The Slovak public sector is facing increasing pressure
to downsize while embracing new or broadened
responsibilities, such as EU funds administration, euro
conversion, sustainability, and innovative methods of
supplying services. In the public sector, the demand for
efficiency is constant, whether it be infrastructure, transport
or healthcare. Furthermore, the public sector is under the
scrutiny of not only Slovak citizens, but also of the European
Union.
Our consultants can contribute to the success of
government/regional/municipal projects by offering the
following:
- an independent view and perspective;
- technical expertise;
- private sector experience;
- proven effective methodologies;
- experience from similar projects abroad; and
- project management skills.
Main Industry Issues
- Delivering public services cost effectively
- Building public sector capabilities
- Delivering sustainable development
- Administration and allocation of EU funds
- Making public-private sector partnerships (PPP) work
- Increasing transparency and accountability
- Project management
- Euro conversion
We can assist with
Performance, System and Human resources audit
Evaluation of the quality of management and processes
within the organization, benchmarking of performance
against other organizations, analysis of staff development
needs, recommendations for improvement, assistance with
implementation.
Public sector finance and accounting
Advice on financial reporting standards (such as IFRS and
IPSAS), implementation of effective finance and accounting
processes and organizational structures.
Euro conversion
Assisstance with euro conversion, including euro project
set-up, operational impact assessment, euro project
implementation and health check.
Sustainability
Greenhouse gas data management, reporting, and
verification, assessment of public policy and delivery of
market structures for emissions trading, assessing the
socio-economic impact of the physical effects of climate
change.
EU funds projects
Assistance during and after programme administration,
such as project evaluation, training of evaluators, assurance
that financing, monitoring, reporting and other conditions
specified in the project have been fulfilled, preparation of
project status reports according to programme methodology,
preparation of requests for payment, assistance in issuing
tenders, optimization of processes within the programme
implementation, programme evaluation, project audits.
Business recovery and restructuring
Assistance to underperforming organizations in
restructuring, refinancing, reducing debt, and resolving
strategic, operational and financial issues.
Fraud prevention
Comprehensive services aimed at evaluating fraud risk and
establishing a methodology of fraud quantification (such as
when planning new tender award schemes).
PPP
Assistance to the public sector in creating and structuring
effective partnerships with the private sector in order to
obtain private funding and expertise to realize large public
infrastructure projects.
Project management
Managing and controlling complex projects (such as
infrastructure), independent problem analysis and review.
IT and Internet strategy
Conceptual and strategic advice on the implementation of IT
to improve processes and services, IT project management,
monitoring and evaluation, IT security consulting.
Feasibility studies
Assessment of the feasibility of investment and development
plans for various levels of the public sector.
