Developing a Framework to Monitor the General Policies Adopted by the Iranian Parliament

Abstract: This study aims to examine the barriers to the implementation of the supervisory laws approved by the Iranian Parliament and provide a comprehensive model for monitoring public policies. In this paper, Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) has been used as the basis for the development of a framework for the system monitoring the general policies adopted by the Parliament. Methodology of the research is a combination of qualitative (documentary studies and Delphi method) and quantitative methods (field survey). Study population involves the current and former members of parliament (MPs) in the Program and Budget, Article 90, Economics, and Industries and Mines commissions along with executive directors of the Supreme Audit Court and the Management and Planning Organization (formerly the Program and Budget Organization) amounting to 576 subjects. The sample size was calculated using Cochran’s formula to be 130. The results show that it is necessary to pay attention to the main strategies of the country adopted by the Expediency Council under the supervision of the Supreme Leader, and adapt the public policies related to economic affairs approved by the Parliament to the development plans of the IRI. Also, coordination and unity between the views and policies of the government and MPs, while keeping the independence of both, should be among the main elements of the system for monitoring good implementation of public policies approved by the Parliament.