Competence: Public Administration and Good Governance

Selected Project References: 

Support to the Training Institute of Public Administration

Albania, 2007 – 2008
Client: Delegation of the European Commission (CARDS)
Beneficiary: Training Institute of Public Administration
Modernisation of Albania’s administrative capacity and strengthening of its key institutions, improvements to its human ressource management, strengthening of the internal capacities of the Training Institute for Public Administration, development of training systems, methodologies, guidance documents and quality control standards.
Keywords: Public Administration, Human Ressource Development, Human Ressource Management, Training

Tourism consulting services for hotel standardisation and classification in Bhutan
 
Bhutan, 2007 – 2009
Client: Austrian Development Agency
Beneficiary: Department of Tourism
Support the Bhutanese Department of Tourism to successfully standardise and classify tourism facilities in Bhutan by developing a system of guidelines, institutional frameworks, task descriptions and training programmes in line with the objectives of the sustainable tourism development strategy.
Keywords: Tourism, Training, Hotel Standardisation and Classification, Quality Assurance and Management

Technical assistance for project preparation and implementation of the Phare CBC programme Bulgaria - Romania

Bulgaria, 2006 – 2007
Client: Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works (PHARE)
Preparation for the effective implementation of cross border cooperation (CBC) programmes, assistance to the preparation of programme documents, capacity building in the administrative structures and support to prospective project promoters.
Keywords: Programme Management, Structural Funds, Cross Border Cooperation (CBC), Project Preparation, ERDF, Awareness Raising

Institutional support to the Ministry of Justice for development of a Sectoral Policy and Budgetary Support Programme

Burkina Faso, 2008
Client: Delegation of the European Commission
Beneficiary: Ministry of Justice
Supporting the implementation and monitoring of the PC PANRJ (Consolidation Plan of the National Action Plan for the Justice Reform) and strengthening the capacities of the Ministry of Justice in the field of sectoral policy planning and programming.
Keywords: Justice Reform, Public Procurement Management, Sectoral Policy Planning and Programming

Decentralisation reform process in Congo

 
Congo, 2007
Client: Delegation of the European Commission (FED)
Introduction of a decentralisation reform for the national public administration to grant more competences, responsibilities and financial ressources to regional and local authorities. Preparation of terms of reference for identification studies, participation at the national forum, proposal of a fiscal equalisation model and elaboration of financial viability studies.
Keywords: Public Administration, Decentralisation, Budgeting, Project Formulation
 

Support to the Social Fund for Development in preparing the programme budget estimate and preparing/launching three Works Tenders and one Call for Proposals 

Egypt, 2007 – 2008
Client: Delegation of the European Commission (MEDA)
Beneficiary: Social Fund for Development
Focus on activities of the “Integrated Services for the Poor Programme” involving infrastructure works as well as social development activities such as education, vocational training or health in urban and rural areas suffering from poverty.
Keywords: Poverty Reduction, Social and Economic Development, Infrastructure, Procurement, Grant Scheme Management, Evaluation

Institutional strengthening of the Egyptian Tourist Authority (ETA) 

Egypt, 2007 – 2009
Client: Austrian Agency for European Integration and Economic Development (MEDA Twinning)
Beneficiary: Ministry of Tourism
Strengthening the institutional capacity of ETA and maximising economic development and employment creation in the tourism sector in order to achieve sustainable growth of tourism in Egypt.
Keywords: Strategy, Marketing Planning, Marketing Organisations, Organisational Development, IT, Human Ressource Development, Training, Twinning

Technical Assistance for Institutional Capacity for the Government Communication Directorate 

Jordan, 2008
Client: Delegation of the European Commission
Beneficiary: Government Communication Directorate
Strengthening the Government Communication Directorate through improved communication of governmental plans and activities to the civil society, supporting the existing Government Communication Network (Government Spokespersons).
Keywords: Communication, Training
 

Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Finance of Macedonia for the estimation of the costs of the transferred competences to Local Self Government Units (Lot 11)

Macedonia (FYROM), 2008
Client: European Agency for Reconstruction
Beneficiary: Ministry of Finance
Assisting the Ministry of Finance to implement its fiscal decentralisation successfully, by estimating the cost of competences transferred to local self-government units (LSGUs) with a view to improving the transfer system currently used to assign fiscal ressources to LSGUs.
Keywords: Finance, Decentralisation, Local Self Government Units, Budgeting, Revenue
 

Cultural development programme Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 

Macedonia (FYROM), 1998 – 2004

Client: European Commission (PHARE)
Beneficiary: Ministry of Culture
Support the reorganisation of the Ministry, promote Public Private Partnerships and stimulate the development of commercial, semi-commercial and autonomous management of cultural institutions, monitoring of a special fund for the stimulation and execution of 42 different art projects.
Keywords: Cultural Heritage, Management of Cultural Institutions, Art, Public Private Partnerships, Grant Scheme Management, Project Preparation, Evaluation

Strengthening of the accounting monitoring to the EDF National Authorising Officer (NAO)

Mauritania, 2008
Client: Delegation of the European Commission (EDF)
Development of an accounting system for the NAO to implement an appropriate IT system for monitoring and accounting. Advise on organisational aspects such as organisational design, human ressources, management of information and communication. Establishment of an internal quality control system, including a system for monitoring projects on the ground.
Keywords: Accounting, Monitoring, Organisational Design, Quality Control
 

Public Expenditure Financial Accountability (PEFA) Evaluation 

Mauritania, 2008
Client: Delegation of the European Commission (EDF)
Beneficiary: Ministry of Economy and Finance
Evaluation of the Financial Management Reform Programme to increase accountability and transparency for the 10th EDF framework reviewing the Mauritanian Public Finance Management system, based on 31 high-level indicators of the Public Financial Management Performance Measurement Framework (PEFA).
Keywords: Public Financial Management Performance (PEFA), Evaluation

Elaboration of an institutional twinning project fiche and/or technical assistance project fiche to the Directorate for Public Companies and Privatisation (DEPP) 

Morocco, 2008 – 2009
Client: Delegation of the European Commission (EDF)
Beneficiary: Department for Public Enterprises and Privatisation
Strengthening of the cooperation between Morocco and the EU under Accord d´Association through development and implementation of public private partnerships and technical assistance, institutional twinning between the Moroccan Department for Public Enterprises and Privatisation and a similar structure in an EU member state.
Keywords: Public Private Partnerships, Twinning, Project Preparation

Institution building, secondary legislation drafting and training concerning the movable cultural heritage and cultural goods
 
Romania, 2007 – 2008
Client: Austrian Agency for European Integration and Economic Development (PHARE Twinning)
Beneficiary: Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs
Improving the capacity of the ministries and subordinated bodies involved in the protection of moveable cultural goods to combat illegal trade and export, theft, destruction and forgery, development of a monitoring and co-ordination IT system to form an integrated protection strategy.
Keywords: Cultural Heritage, Organisational Design, Communication, Interorganisational and international cooperation Management Information Systems, IT, Legislation, Monitoring, Training, Procurement

Evaluation of the tender and implemantation of the supply contract for the media programme

Serbia, 2007 – 2008
Client: European Agency for Reconstruction (CARDS)
Beneficiary: Yugoslav Film Archive
Media reform in Serbia developing access for Serbia's citizens to independent public and private media, improving the quality of the programme, assistance to EAR in tender evaluation and supervision of the project implementation.
Keywords: Cultural Heritage, Media, IT, Procurement, Evaluation, Supervision, Training

Strategic management advice for the Ministry of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development of GoSS
 
Sudan, 2008 – 2009
Client: Delegation of the European Commission (FED)
Beneficiary: Ministry of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development
Strengthening the capacity, transparency, and accountability of the Ministry of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development, building knowledge and competence of its senior management staff, increasing the capacity to receive and administer development ressources.
Keywords: Strategy, Organisational Design, Human Ressources, Communication Training

Syria, 2008 – 2009
Client: Delegation of the European Commission (MEDA)
Beneficiary: Ministry of Local Administration and Environment
Provision of information to decision-makers in the government of Syria and the European Commission for an informed judgement about the performance of the Municipal Administration Modernisation, evaluating the consistency of MAM within its policy/programme framework, the potential future impact of MAM, future sustainabiliy of benefits, possible programme reorientation and extension.
Keywords: Public Administration, Municipal Administration, Evaluation

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