LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY 23 June 2014 Vibeke Normann Andersen, Ph.d., Head of Research

Agenda  KORA – A Danish analysis and research institute  KORA’s focus and research areas  The funding of KORA  The performance of KORA 2

What is KORA?  KORA is The Danish Institute for Local and Regional Government Research.  KORA conducts analysis and research on and for the 98 Danish municipalities and five regions.  KORA provides application-oriented and practice-oriented knowledge for and on municipalities and regions.  KORA has a special duty to disseminate knowledge and assist implementing the best solutions for municipalities and regions. 3

KORA’s research and analysis focus on the main areas of the welfare state  health  children and young people  social services  labour market and education  municipal economy and administration 4

KORA publications in 2013  64 reports  23 minutes  40 international peer reviewed journal publications (success rate is 20 per year)  3 books and 11 book chapters  15 articles in Danish journals  12 news paper articles  10 conference papers  2 working papers  2 Ph.d.-thesis 5

Funding of KORA  The revenue in 2013 was GBP – GBP was funded by the national budget – GBP was financed by revenue-funded analysis- and research projects 6

Revenue – 2014 (mio GBP) 7

Examples of themes in KORA reports  Demographic budget models in municipalities  Service and productivity in 94 municipalities  Local politics and the citizens  The unnecessary bureaucracy – correlations with motivation, innovation and organisation  Public-private partnership within social services  Management of user-involvement  Management of acute patient care  Reduce patient no-show in health care  Free choice in elderly care  The way to reduce drop-out rates at vocational schools  The effect of training activation of unemployed 8

Preliminary results on KORA’s Performance  Quality: KORA is to be the preferred provider of analysis and research in the field of welfare state analysis – 82,5 % of actors who has required analysis and research tasks by KORA are satisfied with the quality of the analysis and research. (80 % is judged as a success rate)  Dissemination – status April/May 2014: – Press coverage: 760 by May 2014 (Success rate for 2014: min. 4100) – Recipients of KORA’s newsletter: by April 2014 (Success Rate 2014: ) – Seminars: 7 by May 2014 (Success rate 2014: 9) 9

Contact information 10