Message-ID: <MAC.960819143834@maine.maine.EDU> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 14:38:34 EDT From: Dennis McConnell - Maine Business School <mailto:mac@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> Subject: Public Management Newsletter from SIGMA/OECD To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
I have today received the most recent issue of SIGMA Newsletter,
which has prompted this note. In the first section, I provide
some information about SIGMA. In the second section, some infor-
mation about the newsletter
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SIGMA
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The most recent issue of the CCET Newsletter, Transition Brief,
included a profile of SIGMA, an organization that may be of great
interest and importance to some members of the list. I am provid-
ing here part of the profile that was included in the newsletter:
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Public Administration Reform Supports Transition
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Reform of the machinery of government, the public administration,
is an essential link in the process of transition.
Strengthening the capacity to govern not only helps drive the
adaptation of legal frameworks and economic environments, but
also facilitates integration into regional and global economic,
political and defense structures.
SIGMA (Support for Improvement in Government and Management in
Central and Eastern European Countries), a joint initiative of
the OECD/CCET and the European Union (EU) Phare Programme, sup-
ports efforts in administrative reform. Since 1992, SIGMA has
provided assistance in:
* developing a modern, professional, non-political civil service,
guided by ethics, and the sense of public interest; and
* extending the institutional capacity of government and adminis-
tration to deal with policy-making, resource allocation, and
the implementation of control systems.
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More information about SIGMA is available from Bart Edes, at this
e-mail address: mailto:bard.edes@oecd.org
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SIGMA Newsletter - Public Management Forum
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The current issue (Vol. 2, No. 1 1996) of Public Management Forum
includes several discussions that will be of interest to many
members of the list. The topics include:
* Czech Republic Implements Local Government Budget Reform
* Controlling Government Personnel Expenditures
* Transition, European Integration and Administrative Reform
* Polish Plan Aims to Improve Central Administration
* Albania Works to Strengthen Links Among Ministries
* Bureaucratic Burdens on Private Enterprise in a Transitional
Economy
* Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration of
Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee)
* UNDP Backs Human Development in Latvia
* Publications on Public Management
Public Management Forum is available free of charge to interested
professionals. You may send the following information by post,
fax, or e-mail:
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