Identifying major policy challenges and policy interventions via expert methods

IF 0.4 Q4 ECONOMICS
D. Dokupilová, V. Baláž, Vladimíra Čavojová Kurincová, E. Mikušková, D. Gombitová
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This paper presents the application of expert decision methods for the formulation and prioritization of the long-term economic, social and environmental policies in the Slovak Republic. The Partnership Agreement for the Slovak Republic (PA) is an underlying strategy for investments from the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) in the period 2021-2027. Policies implemented under the PA will allocate €13.4b on four policy objectives. This paper concentrates on the policy objective 4 ‘Social development’. The authors co-operated with the Deputy Prime Minister Office and assembled panels of top Slovak experts on social and economic issues. The Delphi and Analytical hierarchy process (AHP) methods were combined for analyzing major development challenges and eliciting policy priorities. The methods combined the bottom-up and top-down approaches to policy making. Nine potential policy measures in three policy areas emerged from the Delphi exercise. The AHP exercise applied three criteria (relevance, urgency and feasibility) to rank the abovementioned measures within three policy areas. As for the Policy Area 1 (Labour market, employment, training and institutions) the measure 4.1.1 ‘Improving access to employment and modernizing institutions and services on labour market’ clearly dominated over the measure 4.1.2 ‘Supporting a better work-life balance’. The measure 4.2.2 ‘Equal access to quality and inclusive education’ emerged substantially more important than measures 4.2.1 ‘Improving the quality and effectiveness of education and training systems’ and 4.2.3 ‘Support to life-long learning’ in the Policy Area 2 ‘Education and skills’. Finally, measures 4.3.2 ‘Supporting social and economic integration of marginalized Roma communities’ and 4.3.3 ‘Ensuring equal access to healthcare including primary care’ received the highest ranks in the Policy Area 3 ‘Health and social services’.
通过专家方法确定主要政策挑战和政策干预措施
本文介绍了专家决策方法在斯洛伐克共和国长期经济、社会和环境政策的制定和优先排序中的应用。斯洛伐克共和国伙伴关系协议(PA)是欧洲结构和投资基金(ESIF)在2021-2027年期间投资的基本战略。根据PA实施的政策将为四个政策目标拨款134亿欧元。本文集中讨论政策目标4“社会发展”。作者与副总理办公室合作,并召集了斯洛伐克社会和经济问题高级专家小组。德尔菲法和层次分析法(AHP)相结合,用于分析主要发展挑战和引出政策重点。这些方法结合了自下而上和自上而下的政策制定方法。德尔菲分析在三个政策领域产生了九项潜在的政策措施。层次分析法运用三项标准(相关性、紧迫性和可行性)在三个政策领域内对上述措施进行排序。至于政策领域1(劳动力市场、就业、培训和机构),措施4.1.1“改善就业机会和使劳动力市场的机构和服务现代化”明显优于措施4.1.2“支持更好的工作与生活平衡”。在政策范畴2“教育和技能”中,措施4.2.2“平等获得优质和包容性教育的机会”比措施4.2.1“提高教育和培训系统的质量和有效性”和4.2.3“支持终身学习”重要得多。最后,4.3.2 "支持边缘化罗姆人社区的社会和经济融入"和4.3.3 "确保平等获得包括初级保健在内的保健服务"的措施在政策领域3 "保健和社会服务"中排名最高。
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