WeBER News
(Positive) Public perception of state administration’s citizen orientation
Assessment of the public perception towards the implementation of the citizen-oriented service delivery (tailoring service delivery according to the citizens' needs) in practice suggests there is a relatively positive perception across the Western Balkan countries with exception of Bosnia and Hercegovina (BiH).
Public Availability of Official Data on Public Service – Partial at Best
Public availability of official government data on public service in the Western Balkan (WB) countries is partial at best.
(Un)availability of information on governmental performance in the WB
Governments of the Western Balkan (WB) countries achieve low scores when it comes to information provision on their performance to the public.
Proactive informing by the public authorities at a low level in the Western Balkans
Monitoring done within the regional WeBER project indicates worrying trends in proactive informing of the citizens by the governments of the Western Balkans, particularly in aspects related to annual reporting, budget, public consultation, with a clear lack of citizen-friendliness in presentation of information and absence of open data practices.
Citizens’ participation in local-level policy- and decision-making: Comparative analysis of the Southeast Planning Region
Impact Institute for Research (Skopje, Macedonia) conducted research within the framework of “Comparative analysis and recommendations for improvement of the practices for external consultation in policy creation of local self-governments in the South-East region in Macedonia” project.
Citizens’ participation in local-level policy- and decision-making: Comparative analysis of the Southeast Planning Region
Impact Institute for Research (Skopje, Macedonia) conducted research within the framework of “Comparative analysis and recommendations for improvement of the practices for external consultation in policy creation of local self-governments in the South-East region in Macedonia” project.
Enlargement package consultation meeting on public administration reform (PAR)
Consultations of DG NEAR with representatives from international and non-governmental organisations took place on 19th of January 2018 in Brussels.
Public participation in the process adopting legal acts in Kraljevo almost non-existant
Preliminary results of the research on the civil society and citizen involvement in decision and policy-making process, conducted by Praxis within the project “Contributing to Public Administration Reform (PAR) in Kraljevo“ reveal that public participation in the process adopting legal acts in Kraljevo is almost non-existant.
Second Meeting of PAR National Working Group in Podgorica, Montenegro
On 30 October 2017, Institut Alternativa organised the second meeting of PAR National Working Group (NWG) in Podgorica, Montenegro.
