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14-March-2014
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Public Service Training Systems in OECD Countries (SIGMA Paper No. 16, 1997)
This short paper is meant to point out the determining components of training systems, and advantages and disadvantages of possible solutions as they were developed in OECD countries, in order to assist countries in central and eastern Europe to set up a sound training system, while avoiding mistakes already experienced in OECD countries.
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13-March-2014
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Promoting Performance and Professionalism in the Public Service (SIGMA Paper No. 21, 1997)
This report is on human resources management practices in the public administrations of four central and eastern European countries: Albania, Estonia, Hungary and Poland. It is based on information from 1996, and its focus is on public personnel management systems, management procedures and management practices and how they either support or hinder professionalism and appropriate conduct.
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28-February-2014
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Conflict-of-Interest Policies and Practices in Nine EU Member States: A Comparative Review (SIGMA Paper No. 36, 2005)
This paper provides descriptive data and an analytical overview of approaches to managing conflicts of interest in the public sector of nine European countries — France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. It also provides some conclusions that are worth taking into account when reforming policies and instruments to improve regulations and practices on conflict of interest.
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12-February-2014
English
Political Advisors and Civil Servants in European Countries (SIGMA Paper No. 38, 2007)
While defining appropriate roles for political advisers is a highly relevant topic in most democracies and especially in EU non member States, as well as candidate and CARDS countries today, surprisingly little comparative information exists.
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12-February-2014
English
Sustainability of Civil Service Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe Five Years After EU Accession (SIGMA Paper No. 44, 2009)
This paper examines the fate of civil service reforms that Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries undertook to prepare themselves for the EU accession that took place in May 2004 (5th EU enlargement).
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12-February-2014
English
Civil Service Professionalisation in the Western Balkans (SIGMA Paper No. 48, 2012)
This report examines the professionalisation of the civil service in seven Western Balkan states: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia.
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12-June-2009
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Modernising the Civil Service (Francisco Cardona, SIGMA, June 2009)
In many countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the reform and modernisation of their public administrations since the transition began has been likened to the “Europeanisation” of their institutions. Institutional approximation to the EU requires a new body of national legislation substantially in line with EC-law. Read more...
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12-June-2009
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The Management of the Civil Service: European Models (Francisco Cardona, SIGMA, April 2009)
The aim of this paper is to discuss a number of common features concerning the institutionalisation of the civil service management by drawing a typology of management set ups that can be found in EU Member States. A clear distinction is to be made between consolidated civil service systems of EU-15 and the civil services of countries that acceded to the EU in 2004 and 2007.
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12-June-2009
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Attractiveness of the Public Service: A Matter of Good Public Governance (Francisco Cardona, SIGMA, June 2009)
The attractiveness of the public service is very contextual and depends on the social economic and political realities of a country. In OECD countries the most cited elements for attractiveness are job stability, a relatively decent salary and relatively fair and transparent working conditions in terms of respect for the social rights of civil servants. Read more...
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11-March-2009
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Civil Service Training Systems in the Western Balkans Region (ReSPA, December 2008)
Here's a comparative overview of the Civil Service Training Systems in the Western Balkans, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/99).