Performance evaluation indexes in Public Administrations. Some issues about their concrete usefulness

The paper examines the approach to usefulness of performance indicators’ systems in Public Administration. There are many international studies about this subject, especially they examine the problem from the point of view of Efficiency, Effectiveness and Adequacy. The usefulness approach considers the difference among these indicators based on the level of difficulty in Public Administration implementation. The research compares some indicators’ systems in European Public Administration considering their easiness and feasibility to apply in PA. and connecting these qualities to their basic structures of Efficiency, Effectiveness and Adequacy. The paper aims to compare performance indicator’s system among three countries (Austria, Italy and Slovenia) emphasizing the relationship between these indicators and their diffusion in Government Managerial Control. The hypothesis discussed is that the indicators’ quality is strictly linked to their diffusion and this different quality deeply influenced the possibilities of UE e-governance integrated system.