Abstract
The society expects from the public authorities an effective and responsible decisions. An unsolved task is to develop a methodology for ensuring adequate assessment of results and costs. The article shows evaluation methods of the public authorities’ activities. The authors propose indicators that meet current trends, e.g. the concept of sustainable development. The method of qualitative analysis was used to find out the transformation assessment of the public activities. The system of balanced indicators allows to link strategic goals and key indicators that measure the degree of their achievement in the regions.