Follow-up and reporting

The plan gives no guidance on this particular authority's reporting obligations, but its democratic view is that power over the state is exercised by the Riksdag and that the government is accountable to the Riksdag, with the principle of public access to official records and independent scrutiny as building blocks. Annual reporting to the Riksdag on the results of activities follows from that principle. The conclusion is based on general principles, not on an explicit commitment.

• accountability to the Riksdagdecisive»Regeringen ska vara ansvarig inför riksdagen.« (party programme ↗)“The government should be accountable to the Riksdag.”
• public access and transparency»meddelarfriheten och offentlighetsprincipen« (party programme ↗)“freedom of communication and the principle of public access to official records”
• civil transparency and scrutiny»Rättssäkerheten behöver upprätthållas genom rättshjälp, medborgerlig« (party programme ↗)“Legal certainty needs to be upheld through legal aid, civil”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan is built on the principle that publicly financed activity shall be able to be scrutinised and that political responsibility shall be able to be demanded, and it wants to step up oversight to guarantee quality. A recurring report to the Riksdag of what results taken measures produce is an expression of the same requirement for openness and transparency. The plan does not mention the form of reporting, so the position is derived.

• scrutiny and political responsibilitydecisive»Oavsett i vilken form skattefinansierad verksamhet drivs ska medborgarna ha möjlighet att« (party programme ↗)“Regardless of the form in which tax-financed activity is conducted, citizens shall have opportunity to”
• openness and transparency»Den demokratiska processen och samhällsförvaltningen måste bygga på offentlighet och« (party programme ↗)“The democratic process and public administration must be built on openness and”
• follow-up of quality»Tillsynen av sjukvården ska växlas upp för att garantera kvaliteten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Oversight of health care shall be stepped up to guarantee quality.”
• politics' ultimate responsibility»ansvaret kan aldrig överlämnas till icke valda ämbetsmän.« (party programme ↗)“responsibility can never be handed over to unelected officials.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan demands that quality in publicly financed operations is continuously monitored with various tools and that the principle of public access and freedom to speak out are valued, because citizens shall always be able to scrutinize power. A demand that the result of measures taken is monitored and that the authority's work is annually reported to the Riksdag is exactly such oversight and monitoring. The plan provides no support for a recurring report to be unnecessary.

• continuous quality monitoringdecisive»Kvaliteten ska ständigt följas upp med« (party programme ↗)“Quality shall be continuously monitored with”
• public access and insight»Offentlighetsprincipen och meddelarfriheten måste« (party programme ↗)“The principle of public access and freedom to speak out must”
• scrutiny of power»kunna granska makten.« (party programme ↗)“be able to scrutinize power.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan says nothing about reporting by an individual agency's work to the Riksdag. The closest underlying principle is the requirement for increased transparency and oversight of the public sector and for enforceable rights in the social contract, which supports the idea that results are followed up and reported openly. Derived from this, the plan supports the counter-proposal's requirement, but the foundation is thin.

• increased transparencydecisive»Sverige ska bli ännu mer transparent. Vi vill inrätta en antikorruptionsmyndighet, skärpa regler mot korruption och införa ett lobbyregister.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall become even more transparent. We want to establish an anti-corruption agency, tighten rules against corruption and introduce a lobbying register.”
• openness and oversight»Öppenhet och transparens är grundförutsättningar för frihet, demokrati och för att förhindra korruption och övergrepp.« (party programme ↗)“Openness and transparency are fundamental prerequisites for freedom, democracy and for preventing corruption and abuse.”
• enforceable rights»Vi vill se en rättighetslagstiftning, ett tydligt samhällskontrakt med utkrävbara rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“We want to see a rights-based legislation, a clear social contract with enforceable rights.”

The plan says nothing specifically about an annual report to the Riksdag, but it is built throughout on quality being measured, scrutinized, and followed up: oversight in state hands based on nationally established quality standards, a special inspection that watches over individuals' rights vis-à-vis the state, and the principle of public access as the basis for transparency. The counter-proposal's requirement that the results of measures taken be followed up and reported therefore aligns with the plan, but the conclusion is derived.

• state quality oversightdecisive»Tillsynen ska ske i statlig regi utifrån nationellt fastställda kvalitetsnormer.« (party programme ↗)“Oversight shall occur in state hands based on nationally established quality standards.”
• scrutiny of operations»inrätta en LSS-inspektion som bevakar den enskildes rättigheter gentemot staten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“establish an LSS inspection that watches over individuals' rights vis-à-vis the state”
• transparency and scrutiny»Offentlighetsprincipen har en grundläggande betydelse för att förankra och fördjupa folkstyret,« (party programme ↗)“The principle of public access has fundamental significance for anchoring and deepening democratic governance,”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The matter is broadly framed, but the party programme makes evaluation, cost-tracking and quality control into explicit political tasks and requires that decision processes are comprehensible so that accountability can be held. A requirement that results of actions taken are followed up and reported annually to the Riksdag thus points in the plan's direction. The conclusion is based on general principles, not on a commitment about this specific authority.

• follow-up and quality controldecisive»Utvärdering, kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska« (party programme ↗)“Evaluation, cost-tracking and quality control are therefore important political”
• accountability and openness»Beslutsprocessen måste vara överblickbar för medborgarna och därmed ge möjlighet att utkräva ansvar« (party programme ↗)“The decision process must be comprehensible to citizens and thus provide the opportunity to hold accountable”
• politics' citizen mandate»Politikernas uppgift är i första hand att ta tillvara« (party programme ↗)“Politicians' task is first and foremost to take account of”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan says nothing about this specific reporting obligation, but it is consistently based on government activities and use of tax money being scrutinised and responsibility being enforceable. A demand for follow-up of results and annual reporting to parliament is in line with that. However, the matter is held generally, hence low confidence.

• scrutiny of government agencies' financesdecisive»Inrätta ett effektiviseringskansli som ska gå inom alla myndigheters ekonomi« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish an efficiency office that shall review all government agencies' finances”
• combat public waste»Offentligt slöseri i alla former ska bekämpas.« (party programme ↗)“Public waste in all forms shall be combated.”
• responsibility for public decisions»förtydliga hur ansvar kan utkrävas för offentliga beslut« (2022 manifesto ↗)“clarify how responsibility can be enforced for public decisions”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires clear results for every public initiative and clear citizen benefit for all initiatives, as well as strengthened accountability when management of public resources falls short. It particularly identifies lack of follow-up in the public sector as a problem. The counter-proposal's demand that results be followed up and reported annually to the Riksdag thus aligns with the plan.

• results requirements on initiativesdecisive»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for every public initiative”
• demand for citizen benefit»Sverigedemokraterna vill koncentrera de offentliga utgifterna till välfärdens hjärta och begära tydlig medborgarnytta för alla satsningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats wants to concentrate public spending on the heart of welfare and demand clear citizen benefit for all initiatives.”
• poor follow-up criticized»Den offentliga sektorn har dels problem med upphandlingar, ekonomistyrning och uppföljning, dels med bristande ledarskap och felaktiga prioriteringar som sammantaget leder till kostnader i multimiljardklass.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The public sector has partly problems with procurement, financial management and follow-up, and partly with poor leadership and incorrect priorities that together lead to costs in the multi-billion class.”
• strengthened accountability»Sverigedemokraterna vill stärka möjligheter för ansvarsutkrävande när hanteringen av de offentliga resurserna brister.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats wants to strengthen possibilities for accountability when management of public resources falls short.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.