Paper/Speech Details of Conference Program for the 19th NISPAcee Annual Conference Program Overview PA Reform Author(s) Marija Risteska Skopje Republic of North Macedonia Title Ten years of implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement: Revisiting the principle of just and equal representation of minority groups in public administration in Macedonia File Paper files are available only for conference participants, please login first. Presenter Abstract Community conflicts require structural changes to improve intercommunity understanding and tackle issues of inequality, disadvantage and marginalization. Multicultural literature explains that participation in public affairs and representation in state institutions by minorities is central to their sense of identity. It is crucial to their feeling a part of the state and the wider community. Since the interethic conflict in 2001, with the Ohrid Framework Agreement, Macedonia has adjusted its structure of government and modes of governance in order to allow for participation of minority groups in policy making, but also to strengthen their representation in politics and public administration. This paper evalutes the application of the principle of just and equitable representation of minority groups in the Macedonian civil service. It presents evidence and argues that the Ohrid Framework Agreement adequately responds to the power sharing claims from the ethnic Albanians, and provides for their representation in public administration. However, the means to achieve this goal are not just, as not the same criteria are applied when recruitment for the civil service of minority group members is conducted; nor the outputs are equitable, as the male from this goup outnumber the female representatives of the same ethnic group.
