Germany; Julia Fleischer 15. Managing Local Intervention Teams in Rotterdam; Peter Marks and Arie van Sluis PART III: COORDINATION IN SOUTHERN EUROPE 16. Coordinating Care in the Italian Region of Lombardy; Edoardo Ongaro, Davide Galli, Francesco Longo and Greta Nasi 17. The Spanish Agency for the Evaluation of Public Policies; Judith Clifton PART IV: COORDINATION IN EASTERN EUROPE 18. Enhancing Coordination Through E-government in the Czech Republic; David pa?ek 19 .Coordination Practices in Hungary: The Case of Széll Kálmán Working Group; György Hajnal 20. Government windows': One-stopShops for Administrative Services in Hungary; György Hajnal 21. Coordinating Health Care Under the Pluralistic Health Insurance; Juraj Nemec PART V: CONCLUSION 22. Lessons Learned and Policy Implication; Ku?lli Sarapuu, Per Lægreid, Tiina Randma-Liiv and Lise H. Rykkja

Jose M. Alonso, University of Cantabria, Spain Judith Clifton, University of Cantabria, Spain Maria Cucciniello, Bocconi University, Italy Daniel Díaz-Fuentes, University of Cantabria, Spain Julia Fleischer, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Davide Galli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy Valeria Guarneros-Meza, Cardiff University, UK Claudia Guerrazzi, Bocconi University, Italy György Hajnal, Corvinus University, Hungary and Hungarian Academy of Sciences Thurid Hustedt, University of Potsdam, Germany Oliver James, University of Exeter, UK Éva Kovács, Corvinus University, Hungary; and National University of Public Service, Hungary Veiko Lember, Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia Francesco Longo, Bocconi University, Italy Muiris MacCarthaigh, Queen's University Belfast, UK Peter Marks, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Steve Martin, Director, Business School, UK Astrid Molenveld, KU Leuven, Belgium Ayako Nakamura, University of Exeter, UK Greta Nasi, Bocconi University, Italy Juraj Nemec, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; and Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University, Slovakia Edoardo Ongaro, Northumbria University, UK Anca Oprisor, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany Ringa Raudla, Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia Arie van Sluis, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Davidpa?ek, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic Kaide Tammel, Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia Annika Uudelepp, Tallinn University, Estonia Koen Verhoest, University of Antwerp, Belgium Joris Voets, Ghent University, Belgium Kai Wegrich, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany