SIGMA (Support for Improvement in Governance and Management)

SIGMA (Support for Improvement in Governance and Management) is a joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU. SIGMA has been working with partner countries on strengthening public governance systems and public administration capacities since 1992. In partnership with DG NEAR, we currently work with 21 EU candidate, potential candidate, and neighbourhood countries.

SIGMA provides assistance in six areas:

1. Strategic framework of public administration reform

2. Policy development and co-ordination

3. Public service and human resource management

4. Accountability

5. Service delivery

6. Public financial management, public procurement, and external audit.

SIGMA reviews and gives feedback on:

·       Governance systems and institutions

·       Legal frameworks

·       Reform strategies and action plans

·       Progress in reform implementation.

SIGMA provides:

·       Advice on the design and prioritisation of reforms

·       Methodologies and tools to support implementation

·       Recommendations for improving laws and administrative arrangements

·       Opportunities to share good practice from a wide range of countries, including regional events

·       Policy papers and multi-country comparative studies.

·       Prime Ministry (Institutional Performance Development)

·       Ministry of Public Sector Development (now abolished)

·       Ministry of ICT / Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship

·       Civil Service Bureau

·       Institute of Public Administration (IPA)

·       Audit Bureau

·       Ministry of Finance

·       Joint Integrity and Anticorruption Commission (JIACC)

·       LOB

Beneficiaries of single events and isolated actions:

·       Social Security Corporation (e-services)

·       GAM (risk management)

·       Ministry of Transportation (shared services/fleet management)

SIGMA Assessment on Service Delivery:

·       MoPSD+MoPIC+MoICT

SIGMA support to EUD:

·       Following EUD request, SIGMA reviewed the Education Strategy and provided advice on its connection with EU budget support.

·       Session on SIGMA PAR Strategy toolkit (postponed and still pending)