Whole of government and collaborative governance

The growing complexity and interconnectedness of present sustainable development challenges require holistic responses that are based on coherent policies and collaborative decision-making processes, which in turn call for a transformation of public administration through the adoption of whole-of-government approaches and collaborative governance. Whole-of-government can be defined as “agencies working across portfolio boundaries to jointly achieve integrated responses to the issues of policy development, program management and service delivery” (Ojo et al., page 234, 2011) whereas collaborative governance refers to a process of governing based on collaboration between government and non-government stakeholders.

Related Subject(s): Democracy and Governance