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		      <description><![CDATA[SIGMA is a joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU. SIGMA supports European Union candidates, potential candidates and European Neighbourhood countries in their public administration reforms. Read more.
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		      <pubDate>Mon Jan 23 17:24:54 CET 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Appointment of Karen Hill as New Head of SIGMA]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Karen Hill has been appointed Head of the SIGMA Programme and takes over from Bob Bonwitt who retires at the end of February 2012. Before joining SIGMA, Ms Hill, a UK national, was leading an EU Twinning Project on behalf of the UK Government to implement Regulatory Impact Assessment in Croatia. She previously undertook assignments in other IPA and Neighbourhood countries. Prior to that, Ms Hill was a UK civil servant for 25 years, most recently as Director in the Better Regulation Executive.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Fri Nov 18 00:00:00 CET 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[EC Compendium of Public Internal Control Systems in EU Member States]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Prepared by the EC's DG Budget with SIGMA support, this compendium provides an overview of public internal control systems used in the 27 EU Member States to manage and control their national funds, revenues and expenditures, on the basis of voluntary contributions by the Member States. The compendium contains an analysis of the systems in operation and also provides the reader with an insight into possible future developments. It will be presented during the EC conference on Public Internal Control Systems in EU Member States in Brussels on 27-28 February 2012.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Jan 24 00:00:00 CET 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[2011 Assessments of EU Candidates and Potential Candidates]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[SIGMA has released its 2011 Assesment Reports on EU candidates and potential candidates. These assessments feed into the EU’s annual Progress Reports for each candidate and potential candidate for membership: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, and Kosovo under UNSCR 1244.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 CET 2011</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[2nd Public Internal Financial Control Regional Conference 2011]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Following the First Regional Conference which took place in Zagreb in October 2010, SIGMA organised a follow-up in Portoroz, Slovenia, on 21-23 September. All the conference material is available online in each of the participating languages.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Jan 16 00:00:00 CET 2012</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Public Procurement Policy Briefs]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[These Policy Briefs aim at providing non-specialists and specialists alike with information on key public procurement issues. Subjects covered include EU legislation, principles and institutions, procurement procedures and tools, award criteria setting, advertising, tender evaluation and contract award, and the incorporation of environmental and social considerations.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Sep 08 18:00:00 CEST 2011</pubDate>
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