Two key lessons from a public sector internship: accountability in public sector contracting and client-level data

Authors

  • Matthew Macfarlane

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v13i4.4588

Keywords:

School of Government’s graduate pathway programme, Acceleration for Results programme, contracting for accountability, privacy, individual client-level data, Ākina Foundation

Abstract

I served as a research intern for the Ākina Foundation through the School of Government’s graduate pathway programme during the summer of 2016-17. Ākina, which is dedicated to fostering social enterprise in New Zealand, was contracted by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) to facilitate and manage the co-design and implementation of its Acceleration for Results programme. This programme seeks to transition the providers with MSD contracts from output-based contracts (i.e. purchase agreements) to results-based contracts (i.e. contracts which specify desired changes in recipients’ quality of life according to prescribed measures).

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Published

2017-11-01