2016 events

Western Balkans and Turkey

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

• Albania - Workshop on the impact of corruption on the public procurement market (Tirana, 27 January 2016)

• Albania - Introductory Seminar to SIGMA's Concessions and PPP Projects (Tirana, 10-11 February 2016)

• the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Workshop on the preparation of horizontal audit (Skopje, 16-19 February 2016)

• the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Presentation of SIGMA baseline measurement report (Skopje, 11 March 2016)

• the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Workshop on legal challenges in public procurement procedures (Skopje, 21 March 2016)

• Montenegro - Competency frameworks for senior civil servants (Podgorica, 30 March 2016)

• Albania - Training session: Technical and financial aspects of Public Private Partnerships / Concessions projects (Tirana, 5-6 May 2016)

• Kosovo - Roundtable meeting on administrative disputes (Pristina, 13 May 2016)

• Montenegro - Regulatory impact assessment in Montenegro (Budva, 18-19 May 2016)

• Albania - Monitoring and Evaluation of the Albanian Public Finance Management Strategy (Tirana, 19 May 2016) 

• Turkey - Transposition of EU Legislation into the Legal System of Turkey (Ankara, 24-25 May 2016)

• Kosovo - Second round table meeting on administrative disputes (Pristina,12 July 2016)

• the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - public administration reform strategy development (Skopje, 29-30 August 2016)

• Montenegro - seminar on service design methodology (Budva, 19-20 September 2016)

• Kosovo - workshop for the Public Procurement Review Body (PRB) – practical aspects of the PRB’s daily work: principles, practice and transparency (Pristina, 21 September, 2016)

• Montenegro - workshop with senior civil service managers to develop a competency framework (Podgorica, 5 October 2016)

• Albania - Improving the public consultation process in Albania (Tirana, 21 October 2016)

• Turkey - Forming of audit opinions (Ankara, 26-27 October 216)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Development of the new PAR strategic framework, (Sarajevo, 31 October – 2 November 2016)

• Montenegro - Procurement Policies for Concessions (Podgorica, 7-8 November 2016)

• Montenegro - Developing a competency framework for senior managers (Podgorica, 9 November 2016)

• Serbia - Current EU practices for the public procurement institutions in Serbia (Belgrade, 15 November 2016)

• Serbia - SIGMA Principles in Civil Society Organisations (Belgrade, 14-15 December 2016)

• Montenegro - Presentation of the competency framework for senior civil service managers (Podgorica, 14 December 2016)

For further information please contact the country co-ordinator:

Albania : Bagrat Tunyan I Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo: Primoz Vehar I The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Miroslawa Boryczka I Montenegro: Timo Ligi I Serbia: Brian Finn I Turkey: Kaido Paabusk

European Neighbourhood East

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine

• Georgia - Workshop and discussion on the Civil Service Law of Georgia (Tbilisi, 20–22 Jan 2016)

• Ukraine - Meetings to discuss the secondary legislation draft Law of Ukraine "On Civil Service" (Kiev, 15-18 March 2016)

• Moldova - Baseline measurement report on Moldova presented at high level event (Chisinau, 12 May 2016)

• Georgia - Developing risk management in ministries (Tbilisi, 20 July 2016)

• Georgia - Workshop on the EU Public Procurement Directives (Tbilisi, 20-21 September 2016)

• Azerbaijan - Bilateral event: SIGMA’s Principles of Public Administration for European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) countries, (Baku, 24 November 2016)

• Georgia - Workshops on e-catalogues and remedies (Tbilisi26-27 November 2016)

For further information please contact the country co-ordinator:

Armenia: Marian Lemke I Azerbaijan: Daniel Ivarsson I Georgia: Alastair Swarbrick I Moldova: Marian Lemke I Ukraine: Wojciech Zielinski

European Neighbourhood South

Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia

• Morocco - Employment, the new core component of the public service system? (30-31 March 2016)

• Egypt - ERRADA Working Group on simplification of administrative procedures (Cairo, 2 June 2016)

• Lebanon - Introducing performance auditing in Supreme Audit Institutions (Beirut, 28-29 June 2016)

• Tunisia - The independence of the Court of Auditors is a precondition for its effectiveness (Tunis, 12 July 2016)

• Algeria - Seminar on the quality of public services (Algiers, 20-21 September 2016)

• Jordan - Roundtable on audit reporting (Amman, 15-16 October 2016)

• Jordan - Introducing a competencies approach in the Jordanian civil service (Amman, 7 December 2016)

• Tunisia - Senior Civil Service in Tunisia – Improving professionalisation of employment at managerial level in the Tunisian public sector (Tunis, 13-14 December 2016)

For further information please contact the country co-ordinator:

Algeria: Piotr-Nils Gorecki I Egypt: Péter Vagi I Jordan: Xavier Sisternas I Lebanon: Erika Bozzay I Morocco: Lech Marcinowski I Tunisia: Bianca Brétéché

Multi-country

• Regional conference on the Principles of Public Administration for ENP countries, Dead Sea, Jordan, 10 May 2016

• Regional conference for procurement review bodies, Ohrid, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 9-10 June 2016

• Roundtable on Independence of Supreme Audit Institutions, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 8 September 2016

• 4th Regional Conference on Public Internal Financial Control for EU Enlargement Countries, Bečići, Montenegro, 29-30 September 2016

• Developing effective working relationships between Supreme Audit Institutions and Parliaments, Ankara, Turkey, 8-9 November 2016