Good governance

Good governance requires thorough research.

Good governance is an essential condition for the effective functioning of the Dutch government. Especially in a time where the trust of citizens in politics and government is under pressure, it is important to ensure that governance and policies in the Netherlands are reliable and professional. This calls for thorough research into governance, governance, policies and legislation.

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Dialogic supports governments and executive organizations in improving the quality of governance, policy, and legislation. We pay attention to themes from the Code of Good Governance for the Public Sector, as well as issues related to sustainability, inclusivity, and well-being. For example, we investigated for the Municipality of The Hague how economic and sustainability goals can go hand in hand and what role the municipality can play in this transition.

Research in all stages of the policy cycle is essential for maintaining and improving the quality of governance. This includes, among other things, ex-post evaluations, where it is assessed afterwards to what extent policies have been effective and efficient, and what lessons can be learned from them. Dialogic has extensive experience in this type of research. Read more about our expertise in evaluation research here.

However, for some issues, it is desirable to gain insight into the operation of policies in practice in earlier stages of the policy cycle. This requires ex-ante and ex-post policy research. Dialogic not only carries out such research but also contributes ideas on developing tools for assessing the quality of policies and legislation. For example, Dialogic is researching the implementation and use of the introduction assessment: a tool for evaluating the impact of new regulations in practice one to two years after they come into effect.

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