Public administration, Public services, Fiscal decentralisation, Good governance

Changes in the management of public administration and requirements for the increase in its efficiency created assumptions for the development of novel concepts of public administration, which may lead to the increase in efficiency of the provision of public services and implementation of public authority. Crucial is the re-definition of the workings of the public sector as the provider of public services and the relation between the public and the private sector with respect to the procurement of public services. Based on theoretical and empirical data, the paper aims to evaluate public administration and services in selected EU countries, with emphasis on good governance and fiscal decentralisation. The paper focuses on the evaluation of fiscal decentralisation of revenue and expenditure and on the comparison of selected indicators of good governance in terms of Worldwide Governance Indicators (Voice and Accountability; Government Effectiveness and Rule of law and Control of Corruption) over the period 2006-2016. Applying correlation analysis, correlations between fiscal decentralisation and indicators of good governance in selected EU countries are observed. Results of correlation analysis proved a weak correlation between fiscal decentralisation and indicators of good governance. By contrast, a strong mutual correlation was proved between the indicators of good governance.