Cooperation Modalities and Benchmarking for Good Governance In The New Reality

Alikhan Baimenov; Tolkyn Omarova; Diana Sharipova

doi:10.64423/arpa.v32i1.9

Authors

Alikhan Baimenov The Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Astana Civil Service Hub Author
Tolkyn Omarova Project Expert, Research, Astana Civil Service Hub Author
Diana Sharipova Project Associate, Learning and Government Trasformation. Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.64423/arpa.v32i1.9

Keywords:

cooperation, partnership, benchmarking, peer-to-peer learning, Astana Civil Service Hub, international indices, e-government, digital government

Abstract

The new reality we live in today places governments on the fast-paced race for prompt solutions, underlining the ever-growing significance of collaboration and benchmarking, which can help every party to find “best fit” solutions for their own settings. In demanding new ways of cooperation, modern challenges show the high relevance of the multilateral platform that the Astana Civil Service Hub (ACSH) offers through various forms of partnership with its wide network of participating countries and partner institutions. Eventually, benchmarking and “best-fit” solutions that governments are searching for demand adequate measurements, including international indices that, as argued in this paper, require methodological improvements to meet the current development trends.

Author Biographies

Tolkyn Omarova, Project Expert, Research, Astana Civil Service Hub
Diana Sharipova, Project Associate, Learning and Government Trasformation.

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