• 22-May-2013

    Russian, PDF, 718kb

    SIGMA Paper No. 38: Political Advisors and Civil Servants in European Countries (2007, Russian)

    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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  • 22-May-2013

    Russian, PDF, 797kb

    SIGMA Paper No. 43: Organising the Central State Administration (2007, Russian)

    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.

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  • 30-April-2013

    Russian, PDF, 899kb

    SIGMA Paper No. 34: Achieving High Quality in the Work of Supreme Audit Institutions (2004, Russian)

    This paper focuses primarily on the issue of how to achieve high quality in the audit process. In addition to describing the types of procedures needed to achieve quality, however, it discusses basic principles and those matters of institutional management that create an environment that encourages high quality in an State audit institution’s work.

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  • 30-April-2013

    Russian, PDF, 573kb

    SIGMA Paper No. 27: European Principles for Public Administration (Rev 1, 1999, Russian)

    This paper attempts to identify the standards to which EU candidate countries are expected to conform in order to align their public administrations with those of EU Member States. Originating from SIGMA’s work on public administration reform in central and eastern European countries, it describes an important part of the basis of the SIGMA methodology for assessing candidate countries’ public administration capacities.

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  • 30-April-2013

    Russian, PDF, 570kb

    SIGMA Paper No. 15: Checklist on Law Drafting and Regulatory Management in CEE (1997, Russian)

    This checklist offers a means for evaluating structures, procedures and techniques for preparing and drafting legislation, and for identifying methodologies that may be helpful when changes are under consideration. Law drafting comprises two stages: policy development, and preparation of the legislative text to give effect to the policy adopted. The checklist is primarily concerned with the latter.

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  • 30-April-2013

    Russian, PDF, 470kb

    SIGMA Paper No. 14: Civil Service Legislation (1997, Russian)

    This checklist is intended to supplement the Civil Service Legislation Contents Checklist, SIGMA Paper No.5. It deals with matters that can usefully be considered in connection with the secondary instruments that may be needed to implement the Civil Service Act enacted by the Parliament.

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  • 30-April-2013

    Russian, PDF, 566kb

    SIGMA Paper No. 1: Top Management Service in Central Government (1995, Russian)

    This publication aims to provide practical input to countries which are conducting the necessary analyses and preparing decisions. Indeed, development of a top management service is a task which must be undertaken in countries choosing to adopt such a service, taking into account national objectives and preconditions.

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  • 8-April-2013

    Russian, PDF, 477kb

    Defence Procurement (Policy brief No. 23, September 2011, Russian)

    SIGMA brief 23 gives a short overview of the particular characteristics of defence procurement and how defence procurement is organised in the European Union. It also gives an overview of the regulatory framework of the European Union with special attention to the Defence and Security Directive (2009/81/EC). It also covers some other linking issues such as offsets and parallel regimes.

  • 8-April-2013

    Russian, PDF, 456kb

    Contract Management (Policy brief No. 22, September 2011, Russian)

    Contracts are frequently complex, may involve multiple actors, may last a long time and may consume many resources. It is therefore vital that they are properly managed. SIGMA Brief 22 first describes the process of contract management and then presents contract management in practice and post-contract performance review.

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  • 8-April-2013

    Russian, PDF, 453kb

    Performance Measurement (Policy brief No. 21, August 2011, Russian)

    This brief explains the rationale for measuring performance in public procurement, the benefits of effective performance management and also gives guidance on how to measure performance. Finally, it sets out some examples of methodologies which could be used to determine performance at different levels of the public procurement system.

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