政府购买社会组织服务的动因和作用

Motivation and Function of Government Outsourcing of Public Service to Social Organizations

长期以来,政府一直是公共服务的直接提供者,这导致了政府运行成本高、行政效率低以及公信力不足等问题。政府购买社会组织服务作为政府向社会提供服务的新方法、新理念,已经被各级政府重视和应用。政府购买社会组织服务具备一定的动因和基础。随着理论探索和实践的不断深入,政府购买社会组织服务已经凸显其重要作用。

Government has long acted as a direct offer of public service, but it has caused some problems such as high running costs, low administrative efficiency and weak public trust, etc. As a new method and concept of offering good-quality public service to the society, outsourcing public service to those social organizations has now widely been adopted and applied by governments at all levels. The outsourcing of this kind has its own motivation and basis. With the constant theoretical and practical exploration, the outsourcing of public service by the government is becoming more and more important.