Sigma Activities: Bulgaria

Sigma is supporting the reform efforts of Bulgaria in priority areas through its work on the following projects:

Design of Reform

• Public Administration Reform (January 2003 – December 2005)
• Support to Phare-funded Project Design, TOR and Tender (“Implementing Civil Service Reform” and “Strategic Policy Design and Co-ordination”) (August 2002 – January 2003) 

Financial Control and External Audit

• Peer Assistance Review of PIFC (May - December 2008)
• Support to the Internal Audit Department of the BNAO (February - December 2008)
• Support to Pilot Audits in Internal Audit (February - October 2008)
• Seminar on Relations of EU Funds with the State Budget (November 2007 - March 2008)
• Ongoing Activities of the Internal Control Directorate, Ministry of Finance (August 2007 - December 2008)
• Audit Strategy of the Audit Authority (August 2007 - May 2008)
• Compliance Assessment - Audit Authority (August 2007 - August 2008)
• Support in Developing Audit Authority Audit Manual (December 2006 - September 2007) 
• Support to Internal Control Directorate/ Ministry of Finance in Developing Internal Audit Manual (December 2006 - September 2007)
• Support in Implementing FMC and Internal Audit Laws (February - October 2006)
• Peer Assistance Review of the Bulgarian NAO (October 2005 - August 2006)
• Support in Drafting FMC, Internal Audit & Inspection Laws (June - December 2005)
• Bridging Activities PIFCA Part II (February - April 2004)
• Bridging Activities – NAO Bulgaria Phase II (June - September 2004)
• Peer Assistance Review PIFC Phase II (May 2004 – April 2005)
• Bridging Public Internal Financial Control Agency (PIFCA) Activities (June 2004 – April 2005)
• Bridging Activity - NAO Pilot Audits (February – April 2004)
• National Audit Office – Pilot Audit (Bridging Activity) (July - December 2001)
• First Stage Peer Review for the Public Internal Financial Control (PIFC) and Internal Audit Systems (April – June 2002)
• Assistance to the SAPARD Agency (State Fund Agriculture) (April 2001 – March 2002)
• Assistance to Preparation for EDIS (February – December 2002)

Legal Framework, Civil Service and Justice

• Civil Service Development (July 2003 – December 2004)
• Professionalism in Public Administration (October 2001 - December 2002)
• Assessing Administrative Capacity (October 2002)
• Enhancing Public Administration Capacity (November - December 2002)

Policy-making and Co-ordination Capacities

• Regulatory Management Capacities (January - December 2007)
• Seminar for the Senior Levels of the Government (June - November 2006)
• Policy-Making (April - December 2004)
• Introducing Impact Assessment in Public Administration (October 2001 - February 2002)

Public Expenditure Management

• Reforming the State Treasury (October 2004 – March 2005)
• Establishment of Common MoF Enterprise/IT Architecture (October 2004 – January 2005)
• Public Expenditure Management Scoping Study (July 2004)
• New Organic Budget Law (February - April 2004)  

Public Integrity System

• Public Sector Ethics Resource (June - October 2004)
• Anti-Corruption - Review of Draft Law on Lobbying (February 2004)

Public Procurement

• Assistance to the Public Procurement Review System (December 2006 - December 2007)
• Support to the Development of Concession Systems (January - September 2006)
• Public Procurement - Institutional Support (January - August 2006)
• Assistance to Governmental Working Group Preparing Amendment to Public Procurement Law (June - December 2005)
• Public Procurement - Assistance to the Legal and Institutional Framework (March – May 2004)
• Review of Draft Public Procurement Law (November - December 2003)
• Assistance to the Public Procurement Directorate – Criteria Development (September - October 2001)
• Comments on Draft Public Procurement Law (November 2001)

Further sources of information on Croatia, such as Sigma's Public Management Profile (2003), its geography, people, system of government, can be found by consulting the following sites:

• European Commission's country profile: Bulgaria
• EC Representation in Bulgaria
• Presidency of the European Union
• Bulgarian Government

You may also wish to visit the European Union website