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Political control fails at the three major care reform early this year because councilors to be informed enough to be able to fulfill their democratic role well. According to a survey conducted by NRC, in collaboration with government research agency in the Netherlands, in which more than 700 participating councilors. They form a representative delegation of gender diversity and relationship coalition / opposition, and live throughout the country.
Half a year ago, municipalities were responsible for care, child welfare and the labor market. They can, as was the idea, better assess their residents need. Why should they do it with less money. For the municipal councils also have changed: they are more than ever responsible for (political) control of important policies that acts directly on the health of their residents
Councillors makes more than a hundred times in the survey. – without specifically asked – that they can not have a proper political control. The council members are frequently misinformed by the college and can not see if citizens are denied necessary care. This applies to both opposition and coalition councilors.
Al longer worried about democratic accountability in municipal
In recent years, regularly expressed concern about the effect of the democratic decentralizations in municipal councils. In May 2013 the Court wrote in a letter to Minister Plasterk (Labour, Home Affairs) that it was concerned about the “democratic control after decentralizations”. Because many municipalities cooperate in the youth, healthcare and the labor market is not one specific municipality responsible for checking that partnership. The political control of large transfers would thus too “remote” come to be, the Court warned. The Council for Public Administration expressed the same concerns with the Minister.
“I have enough tools to do my job well,” says de Zeeuw Wim Bartels, chairman of opposition party Dorpsbelangen and Tourism Veere. “I do get information, but that is unclear or incomplete.” Another council member writes: “The council is barely involved in the planning process.”
Councillors give mixed picture decentralization
To the extent that they do have in sight, the councilors give a mixed picture of the transfer. So many councilors complain that their community is failing disabled people get back to work – while it is a legal requirement. The way churches conduct the kitchen table discussions, to identify what care people need, can count in one municipality grade (“custom”) and the other on rejection – for example, because they are conducted by telephone. It makes so much out, according to the replies of the councilors, the municipality in which you live. On the cooperation of many different health care institutions in youth, many councilors actually very positive. However, when asked about a negative experience in child welfare, also called many council members “inter-agency child welfare.”
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