Vorarlberg State Administration The Vorarlberg state administration is considered one of the most efficient and innovative in Austria. Instruments such as cost and performance accounting and new public management were introduced years ago. The state budget is balanced, and the debt level is low. It was, therefore, necessary to find a particularly innovative approach to the topic of administrative development. Challenge Administrative development without short-term pressure to reform. Solution Intensive work with a group of experts: politicians, trade and labour unions, state and municipal administrations, the State Audit Office, the Ombudsman Board, and external administrative experts. Impact Based on a well-founded analysis of the initial situation and future challenges, the expert group not only provided the state parliament, as the client, with several variants for a cross-regional restructuring of public administration in the state of Vorarlberg but also more than 60 packages of measures. These are now being successfully implemented. The project The client Vorarlberg state administration Duration December 2013 until December 2014 In a comprehensive assessment of the current situation (based, for example, on a financial comparison with other provinces, exploratory talks with opinion leaders in and outside the provincial administration), the positive starting position was confirmed throughout. On the other hand, the analysis of future challenges revealed a growing need for development, which led to a fundamental rethinking of public administration structures and several alternative models for the future. In addition, based on a task-reform, the potential for change was examined, and around 60 packages of measures were derived, which in turn were broken down into several individual steps in some cases. The expert group processed these accordingly and supplemented them with specific recommendations for implementation and summarized them in a published report, which is now being successively implemented. »In Mag. Kradischnig and Mag. Quinz, we had a competent consulting team that met our specific requirements with practical relevance and great experience.« Guntram ChistéHead of administrative development, State of Vorarlberg Project Consultants Günter Kradischnig Partner Contact Günter Norbert Quinz Partner Contact Norbert Our services Accompaniment of the process Project planning and setting up the project management Preparation, facilitation, and documentation of the expert group workshops Support in the documentation of the results Technical support Conducting a financial comparison with other federal states and other analyses Expert input on change strategies and measures Methodological know-how Methodological support for the work of the expert group (strategy and structure development, task refom, and identification of measures) Would you like to know more? Contact us