Realising your goals

PMI: Policy & Management control Instruments

A process of changes has taken place in many European countries since the introduction of PMI, the Policy & Management control Instruments. BMC supports government organisations, and other not for profit organisations, going through this process.

PMI assist you to realize an effective steering on political, administrative, management and executing level. PMI keywords:

• wanted effects in society
• costs
• effectiveness
• efficiency
• results
• accountability

The main objective is improvement of, and coherence between the instruments of policy and management: policy plan - multi year budget - year budget - business plan - interim report - annual report.

The PMI-process offers the (political) organisation the opportunity of organisational diagnosis: insight into the manner in which the organization is functioning and why organisations do not achieve the goals they had planned to achieve. Efficient, effective and market oriented and customer oriented working is then often not feasible.

The main points of departure of the PMI-process:

• Politicians can see the result of their plans;
• Achievements, effectiveness and efficiency are tested and accounted for;
• The management is able to steer and adjust with respect for the most important policy-aspects;
• Managers can fill in their integrated responsibilities;
• The parts of the organization are responsible for achieving results with the budget allotted to them and the decentralised responsibilities.

Our offer, multidiscipline based:

• Quick scan of your organisation in order to find out in which way PMI can successful be implemented.
• Development of a PMI, which is specifically based on the needs of your organisation.
• Training and coaching of the managers who will be working with PMI and assist them in the beginning of the process.
• Comprehensive manual, so that no knowledge will slip away.

Improving social services and labour market policies

Social inclusion

"Work, Work, Work" is the key to avoid social exclusion of people and to let them participate in society. Municipalities have an important role to achieve this important objective. They provide social services (benefits) to their citizens when needed. They are among the key actors regarding the regional labour market. Municipal authorities can attract economic activities through investments and through the appropriate labour market institutions, and hereby help mediating people to work.

Our offer, helping you with services and management of social and labour market policies:

• Management training for staff working in the sector in order to raise the overall professional quality;
• Realisation of connection between social services and labour market policies, which results in jobs for the people who need it;
• Quick Scan to gather quickly and efficient information about the current position of the social service organisation. This Quick Scan investigates the strategy, policy and management of your organization, the work processes and the relationship between participants with regard to the labour market;
• Training programmes to improve the professional quality of your organisation;
• Guiding persons with a social benefit to finding employment;
• The development of policies improving the functioning of the local labour market.

From check to cheque

European Social Fund

Room for everyone on the labour market. That is one of the main targets of the European Committee. Projects aimed at the reduction of unemployment, permanent employability of the working population and ‘Life long learning' therefore qualify for subsidy from the European Social Fund (ESF).

In times of reducing budgets ESF offers a chance to local authorities, care institutions, educational institutions, ministries and other organisations that focus on education and employment.
ESF offers a great deal of opportunities. However, there are some well known "ifs and buts".
‘ESF may offer a chance to enhance our budget, but the risks of reclamation are to big...'
‘The administrative hassle'...
‘All those intricate rules that have a tendency to change along the way'...
Don't let yout conclusion be: ‘Let's not risk it.' BMC can help you to make the opportunities available.

The offer of the BMC ESF expert team, eliminating the risks, focussing on opportunities:
Our expert team consists of an ESF-controller, a legal adviser, an accountant, an expert on business administration, an expert on subsidies and an expert on ESF projects.

• ESF administrative check on your organisation and systems;
• ESF administrative check on your business partners;
• Apply for subsidy at the Dutch agency of the ministry of Social Affairs and employment;
• Put out the tender;
• Handle your administration on your own systems;
• In-depth risk management;
• Staffing of the ESF control structure.

Making your organisation Europe proof

Application of European legislation

Municipalities have to apply all sorts of EU legislation. Directives, regulations and decisions are meant to function in the internal market. The majority of these rules are implemented into national law, which also apply to municipalities where appropriate. The directives on public procurement are most important.

Every municipality should be able to work with these EU rules. However, it is recommendable to adapt these tender rules into local public procurement policies to assure proper application and to avoid problems and high financial penalties.

The EU public procurement rules are mandatory and should be applied any time when the criteria are met. Any municipality should develop its own public procurement policies as it may save considerable financial resources, based on the EU rules and within the framework of national law.
The legislation in the field of the environment needs attention regarding the provision of licenses for e.g construction, starting of businesses etc.

Making your municipality Europe proof not only needs account of European legislation, but also profit from the European financial resources. The EU provides many subsidies in order to achieve its political purposes. We help you recognise the possibilities!

Our offer, assisting you applying the rules and funds from Brussels

• BMC assists your municipality in transferring and applying the public procurement rules for your local situation.
• Development of local public procurement policies using the EU directive as a basis;
• Providing training sessions to work with the public procurement rules;
• Analysing the local licence system in the light of EU legislation;
• Providing the municipality with a EU subsidy guide, which will improve the structural use of EU funds.
• Training your staff to use the complicated rules and translate them into concrete cases.

Human Resources: the gold in your hands

Democracy: responsible politicians and servants

Policies are made by politicians, but civil servants are in charge for the daily execution. A good workforce with motivated people is a basic tool for every mayor and city manager.
A clear communication between managers and their employees contributes to the motivation of employees, which strongly improves if they know which challenges lead to a better position. Plans can work out better in practice if employees have a say in how to organize the work.

Our offer, orientated on your management:

• Measure tailored design and planning towards optimal internal human relations;
• Coordination of possibilities and opportunities, depending on the situation within your organisation, culture and objectives;
• Orientation on the wishes of the management;
• But the expertise and knowledge of our advisers guarantee an approach that will fullfill the needs.

The local councils are the cradle of democracy. After the elections the voters expect that their representatives will be good and responsible politicians.
In Europe there are two main developments: the increasing importance of EU and the tendency towards decentralisation. The local and regional levels become more important in the fields of planning, financing and decision making. Local elected representatives should know their rights and duties and how to use them in daily life. Politicians should also be responsible and transparent in their behaviour, in order to build a growing public confidence.

Our offer to improve the quality of politicians:

• training of city councils how to use their legal possibilities;
• best practices of participation of the civil society in decision making;
• financial planning;
• rules and reality of integrity.

Making your district more attractive

Local investments, Leisure and Tourism

Sports, culture, leisure possibilities and the hotel and catering industry determine the attractiveness of a city or region, for the population and the visitors.
Subjects and circumstances are different, but subsidies, supporting measures, tax measures, realise or renew work locations often occur. BMC offers its expertise and experience in local, regional, national and European affairs.

Our offer to stimulate your attractive profile, connecting the local and regional authority:

• "Identity management": we help identify and strengthen the identity of your municipality, working together with commercial and social organisations.
• When the identity has been formulated and the executive organisation has been founded, the image campaign can be started. Help you formulate the vision for economical policy, which discusses strong economical subjects and sectors, housing possibilities, accessibility, licenses and services, starts with the unique qualities of a city or region, the identity.
• Analysis of the infrastructure and accessibility of companies. Investments in the infrastructure may lead to attractive work areas.
• Discovery and promotion of strong sectors, like retail, industry, services and leisure/ tourism.
• Organize a business office for housing, licenses, subsidies and counsel. If necessary in combination with training, account management, promotion or city marketing.