The Slovak public sector is facing increasing pressure, as it is under the scrutiny of not only Slovak citizens, but also of the European Union. The public sector is responsible for implementing the EU agenda and effectively utilizing anddistributing EU funds, not only within the central government but also throughout local governments and regional municipalities.
Our consultants can contribute to the success of government projects by offering the following:
- an independent view and perspective
- technical expertise
- private sector experience
- proven effective methodologies
- experience from similar projects abroad
- project management skills
Industry issues
- Reorganisation of the public sector
- Administration and allocation of EU funds
- Public-private sector partnerships (PPP)
- Public sector finance and accounting
- Project management
- Ensuring the efficiency and transparency of the public procurement process
Services and solutions
Performance and system audit
- Evaluation of the quality of management and processes within the organisation and benchmarking of performance against other organisations
- Identification of areas in which quality and effectiveness can be optimised (e.g. eliminating duplicate activities, waste, activities without added value)
- Recommendation of optimal processes, organizational structure and resource allocation
- Implementation of the required organisational changes and performance management system
Human Resource Services
- HR Audit - Review of HR strategy and processes and how they support the institution's overall strategy and goals, improve cost and time efficiency and increase staff motivation
- Analysis of staff development needs in light of the institution's objectives; support during the implementation of the training programme
Public sector finance and accounting:
Advice on financial reporting standards (eg. IFRS), implementation of effective finance and accounting processes and organisational structures
EU Structural / Cohesion fund projects
- Assistance in designing the programme, establishing the time frame and setting up conditions and evaluation criteria
- Assistance during programme administration:
- project evaluation, training of project 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
- change management
- assistance in issuing tenders and assurance that all public procurement rules have been followed
- optimisation of processes within the programme implementation
- Assistance and advice for companies applying for EU funding
- Programme evaluation / project audit
Business recovery and restructuring:
Assistance to underperforming organisations in restructuring, refinancing, reducing debt, and resolving strategic, operational and financial issues.
Fraud prevention:
Complex integrated services aimed at evaluating fraud risk and establishing a methodology of fraud quantification (e.g. 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
Cashfinder:
Identification of areas of cash leakage (e.g. duplicate payments, VAT overpayments, overpaid telecommunication services, unclaimed credits and discounts) and recommendations on how to prevent future losses
Project management:
Managing and controlling complex projects (eg. infrastructure), independent problem analysis and review, including intensive turnaround consulting if required
IT and Internet strategy
- Conceptual and strategic advice on the implementation of IT and the Internet to improve processes and services
- IT project management, monitoring and evaluation
- IT security consulting
