SIPU
The Swedish Institute for Public Administration (SIPU International) is a Swedish consultancy and training organization specializing in public service development and reform. We work with parliaments, national governments, provincial and local governments and other public service organizations covering a wide range of sectors. SIPU International is working in transitional and developing countries all over the world as advisors, facilitators, trainers and experts. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, SIPU International has been carrying out a number of projects over the last ten years, including the “Interim Support for the hand over of the Proni-projects” and the “Capacity Building of the Gender Mechanisms of Bosnia and Herzegovina”. Among the areas of consultancy in which we provide our services are:
- Public Service and Administrative Reform
- Parliamentary Democracy and Management of Parliaments
- Institutional and Organizational Development
- Human Resource Management & Development
- Gender Equality and Equity
- Financial Management, Accountability and Budgeting
- Public Procurement
- Urban Development
- Local Government Development
- Project Management and Development
As consultants, we wish to help our client analyze a situation, find appropriate solutions to problems, learn how to harness opportunities and improve work practices. We have the capacity to take on a mentoring role and to be a sounding board for the client. In other situations we may be hands-on experts “getting things done” together with members of the client organization. In our Local Government Development projects, we work within generally accepted principles of decentralization and devolution and distribution of power. We support our clients in rationalizing and restructuring their local government institutions by examining the coordination of financial flows and identifying improvements in financial information and management systems, as well as helping to define service boundaries. Our local governance projects are often part of integrated development plans in which our role ranges from initial advice to actively developing elements of the plan and working in partnership to strengthen implementation. We can also help evaluate the performance of local government in developing and transitional environments and identify how to sustain progress and achievements.
