Language study

Task 1. Read the text carefully looking up any new items in a dictionary and answer the following questions:

1.What are the guiding concerns of Administrative Reform in Russia?

2. What goals does the administrative reform in Russia strive to achieve?

3.What is the essence of the Federal Law on administrative regulation?

4.What are the main drawbacks of public services in Russia?

5.What principles should be applied to state service delivery?

6.What is the role of international organizations in implementing public administration reforms?

7.How do TACIS projects facilitate reforms in the sphere of public administration?

8.How does the World Bank participate in administrative reforms in the RF?

Task 2. Explain the following in your own words:

1. mature market economies

2. bureaucracies resist the customization of policy to address specific circumstances

3. liability for failure to comply with the regulations

4. civil service users

5. a key impediment to the enhancement of State performance

6. merit-based, transparent, service-oriented and accountable public administration

7. public expenditure management

Task 3. What words correspond to these definitions:

1. Change from one condition to another; passage from one state, stage, place to another.

2. Special plan or design; idea; planned undertaking;

3. Effective operation as measured by a comparison of production with cost

4. An individual or group constituting the agency that controls or directs an organization

5. The execution of public affairs as distinguished from policy making; government body or board

Task 4. Define the following words. Consult a monolingual dictionary.

Inefficiency, ineffectiveness, bureaucracy, premises, institution, authority, administration, receptiveness, transparency.

Task 5. Explain the difference between the following words. Consult a monolingual dictionary and give examples which demonstrate the difference between them.

To protect – to guard – to defend Individual – private - personal To elect – to select – to choose To provide – to supply To define – to determine Specialist – expert Experience – expertise

State – public Fund – foundation Scarce – rare Tangible – feasible Different - various Rules- regulations To remedy – to cure

Task 6. Out of two italicized words choose the one which fits in the context.

1) No unified protected/guarded area for interdepartmental information and document exchange does exist. As a consequence “richer” state/public organs such as the Central Bank and the Pension Foundation/Fund established private/ individual information space with a high level of data security. There was so far no structured approach to governing/managing development projects throughout the federal Government to synergize on already scarce/rare financial means.

2) One problem of measuring quality of public/state services is that the state/public sector mainly provides/supplies services as opposed to tangible/feasible goods. The project has to define/determine an approach to find a quality measure to satisfy the views of different/various stakeholders (employees, customers, etc.)

3) The procedures used to elect/select key specialists/experts must be transparent and be based on pre-defined/determined criteria including professional qualifications and work experience/expertise.