Good governance issues are addressed in the EU Sustainable Development Strategy (EU SDS). The objective is to promote coherence between local, regional, national and global actions in order to enhance their contribution to sustainable development.
Headline indicator
Operational objectives and targets
Actions/explanatory variables
Policy coherence and effectiveness
New infringement cases
Transposition of EU law, by policy area
Openess and participation
Voter turnout in national and EU parliamentary elections
E-government on-line availability
E-government usage by individuals
Economic instruments
Shares of environmental and labour taxes in total tax revenues
Contextual indicator
Level of citizens´confidence in EU institutions (for sub-theme policy coherence and effectiveness)
Evaluation of changes in good governance (2011 monitoring)
The trends observed in the good governance theme since 2000 have been mixed:
European Parliament is the most trusted among main EU institutions;
Decrease in new infringement cases and transposition of EU law above target level;
Slight decrease in voter turnout in national elections;
E-government availability and usage are increasing;
The ratio of environmental to labour taxes has decreased.
