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The EU Public Procurement Directives only apply to contracts of a value that meet or exceed the relevant EU financial threshold. Below threshold contracts are not covered by the procurement Directives. However, below threshold contracts comprise the vast majority of contracts awarded by...
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The public procurement Directives only apply if a body is a contracting authority (contracting entity in the Utilities sector) within the definition of the Directives. SIGMA Brief 3 gives guidance on the notion of a contracting authority/entity under the directives (especially the concept of...
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When a contracting authority enters into a contract with an economic operator, the arrangement cannot just be left to …. It is therefore vital that they are properly managed. SIGMA Brief 22 first describes the process of contract management … and then presents contract management in practice and post-contract performance review. …
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Responsible science communication is crucial for fostering public trust in science and promoting evidence …, science communication faces new challenges including widespread mis- and disinformation. To address these challenges, science … communicators should follow key principles for responsible science communication including transparency, inclusivity, integrity …
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member countries’ responses to it through public communication initiatives specifically. It also offers preliminary …
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This Public Communication Scan of the United Kingdom, the first such scan of an OECD Member country, brings new … insights to the OECD’s work on understanding how public communication contributes to democratic governance. The scan analyses … how the United Kingdom’s Government Communication Service (GCS) is building a more effective communication function amid …
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disclosure programmes. In addition, the guidance on the design and implementation of the programmes has been updated …
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The evaluation of official development programmes has grown tremendously over the past two decades; the public and … growing interest in evaluation. In this context, this study describes the role and management of evaluation in development …, resources, policies and practices of each of the DAC Evaluation Network’s 32 members. The study identifies major trends and …
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Governments everywhere are increasingly interested in assessing the effects of their policies and the effectiveness of public institutions, and competition agencies are no exception. This Reference Guide contains an in-depth overview of all the issues linked to ex-post assessments and contains...
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