Canada |
Constitutional monarchy |
High |
Inter-ministerial commission under the control of Parliament |
High, ensured by the Law of Finance Management. |
High, featuring interdisciplinary teams and external consultants. |
Quantitative & qualitative |
Reports to the Treasury Board |
Chile |
Presidential |
High |
The organization is linked to the government. |
High, ensured by the consensus between Congress and the government. |
High, performed by external evaluators. |
Quantitative & impact assessment |
Public reports protected by the Law on Information Access |
Spain |
Constitutional monarchy |
Low |
Regulatory agency |
Low, ensured by Regulatory Agency Law, with system integration. |
High, featuring teams of managers and hired consultants. |
Quantitative, qualitative & public opinion research |
Reports to Ministry Boards and society |
United States |
Presidential |
High |
Competing organizations, with one linked to the Cabinet and the other to Congress |
High autonomy, but a low degree of system integration |
High, featuring interdisciplinary teams within competing structures. |
Quantitative & qualitative |
Uses ICTs and participative mechanisms |
France |
Semi-presidential |
Low |
The organization linked to the Cabinet. |
Low, but with a large degree of system integration |
High, featuring interdisciplinary teams. |
Quantitative, qualitative & impact research |
Report to Prime Minister and society |
United Kingdom |
Constitutional monarchy |
High |
The organization linked to Parliament |
High, ensured by a mandate from Parliament |
High, featuring interdisciplinary teams. |
Quantitative & qualitative research and impact analysis |
Reports to Parliament and service and policy users |
Mexico |
Presidential |
Low |
The organization is linked to the government. |
High autonomy |
High, featuring technical teams. |
Quantitative & qualitative research |
Reports to the President |
Sweden |
Constitutional monarchy |
High |
The organization linked to Parliament |
High, ensured by a mandate from Parliament and the Law governing State auditing activities. |
High, featuring teams of auditors. |
Quantitative & qualitative |
Reports sent to Parliament and published on digital portals. |