Strategy & Organisation

A good policy starts with a strong strategy and clear objectives. Then we ask ourselves which organisation we require for their achievement, and which partnerships we will enter into. 

Below is a summary of the areas in which IDEA administrations have already been providing advice in previous years.

Strategy

• How do we arrive at a clear mission and vision for our organisation?
• Which core tasks do we put our efforts into?
• What do we do ourselves, what do we contract out?

Organisation

• What is the best organisation model to achieve our objectives?
• How do we arrange our services? (counters, e-gov, backoffice, channels, ...)
• How do we enhance ‘directing’? How do we differentiate our directing per policy area?
• What about new insights such as flat organisation, self-managed teams, talent management, etc.?
• How do we form a complementary tandem policy administration?

Management in partnership: cooperation and scale

• Which partners do we need to obtain sustainable results? How do we involve our stakeholders?
• Which aspects of our policy do we organise on an intermunicipal basis? How do we keep a hold on the intermunicipal ties?
• Can a merger bring us advantages as a local authority? What are the disadvantages and preconditions?
• How do we arrive at better inter-administrative cooperation (working in chains, area programmes, ...)?
• How can participation and co-creation be given shape within our administration?