| 2005 - 2007 |
Kazakhstan, Agency for Civil Service Affairs (ACSA) |
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Support to the Development of Standards for Civil Service Provision
(€ 1,400,000) |
| | European Commission |
| | Provision of team leader and policy advice for a project to assist the Government of Kazakhstan in developing performance standards and indicators for selected services in ministries and regions, introducing citizen's charters and establishing a one-stop shop in Astana. |
| 2005 - 2007 |
Multi-country, European Commission |
| | EU Framework Contract Lot 7- Culture, Governance and Home Affairs (up to a maximum of € 200,000 per project) |
| | European Commission - EuropeAid |
| | Provision of short-term policy advice to third countries benefiting from European Commission external aid in the area of culture, governance and home affairs. |
| 2004-2005 |
Bulgaria, Council of Ministers |
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Implementing Key Measures of the Programme for the Implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (€ 1,000,000) |
| | European Commission - Phare |
| | Provision of team leader, policy advice and comparative studies for project aimed at strengthening public sector transparency and accountability by establishing clear and effective rules concerning the citizen/civil servant interface and by opening up the decision making process to citizen consultation. |
| 2004-2006 |
Russia, Presidential Administration |
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Civil Service Reform Project (Administrative Reform II) (€ 4,000,000) |
| | European Commission - Tacis |
| | Consortium leader of a major administrative reform project designed to assist the Presidential Administration in improving civil service policy and management and developing programmes for the (re) training of civil servants. |
| 2004-2007 |
Russia, Presidential Administration and Ministry of Economic Development and Trade |
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Public Administration and Civil Service Reform Project (£ 3,200,000) |
| | UK Gov't - Department for International Development |
| | Implementation of a major technical assistance project to support the Commission on Budgetary Reform, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT), the Ministry of Health and Social Development (MHSD) and the Ministry of Agriculture in supporting the planning, management and implementation of the Russian Government's civil service and public administration reform programme. |
| 2004 - 2006 | Multi-Country, European Commission |
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EU Framework Contract Lot 1: Drawing Up Terms of Reference and Assessing Tenders (up to a maximum of € 200,000 per project) |
| | European Commission - EuropeAid |
| | Member of a consortium providing ad-hoc policy advice to the European Commission external assistance programmes with respect to the preparation of draft Terms of Reference and the evaluation of technical proposals. This contract is a multi-country, cross sectoral framework contract which covers the full range of EU assistance programmes. |
| 2004 - 2006 |
Multi-Country, European Commission |
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EU Framework Contract Lot 4: Sectoral and Project Evaluations
(up to a maximum of € 200,000 per project) |
| | European Commission - EuropeAid |
| | Member of a consortium providing evaluation reports to feed into the planning, programming and project identification work of the responsible services on an ad-hoc basis. This contract is a multi-country, cross sectoral framework contract which covers the full range of EU assistance programmes. |
| 2003 | CIS, European Commission |
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EU Framework Contract: A Study of Conditionality for the Tacis Programme (€ 200,000) |
| | European Commission - Tacis |
| | A high-level policy advice project based on an extensive literature study of models and applications of aid conditionality used by international donor organisations and a series of interviews with key stakeholders in Brussels, Washington and key recipient countries (Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Kazakhstan). On the basis of these two activities, recommendations were developed and presented to the European Commission for a new strategy and approach to management and implementation of the Tacis-programme. |
| 2003 | Russia, Ministry of Economic Development & Trade (MEDT) |
| | Administrative Reform: on Public Access to Information (€ 200,000) |
| | European Commission - Bistro and Policy Advice Programme |
| | Project management and delivery of expertise to define a conceptual position on access to information, and on this basis, to make recommendations on drafting further legislation and to develop standards and regulations for management of information, for use by public and government. |
| 2002 | Russia, Ministry of Economic Development & Trade (MEDT) |
| | Implementing Regulations on the Conduct of Civil Servants (€ 99,000) |
| | European Commission - Bistro and Policy Advice Programme |
| | Project management and delivery of expertise to develop recommendations on the effective implementation of measures to improve the conduct of civil servants, including the prevention of conflicts of interest. |
| 1999 - 2002 | Ukraine, Cabinet of Ministers |
| | Support to the Reform of the Government and Central Organs of Executive Power (€ 2,200,000) |
| | European Commission - Tacis |
| | Consortium leader of a major project on public administration reform focusing on the provision of policy advice and operational assistance to core groups of senior civil servants in key ministries (i.e. Finance, Economy, Health, Agriculture and the Anti-Monopoly Committee). |
| 1999 - 2002 | Uzbekistan, Cabinet of Ministers and Presidential Administration |
| | Strengthening of Government Administration and Assistance to the Civil Service (€ 2,500,000) |
| | European Commission - Tacis |
| | Consortium leader of a major project on the development of a coherent and comprehensive strategy for implementing a public administration reform agenda, including institutional development, legislative drafting, human resource management and training. |
| 1999 - 2001 | Russia, Ministries of Economy and Finance |
| | Support to Economic Federalism and Economic Law (€ 2,000,000) |
| | European Commission- Tacis |
| | Policy advice to support the development of coherent and transparent economic and financial relations between the federation, the republics and the local authorities. |
| 2001 | Macedonia, Ministry of Finance |
| | Quantification of the Fiscal Impact of the Framework Agreement
(€ 35,000) |
| | Royal Netherlands Embassy to Macedonia |
| | Intensive policy advice to cost and analyse proposals for decentralisation and equitable representation, as stipulated by the Framework Agreement. |
| 2001 | Russia, Ministry of Economic Development & Trade (MEDT) |
| | Conflicts of Interest (€ 125,000) |
| | European Commission - European Expertise Service |
| | Project with Russian experts to provide recommendations on the development of a normative basis (legislation) governing conflicts of interest and the conduct of public servants. |
| 2001 | Kyrgyzstan, Director of the European Expertise Service |
| | Evaluation of Project on Civil Service Reform |
| | European Commission- European Expertise Service |
| | Review of project documentation, discussion with experts and counterparts, confidential report. |
| 1999 | 20 OECD countries |
| | Local Government Grant Distribution - An International Comparative Study (€ 100,000) |
| | Minister of UK Department for Environment, Transport and Regions (DETR) |
| | Research into grant distribution systems in 20 OECD countries outlining key characteristics and features of interest to the UK Revenue Grant Distribution Review. Resulted in published report presented to the Minister in May 2000. |
| 1996 - 1998 | Ukraine, Cabinet of Ministers and Kharkiv City Council |
| | Addressing the Social Impact of Restructuring Privatised Enterprises in Ukraine (€ 4,000,000) |
| | European Commission - Tacis |
| | Consortium leader of a project to develop a pilot model on the transfer of social assets from enterprises to the municipal government of Kharkiv and other organisations, and the development of an appropriate methodology for replication across Ukraine. |
| 1998 | Ukraine, Presidential Administration, Cabinet of Ministers, Ukrainian Association of Local Authorities |
| | International Conference on 'Promoting Regional and Municipal Capital Investment in Ukraine' |
| | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(in co-operation with Tacis) |
| | 2-day international conference on regional and municipal capital investment for 150 Ukrainian mayors and oblast heads with speakers from project partners, EBRD, investment banks and NWF. |
| 1996 - 1997 | Ukraine, Cabinet of Ministers |
| | Public Sector Reform Loan (€ 50,000) |
| | World Bank |
| | Preparation of mission reports and participation in missions to identify options for stream-lining, devolution of tasks to regional and local authorities, agency delegation and outsourcing. |
| 1997 | Russia, St. Petersburg City Council |
| | Municipal Finance (€ 150,000) |
| | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| | Analysis of the key issues and options concerning budgetary policy and formulation, fiscal transfers, local taxes, public transport, other municipal services, and extra-budgetary funds. |
| 1995 - 1996 | Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, European Commission |
| | Presentation of book 'Towards Democratic Decentralisation' |
| | European Commission - Tacis |
| | Press conferences in five CIS-countries to present Russian language textbook providing a framework for governmental reform. Discussions focused on the development of appropriate and flexible structures, functions and financing of regional and local government. Based on European best practice and extensive project experience. 2000 copies were distributed across the CIS to senior policy-makers. |
| 1993 - 1995 | Ukraine, Cabinet of Ministers and Presidential Administration |
| | Regional Policy, Local Government Finance, Tiers of Government |
| | European Commission - European Expertise Service |
| | Three consecutive policy advice projects working to senior officials in the Ministry of Economy and the Presidential Administration on implementing democratic decentralisation by clarifying and strengthening the structure, functions and financing of local government, in particular cities. |
| 1994 - 1995 | Kazakhstan, Presidential Administration |
| | A new Law for Local Government, Central and Local Government |
| | European Commission - European Expertise Service |
| | Two consecutive policy advice projects working to the Vice-President resulting in new legislation on local government. Extensive fieldwork and a series of seminars with senior officials offering comparisons with West European countries. |
| 1994 - 1995 | Armenia, Parliament |
| | Local Government Reform, Machinery of Government |
| | European Commission - European Expertise Service |
| | Two consecutive policy advice projects working to the Chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Parliament on the developing of new legislation for regional and local government. |
| 1994 | 20 OECD Countries |
| | Local Government Finance - An International Comparative Study
(€ 50,000) |
| | United Kingdom, Joseph Rowntree Foundation |
| | Comparative study on local government finance, and related questions of structure and function in 14 OECD countries. Review of the history of local government finance; examination of current trends and developments and how they will effect the future role of government and its finance. |
