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Principles of Public Administration Data Portal - new policy simulator
26 May 2022
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Newsletter May 2022: 30 years of SIGMA
25 May 2022
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SIGMA-ReSPA Public Administration Awards in the Western Balkan region – 2022 Edition
26 April 2022
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Regional Overview Western Balkans
16 February 2022
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2021 Monitoring Reports
30 November 2021
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Support for Improvement in Government and Management has been working with partner public administrations on strengthening their public governance systems and capacities since 1992.
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News & Events
Visit of Executive Director of the Reform Delivery Office, Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
On 16 June 2022, the Executive Director of the Reform Delivery Office of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Tetyana Kovtun, visited SIGMA and discussed PAR-related issues in Ukraine’s Draft Recovery Plan. She presented the Plan at a meeting with OECD staff working on Ukraine and gave a speech alongside the OECD Secretary-General at a meeting dedicated to SIGMA’s 30th anniversary.
High-level event on regulatory reform in Egypt with ERRADA
On 31 May SIGMA organised an event in Cairo “For a Strong Economy - Guidance to Regulatory Reform in Egypt” under the Auspices of the Minister of Planning and Economic Development, to launch the Guide to Developing Secondary Legislation in Egyptian Legislating Bodies, a methodological tool on good legislation for policy implementation, economic development and service delivery.
Ministerial follow-up event – administrative simplification through evidence-based policy making
The second follow-up event after the Ministerial linked the results from the PDC and service delivery areas. A high-level conference was organised jointly with ReSPA on 24-25 May 2022 in Istanbul with senior officials from all Western Balkan administrations representing the centres of government, service delivery and policymaking institutions and officials from OECD and EU.
Ministerial follow-up event - Digital Government in the Western Balkans
This event on 28 April focused on key opportunities and challenges for governments in digital transformation now and in the future. Issues such as further digitalising services, investing in infrastructure, digital skills and competences, securing electronic identification, authentication and trust services were discussed with key digital actors from the Western Balkan region.
Recognising public governance initiatives in the Western Balkans
SIGMA and the Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA) have initiated the second edition of the Public Administration Awards to recognise successful governance initiatives in the Western Balkan region. This year, the Public Administration Awards are recognising the provision of better public services to improve the lives of citizens in the region.