TY - JOUR TI - Local Governance Implications of the Intricacies of the Political Change in Marienbad AU - Hajný, Filip TI - Local Governance Implications of the Intricacies of the Political Change in Marienbad AB - The paper offers a case study of the Marianske Lazne administration as an example of the New Public Governance (NPG) approach ed in the Czech Republic. The focus is on the particular pillars representing the features of NPG. Until now, five months after the general election, the particular attention of the Pirate Party on the determinants of NPG objectives could be observed through: making all meetings of the board's expert commissions accessible for the general public; publishing all documents discussed by the town's council on the internet; making all the town's banking accounts transparent; creating a department of internal audit separated from the rest of the administration; granting the status of a permanent guest at the board's meetings to a representative of the opposition; doubling the frequency of the council's meetings; preparing new rules of procedure facilitating the participation of citizens in the council's meetings; strengthening the communication channels between the council on the one hand and the chairpersons of expert commissions and directors of municipal organisations on the other; cancelling the positions with unclear benefits for the town; and making the rules of using municipal funds more transparent. There are still mo re evident measures expected in the areas of the second and third pillars of the Pirates' program, that is the provision of quality services for citizens and vicular and the positive development of tfie town's spa industry. VL - 2016 IS - 2016 (2) PY - 2016 SN - 2449-7797 C1 - 2449-7800 SP - 384 EP - 394 DO - 10.4467/24497800RAP.16.020.5113 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/rocznik-administracji-publicznej/artykul/local-governance-implications-of-the-intricacies-of-the-political-change-in-marienbad KW - governance KW - New Public Governance KW - interactive governance KW - the Pirates’ government in Mariánské Lázně KW - pillars of the Pirates’ governance programme