Benchmarking in Federal Systems
Roundtable proceedings
The Commission held a joint roundtable with the Forum of Federations on Benchmarking in Federal Systems in Melbourne on 19-20 December 2010.
Participants included government officials, academics, consultants and representatives of non-government organisations.
The Commission is grateful to the Forum of Federations for the invitation to co-host the Roundtable, and to the participants, whose contributions made the Roundtable, and the production of this volume, a valuable exercise.
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 Preliminaries (PDF - 322 Kb) Preliminaries (PDF - 322 Kb)
 Cover, Copyright, Foreword and Contents
 Introduction (PDF - 198 Kb) Introduction (PDF - 198 Kb)
 Felix Knüpling
 Chapter 1 Benchmarking in federal systems (PDF - 317 Kb) Chapter 1 Benchmarking in federal systems (PDF - 317 Kb)
 Alan Fenna
Part I: International contributions
 Chapter 2 From the improvement end of the telescope: benchmarking and accountability in UK local government (PDF - 250 Kb) Chapter 2 From the improvement end of the telescope: benchmarking and accountability in UK local government (PDF - 250 Kb)
 Clive Grace
 Chapter 3 The implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act: toward performance-based federalism in US education policy (PDF - 350 Kb) Chapter 3 The implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act: toward performance-based federalism in US education policy (PDF - 350 Kb)
 Kenneth K Wong
 Chapter 4 Benchmarking health care in federal systems: the Canadian experience (PDF - 380 Kb) Chapter 4 Benchmarking health care in federal systems: the Canadian experience (PDF - 380 Kb)
 Patricia Baranek, Jeremy Veillard and John Wright
 Chapter 5 Towards benchmarking in Germany (PDF - 184 Kb) Chapter 5 Towards benchmarking in Germany (PDF - 184 Kb)
 Gottfried Konzendorf and Rabea Hathaway
 Chapter 6 Benchmarking sustainable development in the Swiss confederation (PDF - 338 Kb) Chapter 6 Benchmarking sustainable development in the Swiss confederation (PDF - 338 Kb)
 Daniel Wachter
 Chapter 7 Benchmarking social Europe a decade on: demystifying the OMC's learning tools (PDF - 540 Kb) Chapter 7 Benchmarking social Europe a decade on: demystifying the OMC's learning tools (PDF - 540 Kb)
 Bart Vanhercke and Peter Lelie
Part II: Australian contributions
 Chapter 8 Australia's federal context (PDF - 223 Kb) Chapter 8 Australia's federal context (PDF - 223 Kb)
 Gary Banks, Alan Fenna and Lawrence McDonald
 Chapter 9 Benchmarking and Australia's Report on Government Services (PDF - 328 Kb) Chapter 9 Benchmarking and Australia's Report on Government Services (PDF - 328 Kb)
 Gary Banks and Lawrence McDonald
 Chapter 10 Benchmarking, competitive federalism and devolution: how the COAG reform agenda will lead to better services (PDF - 221 Kb) Chapter 10 Benchmarking, competitive federalism and devolution: how the COAG reform agenda will lead to better services (PDF - 221 Kb)
 Ben Rimmer
 Chapter 11 Benchmarking and accountability: the role of the COAG Reform Counci (PDF - 330 Kb) Chapter 11 Benchmarking and accountability: the role of the COAG Reform Counci (PDF - 330 Kb)
 Mary Ann O'Loughlin
 Chapter 12 Australian perspectives on benchmarking: the case of school education (PDF - 326 Kb) Chapter 12 Australian perspectives on benchmarking: the case of school education (PDF - 326 Kb)
 Peter Dawkins
 Chapter 13 Benchmarking in federal systems: the Queensland experience (PDF - 201 Kb) Chapter 13 Benchmarking in federal systems: the Queensland experience (PDF - 201 Kb)
 Sharon Bailey and Ken Smith
Dinner address
 Chapter 14 Commonwealth–State benchmarking and the state of Australian Federalism (PDF - 157 Kb) Chapter 14 Commonwealth–State benchmarking and the state of Australian Federalism (PDF - 157 Kb)
 Helen Silver
