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28-February-2014
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SIGMA Paper No. 35: Co-ordination at the Centre of Government -- The Functions and Organisation of the Government Office (2004)
This paper describes and analyses the functions and organisation of government offices in a comparative context, covering OECD member countries, central and eastern European countries (CEECs), and countries of the Western Balkans (ex-Yugoslavia and Albania). The analysis is based on information gathered by SIGMA and GOV since the mid 1990’s, supplemented by results of a written questionnaire administered by SIGMA and GOV in 2003.
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28-February-2014
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SIGMA Paper No. 36: Conflict-of-Interest Policies and Practices in Nine EU Member States: A Comparative Review (2005)
This paper provides descriptive data and an analytical overview of approaches to managing conflicts of interest in the public sector of nine European countries — France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. It also provides some conclusions that are worth taking into account when reforming policies and instruments to improve regulations and practices on conflict of interest.
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12-February-2014
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SIGMA Paper No. 38: Political Advisors and Civil Servants in European Countries (2007)
While defining appropriate roles for political advisers is a highly relevant topic in most democracies and especially in EU NMS, as well as candidate and CARDS countries today, surprisingly little comparative information exists. This Paper is also available in the following languages: French, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Turkish and Ukrainian.
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12-February-2014
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SIGMA Paper No. 43 Organising the Central State Administration (2007)
One of this paper’s main purposes is to provide bases for policy advice to policy‑makers on the drafting of legislation on the organisation and functioning of the state administration. It is also available in the following languages: French, Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, and Turkish.
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12-February-2014
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SIGMA Paper No. 44: Sustainability of Civil Service Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe Five Years After EU Accession (2009)
This paper examines the fate of civil service reforms that Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries undertook to prepare themselves for the EU accession that took place in May 2004 (5th EU enlargement). Is is also available in the following languages on our website: French, Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian and Turkish.
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12-February-2014
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SIGMA Paper No. 46: The Right to Open Public Administrations in Europe (2010)
The aim of this paper is to explore the most problematic aspects of information access legal regimes and to provide some guidelines to policy makers, including legislators, governments and public administrators. The analysis covers 14 EU member states and the EU institutions. It is also available in the following languages on our website: French, Arabic, Serbian Cyrillic, Serbian Latin and Spanish.
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12-February-2014
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SIGMA Paper No. 49: Rethinking Europe's Rule of Law and Enlargement Agenda (2012)
This Paper discusses how EU member states and candidate countries define and implement what is referred to as the “Rule of Law”. In doing so, it identifies the existence of a fundamental dilemma between the need for more ambition in promoting the “Rule of Law” and the need for more restraint in the claims made on behalf of “Rule of Law” assessment and assistance.
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12-February-2014
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SIGMA Paper No. 48: Civil Service Professionalisation in the Western Balkans (2012)
This report examines the professionalisation of the civil service in seven Western Balkan states: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia.
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30-September-2002
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Building a Civil Service System (Francisco Cardona, 2002)
This short report focuses on the main policy options and instruments to build up a civil service system. It reflects on the essential problems in need of being tackled by those Central and Eastern European countries working with SIGMA.