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The Phenomenon of Acting Positions within the Public Administration

By Anesa Omeragic|2023-10-10T16:58:47+02:0010/10/ 2023|Publications|

–The exercise of public authority granted by law based on democratic governance assumes the existence of certain predispositions which effectively ensure the protection of the public interest. The professionalism of public servants is one of the main requirements to exercise the public authority as best as possible and in the function of protecting the public interest while also guaranteeing the effective protection of the rights and legal interests of people. This means that in order to achieve a good standard of professionalism, it is necessary to ensure that the staff has a proven professionalism. This is achieved through the implementation of rules that ensure meritocracy in order to be trusted with the exercise of public authority through the definition of positions and strict responsibilities in all links of public institutions. Recently, there is a growing trend, not only in Kosovo but also in the region, that the regular positions that remain vacant are filled with acting position and which for a long time are not filled through the procedures of advancement or external recruitment. This approach, certainly simple and suitable for daily politics, but also for the officials close to him, has managed to ignore and seriously violate the principles and rules of meritocracy and professionalism. Almost all managerial positions, especially high-level management positions, have been held for years with acting positions to make it easier to achieve political goals, which in most cases are illegal and do not protect the public interest. Based on the simple mechanism of appointment and dismissal, the acting position can be appointed and dismissed within the day and without any procedure, and this fact made the use of this mechanism very attractive by politics, deliberately avoiding the rules and principles that ensure meritocracy. Knowing the nature and dimensions but also the effects of this phenomenon, the institute of acting as a regulation will be clarified below, but also the problems it has caused in practice, giving practical recommendations on how to solve this problem.

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“Digital revolution” – Assessing Albania’s decision to transition to only online service delivery

By Emilija Nenadovic|2023-10-31T10:35:28+01:0031/08/ 2023|Publications|

Following the publications of the PAR Monitor Report Albania, 2019/ 2020 and PAR Monitor Albania 2021/2022, the WeBER 2.0 research team and associates prepared two policy briefs, crosscutting PAR with other policy fields. The transition to online public service delivery and the challenge of cybersecurity on the one hand, and the importance of strengthening integrity in the public administration to fight corruption on the other, are discussed in the two cross-cutting policy briefs below.

Find the Policy Brief here (in English) and here (in Albanian).

National PAR Monitor 2021/2022 – Montenegro

By Anesa Omeragic|2024-03-13T15:34:47+01:0016/08/ 2023|Publications|

The Montenegro PAR Monitor 2021/2022 is the result of monitoring work performed in 2021/2022 by the Institut Alternativa, and it represents findings from Montenegro in the six areas of PAR defined by the Principles of Public Administration (SIGMA principles). As the third systematic PAR monitoring done in Montenegro by IA, this report offers comparisons with the baseline PAR Monitor findings of the 2017/2018 and 2019/2020 monitoring cycles.

PAR Monitor reports are based on a comprehensive methodological framework designed by the WeBER research team that combines quantitative and qualitative sources of evidence. With the SIGMA principles as the building blocks of monitoring work, PAR Monitor reports are complementary to similar work by SIGMA/OECD and the European Commission, differing in that they offer citizen and civil society perspectives on these principles. Together with this comparative regional report, the PAR Monitor package consists of six national reports, each including findings on a total of 23 compound indicators to monitor a selection of SIGMA Principles.

Download here (English | Montenegrin)

Other reports

National PAR Monitor 2021/2022 – Kosovo

By Anesa Omeragic|2023-11-01T15:30:52+01:0016/08/ 2023|Publications|

The Kosovo PAR Monitor 2021/2022 is the result of monitoring work performed in 2021/2022 by the Group for Legal and Political Studies, and it represents findings from Kosovo in the six areas of PAR defined by the Principles of Public Administration (SIGMA principles). As the third systematic PAR monitoring done in Kosovo by GLPS, this report offers comparisons with the baseline PAR Monitor findings of the 2017/2018 and 2019/2020 monitoring cycles.

PAR Monitor reports are based on a comprehensive methodological framework designed by the WeBER research team that combines quantitative and qualitative sources of evidence. With the SIGMA principles as the building blocks of monitoring work, PAR Monitor reports are complementary to similar work by SIGMA/OECD and the European Commission, differing in that they offer citizen and civil society perspectives on these principles. Together with this comparative regional report, the PAR Monitor package consists of six national reports, each including findings on a total of 23 compound indicators to monitor a selection of SIGMA Principles.

Download here (English) and here (Albanian)

Other reports

National PAR Monitor 2021/2022 – Serbia

By WeBER|2024-03-13T15:35:03+01:0027/07/ 2023|Publications|

The Serbian PAR Monitor 2021/2022 is the result of monitoring work performed in 2021/2022 by the European Policy Centre – CEP, and it represents a report of key findings from across the Serbia in the six areas of PAR defined by the Principles of Public Administration (SIGMA principles). As the third systematic PAR monitoring done in European Policy Centre (CEP), this report offers comparisons with the baseline PAR Monitor findings of the 2017/2018 and 2019/2020 monitoring cycles.

PAR Monitor reports are based on a comprehensive methodological framework designed by the WeBER research team that combines quantitative and qualitative sources of evidence. With the SIGMA principles as the building blocks of monitoring work, PAR Monitor reports are complementary to similar work by SIGMA/OECD and the European Commission, differing in that they offer citizen and civil society perspectives on these principles. Together with this comparative regional report, the PAR Monitor package consists of six national reports, each including findings on a total of 23 compound indicators to monitor a selection of SIGMA Principles.

Download here (Serbian) and here (English)

Other reports

National PAR Monitor 2021/2022 – Albania

By WeBER|2024-03-13T15:37:36+01:0027/07/ 2023|Publications|

The Albanian PAR Monitor 2021/2022 is the result of monitoring work performed in 2021/2022 by the Insitute for Democracy and Mediation – IDM Albania, and it represents findings from Albania in the six areas of PAR defined by the Principles of Public Administration (SIGMA principles). As the third systematic PAR monitoring done in Albania by IDM, this report offers comparisons with the baseline PAR Monitor findings of the 2017/2018 and 2019/2020 monitoring cycles.

PAR Monitor reports are based on a comprehensive methodological framework designed by the WeBER research team that combines quantitative and qualitative sources of evidence. With the SIGMA principles as the building blocks of monitoring work, PAR Monitor reports are complementary to similar work by SIGMA/OECD and the European Commission, differing in that they offer citizen and civil society perspectives on these principles. Together with this comparative regional report, the PAR Monitor package consists of six national reports, each including findings on a total of 23 compound indicators to monitor a selection of SIGMA Principles.

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Other reports

National PAR Monitor 2021/2022 – Bosnia and Herzegovina

By Anesa Omeragic|2023-11-02T10:22:11+01:0021/07/ 2023|Publications|

The Bosnia and Herzegovina PAR Monitor 2021/2022 is the result of monitoring work performed in 2021/2022 by the Foreign Policy Initiative – FPI BH, and it represents a report of key findings from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the six areas of PAR defined by the Principles of Public Administration (SIGMA principles). As the third systematic PAR monitoring done in Bosnia and Herzegovina by FPI, this report offers comparisons with the baseline PAR Monitor findings of the 2017/2018 and 2019/2020 monitoring cycles.

PAR Monitor reports are based on a comprehensive methodological framework designed by the WeBER research team that combines quantitative and qualitative sources of evidence. With the SIGMA principles as the building blocks of monitoring work, PAR Monitor reports are complementary to similar work by SIGMA/OECD and the European Commission, differing in that they offer citizen and civil society perspectives on these principles. Together with this comparative regional report, the PAR Monitor package consists of six national reports, each including findings on a total of 23 compound indicators to monitor a selection of SIGMA Principles.

Download here (English)

Other reports

National PAR Monitor 2021/2022 – North Macedonia

By WeBER|2023-11-02T10:25:30+01:0010/07/ 2023|Publications|

The North Macedonia PAR Monitor 2021/2022 is the result of monitoring work performed in 2021/2022 by the European Policy Institute – EPI, and it represents a report of key findings from across the Western Balkans in the six areas of PAR defined by the Principles of Public Administration (SIGMA principles). As the third systematic PAR monitoring done in North Macedonia by EPI, this report offers comparisons with the baseline PAR Monitor findings of the 2017/2018 and 2019/2020 monitoring cycles.

PAR Monitor reports are based on a comprehensive methodological framework designed by the WeBER research team that combines quantitative and qualitative sources of evidence. With the SIGMA principles as the building blocks of monitoring work, PAR Monitor reports are complementary to similar work by SIGMA/OECD and the European Commission, differing in that they offer citizen and civil society perspectives on these principles. Together with this comparative regional report, the PAR Monitor package consists of six national reports, each including findings on a total of 23 compound indicators to monitor a selection of SIGMA Principles.

Download here (English) and here (Macedonian)

Other reports

Western Balkan PAR Monitor 2021/2022

By WeBER|2023-11-07T16:25:30+01:0023/06/ 2023|Publications|

The PAR Monitor 2021/2022 is the result of monitoring work performed during 2022 by the Think for Europe Network, and it represents a compilation report of all the key findings for the entire Western Balkan region in six areas of PAR defined by the SIGMA Principles of Public Administration. Furthermore, as the third systematic PAR monitoring in the region by civil society, this report offers benchmarking between WB administrations and comparison with the baseline 2017/2018, and 2019/2020 monitoring cycles.

PAR Monitor reports are based on a comprehensive methodological framework designed by the WeBER research team, combining quantitative and qualitative evidence sources. With the EU-SIGMA Principles as the building blocks of monitoring work, PAR Monitor reports complement the same type of work of the SIGMA/OECD and the European Commission and offer citizen and civil society perspectives on these Principles. Together with this comparative regional report, the PAR Monitor package consists of six national reports, each including findings on the 23 compound indicators to monitor a selection of SIGMA Principles.In

line with the WeBER mission, these monitoring exercises are driven by the necessity to strengthen domestic, bottom-up pressure for PAR from the civil society in the region, especially from the view of keeping demand for this reform ongoing in the event of loosening of the EU’s conditionality in PAR domain eventually. All findings from this report, PAR Monitor 2019/2020, and the baseline PAR Monitor 2017/2018 can be accessed and compared via the Regional PAR Scoreboard.

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Transparency of Government Session: Desicion-making behind closed doors

By Emilija Nenadovic|2023-10-31T10:35:13+01:0023/06/ 2023|Publications|

Publicity of the work of the Government is regulated by the Decree on the Government, the Rules of Procedure of
the Government and the Decision on the publication of materials from the sessions of the Government. Article
4 of the Government Regulation emphasizes that the work of the Government is public, that the Government
has a website where it publishes information about its work, and that, in accordance with the legislation (Law
on Free Access to Information and Rules of Procedure of the Government), it is obliged to provide the public
with access to its work work. According to the Rules of Procedure of the Government, in addition to the notice
on convening the session, the Government’s website provides for the publication of the proposed agenda, which
contains an indication of points for discussion and points for verification, materials for individual points on the
agenda, committee reports and minutes from the previous session. Article 2 of the Decision on the Publication
of Materials from Government Sessions stipulates the publication of:
1) proposal of the agenda of the Government session;
2) material considered by the Government at the session for which the appropriate level of secrecy has not been
determined in accordance with the law, such as: draft law, bill, report on public debate, proposals for regulations,
decisions, strategies, plans, reports and information, draft, or proposal for a contract, proposal for a decision on appointment,appointment or dismissal;
3) the verified conclusion of the Government, which was adopted in connection with the consideration of the
published material.