Manual
The
project "Implementation of the Public Administration Reform Strategy in
Montenegro”, implemented by NISPAcee, within the UNDP–Government of Slovakia
programme on Promotion of the Slovak Transitional Experience and Human Capital
in ODA, completed its activities in July 2012.
The
main purpose of the project was to provide members of the Montenegrin
Governmental Task Force - Coordination Committee for Implementation of the PAR
Strategy - with a source of knowledge and comparative experience on the
adaptation and reform of Public Administration during the EU accession process.
This
was assured by the implementation of the following three main activities: study
tour to Slovakia for members of the Coordination Committee of the Government of
Montenegro (implemented in November – December 2011); Slovak experts’ mission
to Montenegro (implemented in March 2012) and the development of Guidelines (published in July 2012).
As
already mentioned, the basic idea behind the project was to contribute to the
successful reform process in Montenegro with selected Slovak experiences,arising from the process of public administration implementation and reform.Since this reform in Montenegro is already at an advanced level, it was
necessary to focus the project's activities on the reform priorities specified
in the Public Administration Reform Strategy (AURUM) for the years 2011–2016.
As a result of this, and based on selected Slovak experience, the Government
Commission members have chosen, during their study tour (December 2011),
certain topics from the process of public administration reform and management
in the Slovak Republic, which now form the core of this manual. It is these
issues, elaborated herein, which are closely connected to the continuing
problems of Montenegrin public administration reform, soon to be dealt with on
the basis of the AURUM strategy, together with the requirements applicable for
Montenegro as a candidate State for the European integration process.
The
selection of topics included in this manual was carried out by the Montenegrin
Government Commission members, in close cooperation with Slovak experts, in
such a manner as to cover, within their contents, various marginal aspects of
public administration reform and to respond to the current problems and major
challenges of the Montenegrin reform process. Included in the manual are issues
of the proper and efficient functioning of local state administration, as well
as self-government, the conceptual and consistent education of civil servants
and, last but not least, the issue of quality assessment of the influences of
proposals for generally binding legal regulations and the process for making
them available to the public.
The
project team believes that a manual structured in this manner and, in
particular, the information it contains, will become an inspiration, not only
for members of the Montenegrin Government Commission, but also for other
representatives involved in the reform of the state administration authorities
at a local, as well as regional level, self-government representatives, and the
entire professional public in Montenegro.
The
developed manual is available free of charge in three languages – English,Montenegrin and Slovak.