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Information on the Structure of the Civil and Public Services of the EU Member and Applicant States - June 2005
Background
This information booklet has been prepared by the Irish Presidency in order to provide collective information on the structure of the civil and public services of the Member States, New Member States of the European Union along with the three Applicant Countries. The 28 countries were approached in December 2003 and requested to supply relevant information by 16th January 2004.
The Luxembourg Presidency has asked the Member States and Applicant Countries in March 2005 to check that the information given in 2004 is correct and if necessary to forward new or additional data by 8th April 2005.
The present document includes all updates received by 15th April 2005.
The information has been broken down into 6 different sections:
1. Structure of public service
2. Number of public servants
3. Number of Ministries
4. Structure within each Ministry
5. Department with responsibility for HR policy
6. Current HR reforms