SIPU International in central and Eastern europe SIPU International has since 1990 implemented a large number of Sida-financed assignments in Central and Eastern Europe in countries such as Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, the UN-administered territory of Kosovo, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Tajikistan, Croatia, and Kyrgyzstan. Moreover, SIPU has carried out asssignments for the European Union’s Phare programme in Romania, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Russia; for UNDP in Poland and Hungary; for DfiD, in the Baltic States; and for the World Bank in Hungary, Georgia, and the Ukraine. As demonstrated by the selected references, our assignments in the region span a range from large reform- and development projects to evaluations, feasibility studies, project planning support, capacity studies, monitoring, study
Selected references:
- Assessment of Lessons learned from Sida’s support to Conflict Management and Peace building Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sida, 2000 August - 2000 November) - Development of a project proposal for the land administration sector in Moldova (Sida, Moldova 2006) - Interim Support for the hand over of the Proni-project Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sida, 2003 September 2005 May) - International Training Programme for Balkan Parliamentarians Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sida, 2004 November 2004 November)
- Evaluation of Finland’s development cooperation with Bosnia and Herzegovina (Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Bosnia and Herzegovina,2002 September 2003 March) - Gender Equality and men in the Russian Federation Vologda Oblast, Russia (Sida, 2006-2008) - Gender training under the International Training Programme on Public Service Management Stockholm Sweden (Sida, 2002-2004 ) - LFA workshop In Gothenburg, Sweden, Belarus (Sida/ DESO 2007 October - 2007 November)
- Programme planning phase regarding the implementation of Gender Action Plan of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sida and DFID , Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007 May -2007 December)
- Programme planning phase regarding the implementation of Gender Action Plan of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sida and DFID, Bosnia and Herzegovinan 2007 May 2007 December)
- Support to the Swedish National Audit Office development cooperation in Africa and Eastern Europe, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Swedish National Audit Office, 2006 May - 2007 December)
- Project planning training for women NGOs (Sida&KTK, the UN-administered territory of Kosovo 2005 - February 2005 March)
- Follow-up training on Gender mainstreaming into the Project Cycle Management for Sida co-operation partners in Serbia and Montenegro B elgrade ( S i d a , Serbia 2007 April - 2007 June) - Gender Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, Russia (Sida, 2004 April)
- Training course in Project Cycle Management (PCM), Logical Framework Approach (LFA) and cross-cutting issues (2006 September - 2009 December) - Training on Gender mainstreaming into project planning Sweden (Sida, 2005 November)
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SIPU INTERNATIONAL AB SIPU International is a consultancy and training organisation specialising in public sector development with a turnover in 2005/2006 of â‚Ź 10,4 Million EURO. We are currently operating in around 20 countries and we have a record of consultancies in about 50 countries globally.
organisations. Donor organisations include Sida, Danida, Norad, DfID, the World Bank, Regional Development Banks, the European Union, the Nordic Development Fund, and the UN system.
SIPU - the Swedish Institute for Public Administration - was established in 1979 as a Government agency providing training and consultancy services to the Swedish civil service. In 1992 the institute was privatised and transformed into a company group owned by its senior staff. In May 2007 SIPU International became a member of FCG International.
Public Administrative Reform and Good Governance Human Resource Management and Development Public Financial Management Project Development and Management Democracy and Human Rights Urban Development
SIPU International employs more than thirty full time staff in headquarters and project offices abroad. In addition, we have a roster of more than 15 000 experienced and senior short-term associated consultants and experts of various nationalities in all areas of public management and related fields. Our clients include National, Regional, and Local Governments, Parliaments and non-governmental
NEW! Since May 2007 SIPU is part of Finnish Consulting Group International Ltd (former Helsinki Consulting Group). Jointly, we are a significant Nordic actor on the global development market, better equipped to meet donors demands for higher turnover, competency, local partnerships and administrative procedures for tender and programme management. Together we can offer wider competencies, liaise to cover and tender for larger projects and programmes and offer competent project management often in partnership with local and regional companies. FCG International is a member of the FCG Group which is owned by Finnish inistitutions such as Association of Local and Regional Authorities, Helsinki University and the state of Finland.
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We also work with sectors such as Education, Health or the Judiciary. With regard to such areas as such as democracy, human rights and gender equality we apply a cross cutting and transversal approach. We see investments in human resources as vital elements to attain the expected results. The democratic value system we promote shall permeate all strategic planning and have an impact on the deliverables.