Challenges and actual problems in reforming the public administration in the Republic of Macedonia

• Author: Argëtim Saliu
• Position: Faculty of Law Iustinianus Primus, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
• Pages: 238-242

ISSN 2410-3918

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Academic Journal of Business, Administration, Law and Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 1

March 2016

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Challenges and actual problems in reforming the public administration in the

Republic of Macedonia

PhD (C.) Argëtim Saliu

Faculty of Law Iustinianus Primus

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje

Abstract

Taking into consideration the fact that the public administration has a very important role in

offering services and being a public service to the citizens and business community, as well as

the need of improvement and harmonization of the norms and standards with the European

Union, as one of the most important demands toward the integration process of Macedonia in

the EU, makes this paper necessary to be taken into consideration for at least as a humble

research in the area of public administration.

Primary goal of this paper is that through comparative and quantitative methods to represent

the challenges of reforming the public and state administration in Macedonia. De-politicization,

more professional administration services and lowering the number of clerks in administration

is one of the main criteria that our country needs to fulfil towards full integration in NATO

and EU.

The more time passes, the least progress is seen in this process, as we see stagnation in the

aspect of quality of services, as well as in the aspect of total number of administrative clerks.

Keywords: administration, reforms, integration, organization, functioning.

A glance in the past of organization and functioning of public administration in

Macedonia

With constitutional changes in 1991 in the political, economic as well as judicial system,

Republic of Macedonia transformed into a pluralistic country with a parliamentary

democracy and market economy. There is no doubt that Macedonia as a member of

the ex-Yugoslav system, after its independence did actually inherit institutions and

staff which could not change their mindset after serving in a totalitarian regime.

Organization and functionality of the public administration is closely related with

the creation of the state and as a part of the political system in society, it represents a

substantial part of the state itself.

In modern societies administration has a crucial role. In developing countries and

those developed during the XX century, the administration staff has increased twenty

times more in comparison with the growth of the overall population1. From our

experience until now, it is evaluated that the public and state administration is more

than necessary for the overall progress of the social processes (Pusiæ , 2002). Based

on the constitution, Macedonia is defined as a republic of law, a state of welfare and

democracy, thus nowhere is it noted that it is a state of political parties. I believe that

for my fellow colleagues and students of law and politics, theoretically this issue is

1Summary of scientific papers, “ The State of Law and reforms in the public administration: case Macedonia”, UEJL,

Tetovo, 2008, p. 155.