Strategic planning in Parliamentary Environment

• Strategic planning in Parliamentary Environment

Current planning & funding Changes in Planning Strategic Planning In Parliaments (Survey) Future Model ? ? Advantages / Disadvantages of Global Funding and Planning Environment Unknowns impacting On Planning.

Current Planning & Funding – Mostly separate funding of House(s) and support (joint) services – Separate planning of services – WA/Aust/Vic model of a single support (joint) service

Advantages /Disadvantages of Global Funding and Planning Advantages – • potential savings and efficiency in service delivery. Disadvantages • Who decides on priority between Houses • May lead to undesirable competition between Houses for funding • Compromise independence of each House and not reflect different memberships, roles and service/support requirements. • Issues – governance structures

Changes in Planning • Consolidation of support services (joint services) and restructures, including Governance mechanisms. • Output/Outcomes budget process imposed by Executive/Treasury • Driven by need for savings and efficiency

Environment: Unknowns impacting On Planning • Parliamentary cycles – sitting patterns, sitting hours, legislative program. • Elections – change of membership in House, change of Government, • Members – demand for services and support, changing technology, changing expectations. • Workforce – knowledge and experience of staff. • Presiding Officers – priorities, change of PO at elections • Politics: “matters of purely political nature” • Public sector management and accountability changes