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PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

 

 

The Principles of Public Administration are a comprehensive framework of
standards expressing values and behaviours that citizens and businesses expect
from a modern public administration. They are designed to guide the European
Union (EU) enlargement and neighbourhood administrations in their reform efforts
to address the shortcomings in their public administrations and meet the EU
requirements on one of the “fundamentals” of the accession process.

The EU and the OECD recognise that good public governance is a crucial factor to
achieve sustainable development, economic growth, competitiveness and better
quality of life, as well as to address key challenges in society both today and
in the future.

Politicians and public servants from transition countries can use this framework
as a tool for continuous improvement of public administration systems and as a
guide to develop better policies for better lives, provide high-quality and
user-centred services, manage public funds efficiently, foster transparency and
accountability and build citizens’ trust in public institutions.  

The Principles were developed by SIGMA at the request of the European Commission
(EC). The first edition was published in 2014. This revised edition updates the
framework in line with the most recent standards and practices in the EU, OECD
and other international organisations. Public administrations today are expected
to be more digital, open and transparent, agile, innovative and green than in
2014. They must also show greater resilience to external shocks, such as
pandemics.

This new version unifies the Principles for the EU enlargement and neighbourhood
regions and the scope now extends beyond central government to include regional
and local levels of government, with the aim of fostering a coherent policy
approach.

 

The structure of the 2023 edition of the Principles of Public Administration
still follows the six thematic areas set out in the 2014 Enlargement Strategy:

 * strategy
 * policy development and co-ordination
 * public service and human resource management
 * organisation, accountability and oversight
 * service delivery and digitalisation
 * public financial management

The 32 Principles outline values, behaviours and outcomes, while the 270
sub‑principles provide more detailed guidance on how to achieve these results
and ensure adequate administrative capacity.

A monitoring framework complements the Principles and sub-principles by defining
criteria and performance benchmarks, assigning weights to the criteria and
establishing corresponding indicators and sub-indicators to measure the actual
implementation of reforms (how the administration performs in practice) and
subsequent outcomes and impacts (how its performance impacts society).

 The Principles of Public Administration are available in the following
languages:

    ‌ ‌ ‌       

This page contains information about the revised 2023 edition of the Principles
of Public Administration. Previous editions remain available here.

 

 


LAUNCH OF THE PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - 2023 EDITION

The SIGMA Programme organised a high-level conference to launch the revised
Principles of Public Administration on 6 November 2023 in Paris. The event was
opened by Mathias Cormann, OECD Secretary-General and Olivér Várhelyi, European
Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, followed by a discussion with
ministers responsible for public administration from SIGMA partners.
 
The themes addressed at the conference were:

 * Giving renewed impetus to ongoing public governance reforms in EU candidate
   countries and potential candidates.
 * Helping to accelerate economic development.
 * Enhancing the wellbeing of citizens.
 * Strengthening national public governance reforms.



Photos: OECD / Andrew Wheeler

 

 

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