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a:25:{s:11:"event_start";s:4:"1700";s:9:"event_end";s:4:"2000";s:13:"display_start";s:4:"1700";s:11:"display_end";s:4:"2000";s:14:"start_unixtime";i:1366326000;s:12:"end_unixtime";i:1366336800;s:10:"event_text";s:87:"Strategic+Targets+for+Public+Services%3A+Lessons+for+Canada+from+the+English+Experience";s:12:"event_length";i:10800;s:13:"event_overlap";i:1;s:11:"description";s:1793:"%3A+Presented+by+Peter+C.+Smith%2C+Professor+of+Health+Policy%2C+Imperial+College+London%0A%0AWhen+it+came+to+power+in+1997%2C+Tony+Blair%27s+government+sought+to+revolutionize+the+way+in+which+UK+public+services+were+planned+and+delivered.+In+particular%2C+it+sought+to+focus+the+actions+of+ministers+on+explicit+objectives+and+targets%2C+in+the+form+of+%27Public+Service+Agreements%27+%28PSAs%29.+The+distinctive+feature+of+this+system+was+a+range+of+high+profile+mechanisms+designed+to+ensure+that+PSAs+led+to+measurable+changes+in+public+service+performance.+This+presentation+will+summarize+the+history+of+the+PSA+regime%2C+describe+some+of+the+major+issues+that+arose+in+its+implementation%2C+and+assess+its+general+relevance+to+the+management+of+public+services+by+governments+in+Canada+contemplating%2C+implementing+or+using+performance+management+regimes.%0A%0APeter+C.+Smith+is+Professor+of+Health+Policy+at+Imperial+College+London%2C+where+he+co-directs+the+Centre+for+Health+Policy.+He+is+a+mathematics+graduate+from+the+University+of+Oxford%2C+and+was+formerly+Director+of+the+Centre+for+Health+Economics+at+the+University+of+York.+He+is+author+of+many+academic+papers+on+the+financing+and+efficiency+of+public+services%2C+and+is+with+Sherry+Glied+joint+editor+of+the+Oxford+Handbook+of+Health+Economics.+Particular+research+interests+include+health+system+performance+assessment%2C+value+for+money%2C+and+the+equitable+financing+of+public+services.+Smith+has+advised+many+government+ministries+and+international+agencies%2C+including+the+World+Health+Organization%2C+the+International+Monetary+Fund%2C+the+World+Bank%2C+the+European+Commission+and+the+Organization+for+Economic+Cooperation+and+Development.%0A%0ARegistration+accepted+online+only+at+www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca";s:6:"status";s:0:"";s:5:"class";s:0:"";s:9:"spans_day";b:0;s:8:"location";s:78:"Convention+Hall%2C+Conexus+Arts+Centre%2C+200A+Lakeshore+Drive%2C+Regina%2C+SK";s:10:"categories";s:0:"";s:9:"organizer";s:6:"a:0:{}";s:8:"attendee";s:6:"a:0:{}";s:9:"calnumber";i:1;s:7:"calname";s:13:"U of S Events";s:8:"timezone";s:19:"Canada/Saskatchewan";s:5:"other";s:0:"";s:3:"geo";s:0:"";s:3:"url";s:37:"http://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca";s:8:"sequence";i:0;s:5:"recur";s:0:"";}
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