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IJPSM:THE ROLE OF EU FUNDING IN EU MEMBER STATES: BUILDING ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY TO ADVANCE ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
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Purpose – Despite the growing volume of European Union (EU) investments into reforms and public
administration, how EU support contributes to administrative reform and capacity building at domestic level is
still unclear. The article explains the EU’s influence, domestic politicisation and previous administrative
capacity on organisational change whilst implementing European Social Fund-financed projects during the
programming period 2014–2020.
Design/methodology/approach – By going beyond the EU-centred approach and based on different
strands of the new institutionalism, the authors offer three explanations on the influence of EU support. The
authors performed the qualitative content analysis of 29 case studies and matched the implementation of the
projects with the authors’ explanations.
Findings – The authors’ research results indicate that progress in the implementation of the projects was
determined by domestic factors rather than EU conditionalities. The influence of domestic politicisation was
found to be mixed, but higher levels of initial administrative capacity proved to be most important to achieving
organisational change.
Research limitations/implications – The authors’ judgement of the project implementation and their
success was based on the information provided in the case studies at the time of implementation.
Practical implications – The authors’ research points to the essential need for the initial and gradual
development of administrative capacity to achieve good reform results.
Originality/value – Based on the different logics of the new institutionalism, we developed specific
mechanisms for organisational change. The authors’ research results deepen the understanding of how
politicisation positively or negatively shapes reform implementation, as well as how pre-existing
administrative capacity and further development of pre-existing administrative capacity dynamically
occurs through a process of socialisation and learning.
Vitalis Nakrošis, Sorin Dan, Rasa Goštautaitė - Personal Name
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ENGLISH
EMERALD INSIGHT
2023
ENGLAND
JURNAL ILMU PEMERINTAHAN
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APA Citation
Vitalis Nakrošis, Sorin Dan, Rasa Goštautaitė. (2023).IJPSM:THE ROLE OF EU FUNDING IN EU MEMBER STATES: BUILDING ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY TO ADVANCE ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS.(Electronic Thesis or Dissertation). Retrieved from https://localhost/etd