Sigma Activities: Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/99)

Sigma is supporting the reform efforts of Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/99) in priority areas through its work on the following projects:

Design of Reform

• EAR Public Administration Reform Strategy and Programming (January 2002 – June 2003)
  

Legal Framework, Civil Service and Justice

• Support to Civil Service and Public Administration Reform (July - December 2007)
• Assistance to Parliament in Assessing Legislation (June 2002 – December 2004)
• Assistance to UNMIK on Basic Legal Framework – Civil Service (October 2001 – February 2002)
  

External Audit and Financial Control

• Support to the Auditor General (October 2004 – October 2006)
• Support in Building an External Audit Institution (April 2003 - September 2004)
  

Policy-making and Co-ordination

• Public Administration Reform Brainstorming (July - December 2006)
• Workshop for Political Advisors and Senior Civil Servants (January - March 2006)
  

Public Expenditure Management

• Public Investment Programme (PIP) ToR - Assistance to EAR (March 2004 – June 2005)
  

Public Procurement

• Assistance to the Development of the Public Procurement System (February - December 2009)
• Assistance in Developing Secondary Legislation in Public Procurement (October 2002 – February 2004)
• Assistance in Preparation of Project Fiche on Public Procurement (September 2002 – August 2003
• Assistance to UNMIK on Legislative Framework – Public Procurement (February 2002 – January 2003)

Further sources of information on Kosovo, such as its geography and system of government, can be found by consulting the following sites:

EC Liaison Office in Kosovo 
Relations of the EU with Kosovo 
European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR) 

Ombudsperson Institution in Kosovo

OSCE Mission in Kosovo

United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)