政府决策评价——英国地平线扫描的来源及演变

Evaluating Decisions Made by Government -The Birth and Development of British Horizon Scanning

对政府决策进行有效评价，对提高政府效能具有重要意义。英国在政府决策评价方面具有很强的前瞻性，通过运用地平线扫描的方式对部门内和跨部门的决策进行分析、研究，最终对决策作出评价，以此来提高政府决策的科学性、促进跨部门间政策的协调性和提高政府服务效能。本文对英国地平线扫描的来源和演变等情况进行介绍，为国内在加强决策制定、决策评价的科学性等方面提供参考。

Evaluating decisions made by government is of great significance in improving the efficiency of government＇s work, while the UK has stepped further than other countries in decision-evaluating. The UK at first uses the method called Horizon Scanning to analyse and study the decisions made within or across departments, then makes evaluation on the decisions. The UK attaches great importance to this method and by this to enhance the scientificity of decision-making, promote the policy coordination of cross-departments and improve the efficiency of government service. This paper briefly introduces the birth and development of Horizon Scanning with the purpose of providing reference for China in its decision-making and decision-evaluating.