2018 events

Western Balkans and Turkey

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey

• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Workshop to discuss the joint EC/SIGMA comments to the draft BiH PAR strategy, Sarajevo, 25-26 January 2018. Agenda I Presentation.

• Bosnia and Herzegovina – Workshop on Public Administration Challenges in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, 31 January 2018. Agenda

• Kosovo - Roundtable on the Organisation of Public Administration in Kosovo, Paris, 7-8 February 2018. Agenda

• Motenegro - Bilateral event: Public Administration Reform Challenges in Montenegro, Podgorica, 27 February 2018. Agenda.

• Albania - Public Administration Reform Challenges and Priorities in Albania, Tirana, 9 March 2018. Agenda.

• Serbia - Public Administration Reform Challenges in Serbia, Belgrade, 13 March 2018. Agenda.​

• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Workshop on Decisions by the Court of Justice of the European Union on Public Procurement Issues for the Public Procurement Body, Sarajevo, 13-14 March 2018.

• Kosovo - Public Administration Reforms in Kosovo: Civil service reforms, accountable state structures and public finance controls, Pristina, 20 March 2018. Ag​enda English I Albanian I Serbian.

• The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Public Administration Reform challenges, Skopje, 21 March 2018. Agenda

• Turkey - Seminar on introduction of the Standard Cost Model (SCM) for administrative burden measurement and reduction, Ankara, 5-6 April 2018. Agend​a English I Turkish.

• Turkey - Workshop on Dynamic Purchasing Systems, e-catalogues, Ankara, 10 April 2018. Agenda.

• Turkey - Workshop on PPP contracts: challenges and solutions, Ankara, 11 April 2018. Agenda.​ Presentation SIGMA Workshop on PPP characteristics​, models & sectors. Presentation SIGMA workshop on tendering of PPP projects and contract signatu​re.

• Albania – Joint SIGMA & Tirana Business University event, Legal Commentary by SIGMA on the Code of Administrative Procedures of the Republic of Albania, Tirana, 11 April 2018.

• Albania – Joint SIGMA and EC event, Legal Commentary by SIGMA on the Code of Administrative Procedures of the Republic of Albania, Tirana, 12 April 2018.

• Turkey - Workshop on Auditing Public Private Partnerships and Concessions, Ankara, 3-4 May 2018. Ag​enda. Presentat​ion PPPs and concessions, the planning, procurement, implementation and management. Presentati​on Auditing PPP. Presentati​on Auditing PPP- Lessons learned from the French experience. Presentati​on Auditing PPP- The partnership contract relating to the ring road around Marseille, known as L2. Presentati​on PPPs in the EU- Widespread shortcomings and limited benefits.

• Montenegro - Preparatory meeting with the Ministry of Public Administration on customer satisfaction surveys, Podgorica, 15 November 2018.

• Serbia - Workshop on the Serbian Public Financial Management Reform Programme Action Plan, Belgrade, 20-21 November 2018.

• Albania - Workshop on harmonising public consultations across the government, Tirana, 14 December 2018. Agenda I Presen​tation.

For further information please contact the country co-ordinator:

Albania: Bagrat Tunyan Bosnia and Herzegovina: Primoz Vehar The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Miroslawa Boryczka Kosovo: Jesper Johnson Montenegro: Timo Ligi Serbia: Annika Uudelepp Turkey: Kaido Paabusk

European Neighbourhood East

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine

• Moldova - Workshop on Decisions by the Court of Justice of the European Union on Public Procurement Issues, Chisinau, 31 January – 1 February 2018.

• Moldova - Workshop on public procurement cases of the Court of Justice of the EU, Chisinau, 27-28 March 2018.

• Ukraine, Workshop on dynamic purchasing systems and electronic catalogues, Kyiv, 26 April 2018.

• Moldova - Workshop on professionalisation of senior civil servants in Moldova, Chisinau, 6-7 June 2018.

For further information please contact the country co-ordinator:

Armenia: Marian Lemke Azerbaijan: Piotr-Nils Gorecki Georgia: Alastair Swarbrick Moldova: Marian Lemke Ukraine: Klas Klaas

European Neighbourhood South

Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia

• Jordan - Workshop on selection based on competences for the Civil Service Bureau of Jordan, Amman, 29-31 January 2018.

• Lebanon - Workshop on management and performance audits, Beirut, 30 January – 1 February 2018.

• Algeria - Seminar on the improvement of the quality management of public services in Algeria, Algiers, 14-15 February 2018.

• Tunisia - Journées d'étude sur la mise en oeuvre et le suivi de la stratégie de la Cour des Comptes de la Tunisie, Hammamet, 15-16 February 2018. Agenda​. Présentation Joel Costantzer. Prése​ntation Valer Jobbagy. Recommen​dations.

• Jordan - integrity risks in the public procurement system – challenges and solutions, Amman, 21 March 2018. Agenda I Case study I Presentat​ion 1 in Arabic I Presenta​tion 1 in English I Present​ation 2 in English

For further information please contact the country co-ordinator:

Algeria: Piotr-Nils Gorecki Egypt: Brian Finn Jordan: Xavier Sisternas Lebanon: Erika Bozzay Morocco: Lech Marcinowski Tunisia: Bianca Brétéché

Multi-country

• SIGMA / ResPA Joint Regional Conference on Managerial Accountability and Professionalisation of the Senior Civil Service, Danilovgrad, Montenegro, 16-17 May 2018. Agenda.

• Second SIGMA Regional ENP East Conference on Public Procurement, Kyiv, Ukraine, 29-30 May 2018.

• Eighth Regional IPA Conference on Public Procurement, Bečići, Montenegro, 13-14 June 2018.

• Regional Conference for Supreme Audit Institutions of the European Neighbourhood South Region, Tunis, Tunisia, 20-21 June 2018.

• Regional Conference on Service Delivery in the European Neighbourhood South Region: Administration for Citizens and Businesses, Marrakesh, Morocco, 14-15 November 2018.