SIGMA PapersPub Date : 2018-10-02DOI: 10.1787/f511e46f-en
Mariann Lemke, Susie Smith, T. Kolar, M. Stachowiak
{"title":"Implementing the EU Directives on the selection of economic operators in public procurement procedures","authors":"Mariann Lemke, Susie Smith, T. Kolar, M. Stachowiak","doi":"10.1787/f511e46f-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/f511e46f-en","url":null,"abstract":"This Paper analyses and presents the implementation of new procurement tools relating to the choice of participants in public procurement procedures in selected EU member countries, based on the EU Directives, in order to provide examples to SIGMA’s partner countries. A detailed analysis of policies and rules, as well as practical examples, offers guidance on issues such as how to reduce over bureaucratic requirements and the cost of participation for economic operators; how contracting authorities can simplify and streamline the process of verification of information provided by economic operators; how other state authorities (tax offices, courts, etc.) can support contracting authorities; to establish official lists of economic operators; and how to use blacklists and under what conditions. The study gives a detailed overview of the provisions of the EU Directives on mandatory and discretionary grounds for exclusion, self-cleaning, selection of economic operators, self-certification, means of proof, official lists and blacklisting. It presents several practical examples of the transposition of those provisions into the national legislation of selected EU member countries.","PeriodicalId":302159,"journal":{"name":"SIGMA Papers","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121988849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SIGMA PapersPub Date : 2018-09-07DOI: 10.1787/8535b60b-en
Annika Uudelepp, W. Zielinski, Juhani Lemmik, Kaido Paabusk
{"title":"Analysis of the Professionalisation of the Senior Civil Service and the Way Forward for the Western Balkans","authors":"Annika Uudelepp, W. Zielinski, Juhani Lemmik, Kaido Paabusk","doi":"10.1787/8535b60b-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/8535b60b-en","url":null,"abstract":"Professionalisation of the senior civil service (SCS) is a key determinant of organisational performance in the public sector. It helps governments fulfil policy objectives. Building a professional SCS involves the development of both professional competence and political responsiveness. However, SCS professionalisation remains one of the main challenges in the public administrations of the Western Balkans.\u0000This paper provides an overview of the state of play in the Western Balkans based on the Principles of Public Administration elaborated by SIGMA, and on other OECD analytical work, and suggests ways forward. The paper demonstrates that most of the current systems are not yet capable of producing a professional SCS. The paper intends to help senior-ranking decision makers, both at the political and SCS level, to design policies and institutions to support greater professionalism of the SCS.","PeriodicalId":302159,"journal":{"name":"SIGMA Papers","volume":"304 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131610757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SIGMA PapersPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1787/2A38A1D9-EN
Miroslawa Boryczka, Daria Bochnar, Andra Larin
{"title":"Guidelines for assessing the quality of internal control systems","authors":"Miroslawa Boryczka, Daria Bochnar, Andra Larin","doi":"10.1787/2A38A1D9-EN","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/2A38A1D9-EN","url":null,"abstract":"Public sector organisations across the world are increasingly using advanced management concepts. One such concept, internal control, is a set of management arrangements designed to achieve an organisation’s objectives on time, to appropriate performance standards, within budget, efficiently, effectively and in compliance with the law. These Guidelines explain in detail how to develop internal control in public sector organisations and how to assess the quality of existing systems. They are intended to guide ministries of finance and public sector managers in EU candidate countries and potential candidates, but could also be used by other administrations interested in assessing or improving their management and control systems.","PeriodicalId":302159,"journal":{"name":"SIGMA Papers","volume":"6 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132746644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}