Indicators that are not harnessed to decision-making structures lead a short life. By contrast, when an indicator is embedded in existing managerial structures, and becomes part of the institutional culture, it can be adapted over time and be more sustainable. This can also strengthen the potential of the indicator to drive change in the institution. Integrating indicators into institutional culture of justice and safety agencies is a challenging ambition, however.
In this video of the series, Developing Governance Indicators in Justice and Safety: A Country-Led Approach, Selen Siringil Perker, explains strategies for integrating governance indicators into institutional culture of justice and safety agencies with varying management structures and levels of coordination, drawing on PCJ’s experiences working with the police in Bangladesh, and the prosecution in Nigeria.
- For a discussion of the strategies employed to integrate a new set of performance indicators into the institutional culture of courts in Ethiopia, watch Integrating Justice and Safety Indicators into Institutional Culture – Part 2: The Experience in Ethiopia’s Courts.
- To learn more about the PCJ’s past work in Bangladesh, and the strategies used to integrate indicators into institutional culture as facilitators of innovation, read Indicators as ‘Design Space’ in Development: Supporting a Culture of Experimentation Inside Policing.
- To learn more about the PCJ’s past work in Nigeria, and an illustration of how embedding indicators in managerial structures may drive change in practice, read Filing Legal Advice in Lagos State: A Case Study of Indicators and Organizational Development.
- Watch more videos in Developing Governance Indicators in Justice and Safety: A Country-Led Approach video series.