Message-ID: <m0uuN3O-00056wC@arcc.or.ke> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 21:03:00 EAT From: Charles Muchene <mailto:cmuchene@ARCC.OR.KE> Subject: Re: Public Management Newsletter from SIGMA/OECD To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
At 02:38 PM 8/19/96 EDT, Dennis McConnell - Maine Business School wrote: >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.
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>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.
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>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:
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>* 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:
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>* 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
>
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