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3. Result oriented: A service is a set of clearly defined tasks involving several actors so called task managers. Results of each task are defined in clear quantitative an qualitative terms. Each task has a defined price and result that is defined in clear quantitative an qualitative termscomposed of the expenditures for goods and services that the task manager needs to buy and his honorarium for the time he needs to invest in order to complete his tasks. The cost of a task is the price of the results. Rules, regulations and the price of the tasks and the modalities of the payment of task managers are negotiated at the start and remain unchanged throughout the defined period. Tasks mangers are paid for the delivery of the results and not for the compensation of his expenditures and efforts. They are free to organise their work in order to adjust to the conditions they work in, provided they deliver.

5. Payment upon delivery: Involved task managers are paid upon delivery of the service to the beneficiary according to the defined price of the service.

3. Cost-benefit analysis: Services are launched in the frame of a coordinated action towards a specific goal. Prior to the launch of a service, its expected benefits and its impact on the cost-benefit ratio of the entire action are carefully examined. The analysis considers the outputs and outcomes for primary and secondary beneficiaries. Work-flows are optimized to assure the economical use of resources and multiple use of gathered data, information and experience. Sequential and parallel services are carefully tuned in order to achieve optimal results. Only services with a high return on investment are launched.

4. Transparency and accountability: The supporting information system assures timely and complete documentation of all processes on the Internet, while ensuring the protection of individual rights. Hard-copies are made accessible to the community in local archives.

5. Payment upon delivery: Involved agents (task managers) are paid upon delivery of the service to the beneficiary. Each agent receives a previously fixed fee, which covers his expenses and effort. Fees are defined on the basis of the prices of the local economy and include all costs.

6. Pro poor and sustainability: All services aim at reducing the gap between rich and poor and at the sustainable management of resources. Monitoring and impact assessment is facilitated by the systematic collection of data during to service delivery.

7. Trust and reliability: Rules, regulations and fees for the tasks and the conditions of the payment of agents are negotiated at the start and remain unchanged throughout the defined period.

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