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

the comparison of Freedom of Information Acts (FOIAs) and their administrative/judicial enforcement in 14 EU member states … and the EU institutions. …

negotiators. Chapters have been grouped around the three main topics which the seminar addressed: (1) managing EU affairs; (2 … involved in becoming an EU Member State, and on their efforts in administrative reform, contributed to the seminar’s success …. SIGMA wishes to thank Nelli Sakellariadou from the Greek Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and …