DOI: 10.5279/dk-sa-dda-24770
title: Evaluering af den politiske styringsmodel i de fem regioner - Interviewundersøgelse, 2006-2009
title: Evaluation of the policy governance model in the five regions - Interview study, 2006-2009

description: Emnerne koncentrerede sig dels om den forudgående beslutningsproces på nationalt niveau, dels om de regionale politikere og embedsmænds erfaringer fra forberedelsesprocessen i 2006 samt deres forventninger til den politiske styreforms implementering og konsekvenser efter 1. januar 2007. Den anden del af interviewundersøgelsen koncentrerede sig om konsekvenserne ved regionernes nye styreform, herunder for den politiske beslutningsproces, forskellige politiske organer og positioners indflydelse, politisk lederskab, politikernes rolleropfattelser, deres arbejdsbetingelser, samspillet mellem politikere og embedsmænd og forholdet til stat, kommuner og borgere.
description: Since the local government reform in 1970 the governance of the Danish counties has remained unchanged. The Local Government Act made new forms of local government systems possible in the 1990’ies. However, the counties continued to be governed by committee. In connection with the structural reform, this form of government was abandoned in favour of the cabinet system which established a new framework for the administration of the regions and the duties of the regional council chairman. The cabinet system will be implemented 1st January 2007 in the Danish regions.
            This study is mainly focused on three subjects: The implementation of the cabinet system in the five regions; political leadership, governance and control in the cabinet system, democracy and responsibility and responsiveness in the cabinet system.
            The methods used in the data collection include:
            
        Interviews with selected politicians and top officials in the regions.
        
        Questionnaires completed by members of the Regional Councils.
        
        Interviews with 1000 citizens of each region.
        
        Observations of meetings in the regional councils, executive committees and ad hoc committees.
        
        Analysis of agendas, minutes and other kinds of written material.
      
            This part of the study consists of qualitative interviews with politicians and officials of the five regions and other stakeholders on the national level in 2006-2009. Data on 98 semi-structured interviews are available. The first part of the interviews is focused on the decision-making process preceding the reform and the experiences and expectations of the regional politicians and officials. The second part of the interviews is focused on which impact the structural reform have had on the regions, including: The political decision-making process, political leadership, the working conditions of the politicians and the interaction between politicians and executives and the relation between state, municipality and citizen.
description: Evalueringens formål var først og fremmest at indsamle erfaringer og dele viden om effekten af de individuelle politiske og administrative strukturer, som hvert enkelt regionsråd lagde sig fast på inden for den overordnede modelramme. Samtidig skulle evalueringen også tilgodese en mere generel samfundsinteresse i at generere viden om de nye regioners organisering og funktion i det lokale demokrati.
description: The evaluation''s purpose was primarily to gather experience and knowledge about the effects of the individual political and administrative structures, that each regional council was committing themselves to within the overall framework. At the same time, the evaluation also accommodates a wider public interest in generating knowledge about the new regions organization and functioning in the local democracy.