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 …

Countries that are candidates for European Union (EU) accession face the complex and urgent task of building … audience includes all those involved in Institution Building within candidate countries, EU Member States, the European …

Western market economy and the body of EU legislation, the acquis communautaire. As the harmonisation of the national legal … framework to EU standards is one of the yardsticks for EU accession, most candidate countries have drafted and adopted new … other transition countries to develop an interest in impact assessment. EU Member States introduced impact assessment for …

obligations of EU membership. SIGMA examines this in two publications that chronicle the experiences of seven EU Member States …, including its three newest adherents, in integrating EU budgetary, financial control and audit procedures and requirements with … adaptation and development of the government administration in the seven countries. The two publications also provide insight …

. The responses of EU Member States’ Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) to the Commission’s external audit procedures and …