"Sustainability of civil service reforms in Central and Eastern Europe five years after EU accession" is a title of the new document published by SIGMA (Support for Improvement in Governance and Management).
Document speaks of the civil service reform, which has been overtaken by the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, in order to prepare them for the EU accession in May, 2004.
It is focused on a description of current situation in 8 countries (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Hungary, Slovenia, Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic) and it researches to what extent those countries have continued the civil service reform after the accession, as well as the extents to which their civil service systems currently suit the European principles of civil service.
The EU accession implied the beginning of new phase for development of civil service. Their governments have mainly needed domestic incentives for further contributions in civil service systems. Before accession, the EU had made administrative capacity-building a condition for EU membership. The development of administrative capacity included the requirement to establish professional and depoliticised civil service systems in the then candidate countries. Civil service reform policy was based on the “principles for a European Administrative Space”. The policy aimed to complement the EU’s effort to develop sectoral administrative capacities in the areas of the acquis communautaire. Content of this document, published in English, you can look here.