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8-November-2018
English
Managerial accountability in the Western Balkans: a comparative analysis of the barriers and opportunities faced by senior managers in delivering policy objectives (SIGMA Paper No.58, November 2018)
The Paper analyses the state of play regarding managerial accountability in the Western Balkans based on the Principles of Public Administration. Managerial accountability means both a clear focus on performance and compliance with rules.
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12-February-2014
English
Organising the Central State Administration (SIGMA Paper No. 43, 2007)
One of this paper’s main purposes is to provide bases for policy advice to policy‑makers on the drafting of legislation on the organisation and functioning of the state administration. It is also available in the following languages: French, Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, and Turkish.
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12-February-2014
English
The Right to Open Public Administrations in Europe (SIGMA Paper No. 46, 2010)
The aim of this paper is to explore the most problematic aspects of information access legal regimes and to provide some guidelines to policy makers, including legislators, governments and public administrators. The analysis covers 14 EU member states and the EU institutions. It is also available in the following languages on our website: French, Arabic, Serbian Cyrillic, Serbian Latin and Spanish.
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11-June-2008
English, PDF, 357kb
Drafting a Concept Paper on the Organisational Structure of the Executive's Public Administration (Francisco Cardona, 2008)
This paper focuses on the essential issues that should be considered in a concept paper on the organisational structure of the state administration.
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24-January-2007
English, PDF, 295kb
Federalism and the Balance of Power in European States (Michael Keating, 2006)
Prepared for SIGMA, this paper aims to assess the experience of, and prospects for, systems of divided and shared powers in managing social, cultural and political diversity.
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24-May-2005
English, PDF, 211kb
Assigning Competences and Functions to Local Self-Government in Four EU Member States (Salvador Parrado Diez, May 2005)
The paper analyses the challenges posed by the transfer of functions and competences from higher levels of government to local authorities in four EU Member States, namely France, Germany, Portugal and Spain.
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1-February-2005
English, PDF, 316kb
Saving the State Again: Turks Face the Challenge of European Governance (Kivanç Ulusoy, Ankara, 1-2 February 2005)
The conditions for Turkish membership in the EU are virtually of a revolutionary character in that they require fundamental change in the structure of government of the republican regime. Given this assessment of the radical character of the proposed reforms for EU membership, the challenge of EU membership is actually an effort of “saving the State”.