The priority themes of the Scheme in 2015:

• Enhancing Service Delivery in Public Education; and
• Innovative Methods of Protecting Meritocratic Principles in Selection and Promotion Processes of Civil Servants.

The Scheme implementation in 2015 resulted in deliverables in three thematic areas: 

• National Anticorruption Centre (Moldova), Project: “Integrity Testing Mechanism of Civil Servants”
• Colin Knox, Professor of Ulster University (the United Kingdom), Project “Quality of Life Framework for Public Services in the Hub Participating Countries”
• Saltanat Akhmetzhanova, Director of the Centre of Scientific Economic Expertise (Kazakhstan), Project “Regulatory impact assessment: Kazakhstan and world practices”

In addition to the winning applications, there were three more proposals, recognized as interesting solutions worth to be described in separate case studies. The international Selection Panel supported the individuals/organizations listed below to get funds to prepare a case study:

• National Anticorruption Centre (Moldova), Project “Innovative Legal Solutions: Preventing Corruption in Law Drafting“
• Dr. Karl O’Connor (UK), Project “A Q Methodological Analysis of the Norms, Beliefs and Values of Hub Participants”
• State Bodies Efficiency Evaluation Center (Kazakhstan), Project “Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Performance of State Bodies in Personnel Management”