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20-August-2015
French, PDF, 2,033kb
Principles of Public Administration provide a detailed definition of good public administration that the Western Balkan countries and Turkey should be aiming for as European Union accession countries. These principles supplement the European Commission Enlargement package, which defined public administration reform as a pillar of the enlargement process.
13-December-2014
English, PDF, 463kb
This December 2014 issue provides an overview of our current work in Georgia, Jordan, Lebanon and Ukraine. It also reports on the process and launch of SIGMA's Principles of Public Administration, on the latest launch of public procurement briefs 30 and 31, as well as SIGMA's regional conferences on civil service professionalisation in Tbilisi and State Audit Institutions in Algiers.
18-November-2014
English, PDF, 2,138kb
Principles of Public Administration provide a detailed definition of good public administration that the Western Balkan countries and Turkey should be aiming for as European Union accession countries. These principles supplement the European Commission Enlargement package, which defined public administration reform as a pillar of the enlargement process.
3-November-2014
English, PDF, 602kb
This is the overview on the report entitled Principles of Public Administration, which provide a detailed definition of good public administration that the Western Balkan countries and Turkey should be aiming for as European Union accession countries. These principles supplement the European Commission Enlargement package, which defined public administration reform as a pillar of the enlargement process.
13-March-2014
English
This report contains the background papers presented at a multi-country meeting on European integration and administrative reform organised in 1997 for senior government officials from twelve central and eastern European countries. It also includes an inventory of how candidate countries plan to manage European integration — as well as ten points which emerged during the panel discussions of senior negotiators.
13-March-2014
English
This report examines the use of public opinion surveys as tools to advance administrative reforms in western European countries and central and eastern European countries. The aim is to demonstrate to central and eastern European governments and civil servants the utility of public opinion surveys before, during and after reforms in their countries and to encourage their systematic use.
13-March-2014
English
This paper lays out basic principles, tools and issues for building institutions. The target audience includes all those involved in Institution Building within candidate countries, EU Member States, the European Commission and the aid community. The paper highlights the issues associated with building effective institutions while providing concrete examples of how Member States and candidate countries have responded to such challenges.
12-February-2014
English
This paper analyses the negotiations which will take place with the six Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia) and attempts to identify where the major problems are likely to lie. Also available in the following languages: Albanian and Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian.