Purpose - The aim of this contribution is to propose a first overview of the strategic plans in the Belgian Federal Administration and to analyse the process of strategic planning itself. Design/methodology/approach - In the first part, the strategic plans are analysed in order to understand the...

The Europe 2020 strategy could be seen as the application of public management reforms to the problem of governance of the economies of Europe. It was not simply an economic plan but included strategic goals on employment, R & D, climate change and sustainability, education, poverty and social...

La recherche sur les réformes publiques inscrite dans la tradition des sciences administratives et politiques recouvre trois orientations (Hood, 2005) :dans les années ’80 un travail analytique centré sur la nouvelle gestion publique, dans les années ’90 l’élaboration d’une base de...