SIGMA Papers
SIGMA (Support for Improvement in Governance and Management) is a joint initiative of the OECD and the EU, principally financed by the EU. SIGMA Papers is a series of specialised reports that are focused on particular issues in governance and management, such as expenditure control, administrative oversight, interministerial co-ordination, public procurement and public service management.
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- ISSN : 20786581 (en ligne)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/20786581
Co-ordination at the Centre of Government
The Functions and Organisation of the Government Office Comparative; Analysis of OECD Countries, CEECs and Western Balkan Countries
A well-functioning government office acts as a co-ordinator of the decision-making system and as such is
crucial for the government’s capacity to define and pursue its collective objectives.
The “Government Office” is a generic term that refers to the institution(s) at the centre of government
responsible for supporting the Prime Minister and serving the Council of Ministers as a collective
decision-making body. This paper describes and analyses the functions and organisation of government
offices in a comparative context, covering OECD member countries, central and eastern European
countries (CEECs), and countries of the Western Balkans (ex-Yugoslavia and Albania). The analysis is
based on information gathered by Sigma and GOV (PUMA)1 since the mid 1990’s, supplemented by
results of a written questionnaire administered by Sigma and GOV in 2003.
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