Abstract This report proposes a governance model for managing the activities involving ontologies at EFSA. It contains recommendations about (a) the scoping of the ontology development activities at EFSA (purpose and subject matter), (b) external and internal consistency and interoperability, (c) maintenance and evolution, (d) access policies, (e) IT considerations (aligned with Deliverable D4), (f) outsourcing strategy, (g) training needs related to ontologies. The proposed model is aligned with the existing governance activities of EFSA, such as Rebuild DF. The document is complemented with the adopted governance model of other ontologies.
To grow, nation states need a capable and efficient state organization. Independently of choosing a market or state led growth strategy, an effective or capable state is essential to guarantee the rule of law and to act as main instrument of a national growth strategy. On the other hand, in the global economy, the provision of the social and scientific services required by modern societies at low cost is key in assuring the country's international competitiveness. What type of public administration reform achieves these goals? Is public management reform instrumental to it, or should developing countries first complete classical civil service reform, and only after that engage in a more ambitious reform? This article opts for the first alternative, arguing that the best way to advance civil service reform is to move ahead. Second, it presents the 'structural public governance model' of public management reform that was originally conceived in the 1990s in and for Brazil based on the British experience. It is a managerial model because it makes public managers more autonomous and more accountable, and because it reduced the gap between the public and the private labor market; it is structural, because it involves major changes in the structure of the state, particularly the set up of autonomous executive and regulatory agencies and the contracting out of social and scientific services. The model of public management reform presented here is neutral in distributive terms as well as in terms of the size of the state organization in so far as it can be and is being adopted by center left as well as center right political coalitions. Reforms adopting basically the structural governance model here described are being actively being implemented in the developed countries since the 1980s. In the 1990s, some developing countries also engaged in public management reform. The model cannot be exported, but it can be imported by developing countries provided that they keep the ownership of it, i.e., that they put the reform high the national agenda, and that they adapt it to the local conditions, giving special attention to the formation of a small but competent and well paid senior civil service that will share with politicians the major roles in the strategic core of the state.
The article focuses on the analysis of the process of convergence of outsider and insider models of corporate governance. Chief characteristics of basic and intermediate systems of corporate governance as well as the changing role of its main agents are under examination. Globalization of financial and commodity markets, convergence of legal systems, an open exchange of ideas and information are the driving forces of the convergence of basic systems of corporate governance. However the convergence does not imply the unification of institutional environment and national institutions of corporate governance.
This paper will review the Gitxsan Alternative Model - Gitxsan Reconciliation treaty model proposed by the Gitxsan Treaty Society on behalf of the Gitxsan nation. This treaty model presents components which have not been traditionally sought by First Nations. A review and comparison has been conducted to determine if this treaty model is considered a nation fit relating to self-governance, socioeconomic gain, and preservation of culture and language. Recommendations are provided for purposes of consideration by the treaty negotiators as they enter the final stages of treaty negotiations ensuring the best possible outcome for the Gitxsan nation. --Leaf ii. ; The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1863478
This paper will review the Gitxsan Alternative Model - Gitxsan Reconciliation treaty model proposed by the Gitxsan Treaty Society on behalf of the Gitxsan nation. This treaty model presents components which have not been traditionally sought by First Nations. A review and comparison has been conducted to determine if this treaty model is considered a nation fit relating to self-governance, socioeconomic gain, and preservation of culture and language. Recommendations are provided for purposes of consideration by the treaty negotiators as they enter the final stages of treaty negotiations ensuring the best possible outcome for the Gitxsan nation. --Leaf ii. ; The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1863478
