SIGMA Papers

SIGMA Papers are prepared as contributions to SIGMA's work with its partners and focus on specific issues in governance and management, such as financial control, administrative oversight, inter-ministerial co-ordination and public procurement. All reports are in English. Some are also available in French and third languages.

 

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Centralised Purchasing Systems in the EU (2010)

46

The Right to Open Public Administrations in Europe: Emerging Legal Standards (2010)

 45  

Public Procurement in EU Member States: The Regulation of Contract Below the EU Thresholds and in Areas not Covered by the Detailed Rules of the EU Directives (2010); French

 44

Sustainability of Civil Service Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe Five Years After EU Accession (2009); French

 43

Organising the Central State Administration: Policies & Instruments (2007); French

 42

Regulatory Management Capacities of Member States of the EU that Joined the Union on 1 May 2004 (2007); French

 41

Public Procurement Review and Remedies Systems in the European Union (2007); French

 40

Central Public Procurement Structures and Capacity in Member States of the European Union (2007); French

 39

The Role of Ministries in the Policy System: Policy Development, Monitoring and Evaluation (2007); French

 38

Political Advisors and Civil Servants in European Countries (2007); French

 37

Enlargement of the European Union: An Analysis of the Negotiations for Countries of the Western Balkans (2007)

 36

Conflict of Interest Policies and Practices in Nine EU Member States: A comparative Review (2005); French

 35

Co-ordination at the Centre of Government: The Functions and Organisation of the Government Office (2004); French

 34

Achieving High Quality in the Work of Supreme Audit Institutions (2004); French

 33

Relations Between Supreme Audit Institutions and Parliamentary Committees (2002); French

 32

Financial Management and Control of Public Agencies (2001); French

 31

Improving Policy Instruments through Impact Assessment (2001)

 30

Public Procurement Review Procedures (2000)

 29

Centralised and Decentralised Public Procurement (2000)

 28

A Comparison on the EC Procurement Directives and the UNCITRAL Model Law (2000); French

 27

European Principles for Public Administration (1999); French

 26

Sustainable Institutions for European Union Membership (1998); French

 25

Public Opinion Surveys as Input to Administrative Reform (1998); French

 24

Central Bank Audit Practices (1998); French

 23

Preparing Public Administrations for the European Administrative Space (1998); French

 22

Management Challenges at the Centre of Government: Coalition Situations and Government Transitions (1998); French

 21

Promoting Performance and Professionalism in the Public Service (1997); French

 20

Effects of European Union Accession: Part II External Audit (1997); French

 19

Effects of European Union Accession: Part I Budgeting and Financial Control (1997); French

 18

Law Drafting and Regulatory Management in Central and Eastern Europe (1997); French

 17

Administrative Procedures and the Supervision of Administration in Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia and Albania (1997); French

 16

Public Service Training in OECD Countries (1997); French

 15

Checklist on Law Drafting and Regulatory Management in Central and Eastern Europe (1997); French

 14

Civil Service Legislation: Checklist on Secondary Legislation (and Other Regulatory Instruments) (1997); French

 13

Assessing the Impacts of Proposed Laws and Regulations (1997); French

 12

Country Pofiles of Civil Service Training Systems (1997); French

 11

Budgeting and Monitoring of Personnel Costs (1997); French

 10

Civil Service Pension Schemes (1997); French

  9

Effective Communications Between the Public Service and the Media (1996); French

  8

Budgeting and Policy Making (1996); French

  7

The Audit of Secret and Politically Sensitive Subjects: Comparative Audit Practices (1996); French

  6

Internationalism of Policy-making (1996); French

  5

Civil Service Legislation Contents Checklist (1996); French

  4

Management Control in Modern Government Administration: Some Comparative Practices (1996); French

  3

Training Civil Servants for Internationalisation (1996); French

  2

Constitutions of Central and Eastern European Countries and the Baltic States (1995); French

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Top Management Service in Central Government: Introducing a System for the Higher Civil Service in Central and Eastern European Countries (1995); French

 

 

 

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