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TRANSLATION OF SELECTED PUBLICATIONS INTO CEE NATIONAL LANGUAGES


LGPSRI (Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative Open Society Institute) Budapest, Hungary awarded the grant to the NISPAcee publication project for the period 1998 - 2011.

Goal of this project was to translate SIGMA*, NISPAcee and other relevant publications from English to CEE national languages based on requests and needs of governmental institutions or NISPAcee member institutions from CEE countries.

The objective of the project was to make publications, which were developed and published with an aim to provide decision-makers, civil servants as well as academics from CEE countries with a tool which could help them in the transition period and reform efforts, accessible for them in their native language. 



List of publications translated within NISPAcee translation project
supported by LGI / OSI Hungary Budapest


Albanian language

EIPA:
1.Administration in Transition - Modernisation of PA in 4 countries

SIGMA/OECD:
2.SIGMA Papers No. 4: Management Control in Modern Government Administration: Some Comparative Practices
3.SIGMA Papers No. 23: Preparing Public Administrations for the European Administrative Space
4.SIGMA Papers No. 26: Sustainable Institutions for European Union Membership
5.SIGMA Papers No. 27: European Principles for Public Administration
6.SIGMA Papers No. 31: Improving Policy Instruments through Impact Assessment
7.SIGMA Papers No. 37: Enlargement of the European Union: An analysis of the negotiations for the countries of the Western Balkans
8.SIGMA Papers No. 38: Political Advisors and Civil Servants in European Countries
9.SIGMA Papers No. 39: The role of Ministries in the policy system: Policy development, monitoring and evaluation
10.SIGMA Papers No. 43: Organizing the central state administration: Policies and instruments
11.Managing Decentralization - A New Role for Labour Market Policy
12.Uses and Abuses of Governance Indicators, Authors: Christiane Arndt and Charles Oman, OECD Development Centre, 2006

NISPAcee:
1.Lessons and Recommendations for Improvement: Central and Eastern European Public Administration and Public Policy
2.Fiscal Decentralization and Grant Transfers in Transition Countries: A Critical Perspective, NISPAcee 2005
3.Public Management Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe, NISPAcee 2008

OTHER:
1.Recognizing value in policing - The challenge of measuring police performance, Mark Moore, D. Thacher, A. Dodge, T. Moore, Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)


Armenian language

SIGMA/OECD:
1.SIGMA Papers No. 1: Top Management Service in Central Government: Introducing a System for the Higher Civil Service in Central and Eastern European Countries
2.SIGMA Papers No. 16: Public Service Training in OECD Countries
3.SIGMA Papers No. 21 : Promoting Performance and Professionalism in the Public Service
4.SIGMA Papers No. 22: Management Challenges at the Centre of Government: Coalition Situations and Government Transitions
5.SIGMA Papers No. 25: Public Opinion Surveys as Input to Administrative Reform
6.SIGMA Papers No. 38: Political Advisors and Civil Servants in European Countries

OTHER:
1.Human resources for health in Europe, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Series. Edited by Josep Figueras, Martin McKee, Elias Mossialos and Richard B. Saltman
2.Improved Health System Performance Through Better Care Coordination (Health Working Paper No. 30 plus Annex), Maria M. Hofmarcher, Howard Oxley, and Elena Rusticelli


Azeri language

NISPAcee:
1.Lessons and Recommendations for Improvement: Central and Eastern European Public Administration and Public Policy", Ed. Juraj Nemec
2.Public Administration and Public Policy Degree Programmes in Europe: The Road from Bologna, Gyorgy Jenei, Karoly Mike, NISPAcee 2008
3.Corruption and Anti Corruption Measures in Central And Eastern Europe, NISPAcee 2009

OTHER:
1.Modern Economics; An Introduction”, Jack Harvey and Erine Jowsey


Bosnian language

EIPA:
1.European Civil Services between Tradition and Reform
2.Managing Public Expenditures - A Reference Book for Transition

SIGMA/OECD:
3.SIGMA Papers No. 12: Country Pofiles of Civil Service Training Systems
4.SIGMA Papers No. 21: Promoting Performance and Professionalism in the Public Service
5.SIGMA Papers No. 30: Public Procurement Review Procedures


Bulgarian language

EIPA:
1.A Guide to the Enlargement of the EU (II): A Review of the…..
2.Civil Services in the Europe of Fifteen: Trends and New Develop…
3.The EU and Crisis Management: Development and Prospects
4.From Graphite to Diamond: The importance of institutional structure in establishing capacity….
5.Improving Policy Instruments Through Impact Assessment
6.Civil Services in the Accession States: New Trends and the Impact of the Integration
7.eGovernment in Europe: the state of affairs
8.European Civil Services between Tradition and Reform
9.Main challenges in the field of ethics and integrity in the EU…
10.Are Civil Servants Different Because They Are Civil Servants? Who Are the Civil Servants and How?
11.Public Administrations and Services of General Interest: What Kind of Europeanisation?

SIGMA/OECD:
12.Governance in transition: Public management refoms in OECD countries
13.Regulatory Management and Reform, Regulatory Impact Analyst: Best Practices in OECD Countries
14.Ethics in the public service: Current issue and practice (Occasional Papers No. 14)
15.Benchmarking, evaluation and strategic management in the public sect.
16.Modern budgeting
17.Putting markets to work: The design and use of marketable permits and obligations (Occasional Papers No. 19)
18.Contracting out government services: Best practice guidelines and case studies (Occasional Papers No. 20)
19.User charging for government services (Occas. Pap. No. 22)
20.OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reforms : Regulatory Policies
21.SIGMA Policy Briefs No. 1: Anatomy of the Expenditure Budget
22.SIGMA Papers No. 1: Top Management Service in Central Government: Introducing a System for the Higher Civil Service in Central and Eastern European Countries
23.SIGMA Papers No. 11: Budgeting and Monitoring of Personnel Costs
24.SIGMA Papers No. 16: Public Service Training in OECD Countries
25.SIGMA Papers No. 19: Effects of European Union Accession: Part I Budgeting and Financial Control
26.SIGMA Papers No. 20: Effects of European Union Accession: Part II External Audit
27.SIGMA Papers No. 21: Promoting Performance and Professionalism in the Public Service
28.SIGMA Papers No. 23: Preparing Public Administrations for the European Administrative Space
29.SIGMA Papers No. 24: Central Bank Audit Practices
30.SIGMA Papers No. 25: Public Opinion Surveys as Input to Administrative Reform
31.SIGMA Papers No. 26: Sustainable Institutions for European Union Membership
32.SIGMA Papers No. 31: Improving Policy Instruments through Impact Assessment
33.SIGMA Papers No. 32: Financial Management and Control of Public Agencies
34.Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Sector, A Toolkit, OECD
35.Sigma External Audit & Financial Control Glossary, SIGMA, a joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union
36.Conflict of Interest Policies and Practices in Nine EU Member States: A Comparative Review, Sigma


Croatian language

SIGMA/OECD:
1.OECD Handbook "Citizens as Partners – Information, Consultation and Public Participation in Policy-Making
2.Promises and problems of e-democracy: Challenges of online citizen engagement, 2003


Estonian language

SIGMA/OECD:
1.SIGMA Papers No. 6: Internationalism of Policy-making
2.SIGMA Papers No. 9: Effective Communications Between the Public Service and the Media
3.SIGMA Papers No. 21: Promoting Performance and Professionalism in the Public Service
4.SIGMA Papers No. 22: Management Challenges at the Centre of Government: Coalition Situations and Government Transitions
5.SIGMA Papers No. 26: Sustainable Institutions for European Union Membership
6.SIGMA Papers No. 27: European Principles for Public Administration
7.SIGMA Papers No. 31: Improving Policy Instruments through Impact Assessment


Georgian language

EIPA
1.European Civil Services between Tradition and Reform

SIGMA/OECD:
2.SIGMA Papers No. 1: Top Management Service in Central Government: Introducing a System for the Higher Civil Service in Central and Eastern European Countries
3.SIGMA Papers No. 22: Management Challenges at the Centre of Government: Coalition Situations and Government Transitions
4.Managing Public Expenditures - A Reference Book for Transition

NISPAcee
5.Public Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: Theories, Methods, Practices

OTHER
6.The New Public Health: An Introduction for 21st Century, Academic Press 2000
7.Informational System for Health Care Management-Textbook,6 Edition, Ch.J. Austin, St. B. Boxerman, Health Administration Press, 2002


Hungarian language

SIGMA/OECD:
1.Public management OECD country profiles (1992)


Lithuanian language

SIGMA/OECD:
1.Contracting out government services - Occas. Pap. No. 20
2.User charging government services - Occas. Pap. No. 22
3.SIGMA Papers No. 26: Sustainable Institutions for European Union Membership


Macedonian language

EIPA:
1.Civil Services in the Europe of Fifteen: Trends and New Develop.

SIGMA/OECD:
1.Responsive Government: Service Quality Initiatives
2.Fiscal futures, institutional budget reforms, and their effects: what can be learned?”, OECD publication
3.Challenges of human resources management for multi-level government, OECD publication
4.SIGMA Papers No. 23: Preparing Public Administrations for the European Administrative Space
5.SIGMA Papers No. 26: Sustainable Institutions for European Union Membership
6.SIGMA Papers No. 27: European Principles for Public Administration
7.SIGMA Papers No. 32: Financial Management and Control of Public Agencies
8.SIGMA Papers No. 39: The role of Ministries in the policy system: Policy development, monitoring and evaluation
9.SIGMA Papers No. 43: Organizing the central state administration: Policies and instruments
SIGMA Papers No. 44: Sustainability of Civil Service Reforms in Central 10.and Eastern Europe Five Years After EU Accession, SIGMA/OECD 2009

OTHER:
4.Budget Reporting, Research Report, IFAC


Polish language

SIGMA/OECD:
1.Civil Services in the Accession States: New Trends and the Impact of the Integration
2.Improving Policy Implementation in an Enlarged European Union: The Case of National Regulatory Authorities
3.European Civil Services between Tradition and Reform
4.European Environmental Policy: The Administrative Challenge for the Member States


Romanian language

EIPA:
1.Administration in Transition - Modernisation of PA in 4 countries
2.EU Structural Funds beyond AGENDA 2000: Reform & Implic.
3.Training in European Integration: Towards cooperation between
4.Civil Services in the Europe of Fifteen: Trends and New Develop.
5.Organisational Analysis of a Europeanisation Process…
6.The intermidiate level of govern. In Euroepan states: complexity…
7.The EU and Crisis Management: Development and prospects
8.Increasing Transparency in the EU?
9.From Graphite to Diamond: The importance of institutional structure in establishing capacity….
10.Rethinking the European Union: IGC 2000 and Beyond
11.Civil Services in the Accession States: New Trends and the Impact of the Integration
12.Improving Policy Implementation in an Enlarged European Union: The Case of National Regulatory Authorities
13.The Common Agricultural Policy and the Environmental Challenge
14.Beyond the Chapter: Enlargement Challenges for CFSP and ESDP
15.Quality Management Tools in CEE Candidate Countries: Current Practice, Needs and Expectations
16.From Luxembourg to Lisbon and Beyond: Making the Employment Strategy Work
17.Guide to EU information
18.eGovernment in Europe: the state of affairs
19.Regionale verwaltungen auf dem weg nach Europa
20.Continuity and change in the European integration process
21.Enlargement of the EU and efective implementation of its rules..
22.An Overview of the Treaty of Accession of Cyprus, Czech Republic…
23.European Civil Services between Tradition and Reform
24.European Environmental Policy: The Administrative Challenges…
25.What Future for the European Administration Space?
26.eGovernment in Europe’s Regions: Approaches and Progress..
27.European Social Dialogue and the Civil Services
28.Main challenges in the field of ethics and integrity in the EU…
29.Are Civil Servants Different Because They Are Civil Servants? Who Are the Civil Servants and How?
30.Public Administrations and Services of General Interest: What Kind of Europeanisation?

SIGMA/OECD:
31.SIGMA Papers No. 1: Top Management Service in Central Government: Introducing a System for the Higher Civil Service in Central and Eastern European Countries
32.SIGMA Papers No. 3: Training Civil Servants for Internationalisation
33.SIGMA Papers No. 5: Civil Service Legislation Contents Checklist
34.SIGMA Papers No. 6: Internationalism of Policy-making
35.SIGMA Papers No. 8: Budgeting and Policy Making
36.SIGMA Papers No. 9: Effective Communications Between the Public Service and the Media
37.SIGMA Papers No. 11: Budgeting and Monitoring of Personnel Costs
38.SIGMA Papers No. 13: Assessing the Impacts of Proposed Laws and Regulations
39.SIGMA Papers No. 15: Checklist on Law Drafting and Regulatory Management in Central and Eastern Europe
40.SIGMA Papers No. 16: Public Service Training in OECD Countries
41.SIGMA Papers No. 17: Administrative Procedures and the Supervision of Administration in Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia and Albania
42.SIGMA Papers No. 18: Law Drafting and Regulatory Management in Central and Eastern Europe
43.SIGMA Papers No. 19: Effects of European Union Accession: Part I Budgeting and Financial Control
44.SIGMA Papers No. 20: Effects of European Union Accession: Part II External Audit
45.SIGMA Papers No. 21: Promoting Performance and Professionalism in the Public Service
46.SIGMA Papers No. 22: Management Challenges at the Centre of Government: Coalition Situations and Government Transitions
47.SIGMA Papers No. 23: Preparing Public Administrations for the European Administrative Space
48.SIGMA Papers No. 24: Central Bank Audit Practices
49.SIGMA Papers No. 25: Public Opinion Surveys as Input to Administrative Reform
50.SIGMA Papers No. 26: Sustainable Institutions for European Union Membership
51.SIGMA Papers No. 30: Public Procurement Review Procedures
52.SIGMA Papers No. 31: Improving Policy Instruments through Impact Assessment
53.SIGMA Papers No. 32: Financial Management and Control of Public Agencies
54.SIGMA Papers No. 34: Achieving High Quality in the Work of Supreme Audit Institutions
55.SIGMA Papers No. 35: Co-ordination at the Centre of Government: The functions and Organisation of the Government Office
56.SIGMA Papers No. 38: Political Advisors and Civil Servants in European Countries
57.SIGMA Papers No. 43: Organising the Central State Administration: Policies and Instruments
58.Integrating people management into public service reform
59.Governance in transition: public management refoms in OECD countr.
60.Ethics in the public service - current issue and practice (Occas. P. 14)
61.Benchmarking, evaluation and strategic management in the public sect.
62.Modern budgeting
63.In search of results: performance management practices
64.Performance management in government: performance..(Occas. P. 3)
65.Improving the quality of laws & regulations (1994)
66.Contracting out government services - Occas. Pap. No. 20
67.Budgeting for the future
68.Performance appraisal: Practice, Problems, & Issues
69.Impact of the Emerging Information Society on the Policy Devlt…
70.OECD Workshops on the Economics of the Infor. Society: Synthesis..
71.Control & Management Systems Baselines for EU Membership
72.Globalization: What Challenges & Opportunities for Governments?
73.Benchmarking, Evaluation & Strategic Management in the Pub. Sector
74.Responsive Government: Service Quality Initiatives
75.Regulatory Impact Analysis – Best Practices in OECD Countries
76.Integrating financial management & performance management
77.Modern financial management practices
78.Improving evaluation practices
79.Managing Public Expenditures - a reference book for transition
80.The Hidden Threat to E-Government-PUMA Policy Brief no.8
81.E-government : Analysis framework and methodology
82.Knowledge Management: learning by comparing experiences ….
83.Public Sector Leadership for the 21th century
84.Value and Vision. Management Development in a Climate of Civil Service Change
85.Performance Management in Government: Performance Measurement and
86.Performance Appraisal: Practice, Problems and Issues
87.OECD e-government flagship report: The e-government imperative
88.Enhancing the Capacities to Govern: Challenges Facing the Central and Eastern European Countries
89.From Red Tape to Smart Tape - Administrative Simplification in OECD Countries, OECD
90.Citizens as Partners: OECD Handbook on Information, Consultation and Public Participation in Policy-Making, 2001
91.SIGMA Papers No. 44: Sustainability of Civil Service Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe Five Years After EU Accession, SIGMA/OECD 2009


Russian language

EIPA:
1.Administration in Transition - Modernisation of PA in 4 countries
2.Civil Services in the Europe of Fifteen: Trends and New Develop.
3.From Graphite to Diamond: The importance of institutional structure in establishing capacity….
4.Civil Services in the Accession States: New Trends and the Impact of the Integration
5.Enlargement of the EU and efective implementation of its rules..
6.European Civil Services between Tradition and Reform
7.Main challenges in the field of ethics and integrity in the EU…
8.Beyond the chapter: Enlargement Challenges for CFSP and ESDP
9.From Luxembourg to Lisbon and Beyond: Making the Employment Strategy Work
10.Effective Implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy: The Case of the Milk Quota Regime and the Greek Experience in Applying It
11.The Case of eHealth
12.Quality Management Tools in CEE Candidate Countries: Current Practice, Needs and Expectations
LGI/OSI
13.The tranfer of power

SIGMA/OECD:
14.Trends in public sector pay - a study of 9 OECD countries '85-'90
15.Administration as service, the public as client
16.Devolution and Globalisation: Implications for Local Decision-makers
17.SIGMA Papers No. 8: Budgeting and Policy Making
18.SIGMA Papers No. 10: Civil Service Pension Schemes
19.SIGMA Papers No. 21: Promoting Performance and Professionalism in the Public Service
20.SIGMA Papers No. 25: Public Opinion Surveys as Input to Administrative Reform
21.SIGMA Papers No. 31: Improving Policy Instruments through Impact Assessment
22.SIGMA Papers No. 35: Co-ordination at the Centre of Government: The functions and Organisation of the Government Office

NISPAcee
23.Coalitions of the Unwilling?: Politicians and Civil Servants in Coalition Governments
24.Institutional Requirements and Problem Solving in the Public Administrations of the
Enlarged European Union and Its Neighbours, Eds. Gyorgy Jenei, Alexei Barabashev, Frits van den Berg
25.Local Government Financial Capacity Building in Transition Countries: Selected Country Studies, Ed. Sevic Z.
26.Leadership and Management in the Public Sector: Values, Standards, and Competencies in Central and Eastern Europe, Eds. Vass, Kulenkova-Orzhel, Pollitt, 2008
27.Post-Communist Public Administration: Restoring Professionalism and Accountability, Edited by David Coombes and Laszlo Vass, 2007


Serbian language

SIGMA/OECD:
1.SIGMA Papers No. 23: Preparing Public Administrations for the European Administrative Space
2.SIGMA Papers No. 26: Sustainable Institutions for European Union Membership
3.SIGMA Papers No. 27: European Principles for Public Administration
4.SIGMA Papers No. 31: Improving Policy Instruments through Impact Assessment
5.SIGMA Papers No. 35: Co-ordination at the Centre of Government: The functions and Organisation of the Government Office



EIPA:
1.Organisational Analysis of a Europeanisation Process…
2.A regional representation in Brussels: the right idea for infulencing..
3.eGovernment in Europe: the state of affairs
4.European Civil Services between Tradition and Reform
5.eGovernment in Europe’s Regions: Approaches and Progress..
6.Public Administrations and Services of General Interest: What Kind of Europeanisation?
7.State Aid Policy in the European Community! A Guide for Practitioners
SIGMA/OECD:
8.SIGMA Papers No. 8: Budgeting and Policy Making
9.SIGMA Papers No. 23: Preparing Public Administrations for the European Administrative Space
10.SIGMA Papers No. 25: Public Opinion Surveys as Input to Administrative Reform
11.SIGMA Papers No. 31: Improving Policy Instruments through Impact Assessment
12.SIGMA Papers No. 32: Financial Management and Control of Public Agencies
13.Environmental economics: an elementary introduction
14.Transposition Guide: How to implement European Directives Effectively
15.Better Policy Making: A Guide to Regulatory Impact Assessment

OTHER:
1.Young, Eóin, and Quinn, Lisa (2002) Writing Effective Public Policy Papers: A Guide for Policy Advisers in Central and Eastern Europe, Budapest: Open Society Institute


Ukrainian language

EIPA:
1.The intermediate level of govern. In Euroepan states: complexity…
2.Civil Services in the Accession States: New Trends and the Impact of the Integration
3.European Civil Services between Tradition and Reform
4.Integrating people management into public service reform
5.Managing across levels of government
6.In search of results: performance management practices
7.User charging government services - Occas. Pap. No. 22

SIGMA/OECD:
8.SIGMA Papers No. 1: Top Management Service in Central Government: Introducing a System for the Higher Civil Service in Central and Eastern European Countries
9.SIGMA Papers No. 3: Training Civil Servants for Internationalisation
10.SIGMA Papers No. 4: Management Control in Modern Government Administration: Some Comparative Practices
11.SIGMA Papers No. 6: Internationalism of Policy-making
12.SIGMA Papers No. 9: Effective Communications Between the Public Service and the Media
13.SIGMA Papers No. 12: Country Profiles of Civil Service Training Systems
14.SIGMA Papers No. 13: Assessing the Impacts of Proposed Laws and Regulations
15.SIGMA Papers No. 16: Public Service Training in OECD Countries
16.SIGMA Papers No. 17: Administrative Procedures and the Supervision of Administration in Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia and Albania
17.SIGMA Papers No. 19: Effects of European Union Accession: Part I Budgeting and Financial Control
18.SIGMA Papers No. 20: Effects of European Union Accession: Part II External Audit
19.SIGMA Papers No. 21: Promoting Performance and Professionalism in the Public Service
20.SIGMA Papers No. 25: Public Opinion Surveys as Input to Administrative Reform
21.SIGMA Papers No. 26: Sustainable Institutions for European Union Membership
22.SIGMA Papers No. 27: European Principles for Public Administration
23.SIGMA Papers No. 29: Centralised and Decentralised Public Procurement
24.SIGMA Papers No. 30: Public Procurement Review Procedures
25.SIGMA Papers No. 31: Improving Policy Instruments through Impact Assessment
26.Sigma Paper No. 34: Achieving High Quality in the Work of Supreme Audit Institutions (2004)
27.Sigma Paper No. 43: Organising the Central State Administration -- Policies & Instruments (2007) 

NISPAcee:
1.Building Better Quality Administration for the Public: Case Studies from Central and Eastern Europe, Joanne Caddy, Mirko Vintar, 2002
2.Public Administration and Public Policy Degree Programmes in Europe: The Road from Bologna, Gyorgy Jenei, Karoly Mike, NISPAcee 2008
3.Public Integrity: Theories and Practical Instruments, NISPAcee 2009

OSI:
1.Minority Governance in Europe. Gál K. Ed., Budapest 2002, OSI/LGI and ECMI, 2002

OTHER:
1.Political System of the European Union, 2005, Simon Hix, Palgrave Macmillan