František Ochrana

TL;DR: In many cases the introduction of performance evaluation, performance management and performance financing schemes do not produce the expected results and even create perverse effects in developing and transition countries, where the public sector is over-politicized, policy and management capacities are inadequate and resources and experience are limited or often almost absent as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of transparency and openness to competition in public procurement in the Czech Republic has been analyzed and the main problem of the Czech public procurement market lies in a rather low competence of administrators who are not able to use non-price criteria more often.

Abstract: Purpose This paper discusses the role of public leadership and the strategic response of local governments to the external shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic The authors examine the typical Czech response with regard to how the leadership of municipalities in the Czech Republic responded to this extremely negative external stimulus Design/methodology/approach The authors use qualitative research methods for this investigation They have chosen the case study method (see Yin, 2009;Stake, 1995;Klonoski, 2013) The general case is the Czech Republic Mini-cases consist of municipalities from the Znojmo region, municipalities of the Central Bohemian region and the municipal districts in the capital city of Prague Furthermore, the method of participant observation was used Findings The authors' analysis of the problem of local government responses to the pandemic crisis shows that municipal leaders responded with a variety of (non-)adaptation strategies It appears that certain framework factors influenced the various local governments' behavior Originality/value The article examines the strategic behavior of Czech municipal leaders regarding the pandemic crisis based on the observation of the reactions of local governments in the Czech Republic to the pandemic crisis and strives to define their basic strategies

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on risk assessment of individual and systematic corruption at the municipal level in Czech Republic and Bulgaria, using the method of Corruption Risk Assessment (CRA) method.