Sigma Activities: Serbia, as well as Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/99)

Sigma is supporting the reform efforts of Serbia, as well as Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/99) in priority areas through its work on the following projects: 

Serbia

Design of Reform

• Public Administration Reform Strategy for EAR (September 2001 – July 2003)

External Audit and Financial Control

• Gap Assessment for Decentralised TA Management (June - December 2005)

Legal Framework, Civil Service and Justice

• PAR and Civil Service Development (January 2006 - December 2007)
• Public Administration Reform and Civil Service Development Phase 2 (May - December 2005)
• PAR and Civil Service Development (November 2004 – May 2005)
• Assistance to EAR in Project Monitoring Activities (June 2003 – February 2004)

Policy-making and Co-ordination Capacities

• Assistance to the Government Office (March - December 2006)
• Centre of Government Review (June - December 2004)

Public Procurement

• Peer Review of the Public Procurement System (May - October 2004)
• Assistance to Establishment of Public Procurement Office (September 2002 – November 2003)

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

European Commission's country profile: Serbia
EC Delegation to Serbia
Relations of the EU with Serbia

Official websites in Serbia

Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/99)

Design of Reform

• EAR Public Administration Reform Strategy and Programming (January 2002 – June 2003) 

Legal Framework, Civil Service and Justice

• Support to Civil Service and Public Administration Reform (July - December 2007)
• Assistance to Parliament in Assessing Legislation (June 2002 – December 2004)
• Assistance to UNMIK on Basic Legal Framework – Civil Service (October 2001 – February 2002)

External Audit and Financial Control 

• Support to the Auditor General (October 2004 – October 2006)
• Support in Building an External Audit Institution (April 2003 - September 2004) 

Policy-making and Co-ordination

• Public Administration Reform Brainstorming (July - December 2006)
• Workshop for Political Advisors and Senior Civil Servants (January - March 2006) 

Public Expenditure Management

• Public Investment Programme (PIP) ToR - Assistance to EAR (March 2004 – June 2005) 

Public Procurement

• Assistance in Developing Secondary Legislation in Public Procurement (October 2002 – February 2004)
• Assistance in Preparation of Project Fiche on Public Procurement (September 2002 – August 2003)
• Assistance to UNMIK on Legislative Framework – Public Procurement (February 2002 – January 2003)
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Further sources of information on Kosovo, such as its geography, people, system of government, can be found by consulting the following sites:

European Commission's profile of Kosovo 
EC Liaison Office to Kosovo
Relations of the EU with Kosovo
Official websites in Kosovo