Public administration reform-challenge of states in transition - The case of Kosovo
| Author | Valon Grabovci |
| Pages | 133-138 |
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Public administration reform-challen
g
e of states in transition - The case of
K
o
s
o
v
o
Valo
n
G
r
abo
v
ci
Ab
str
a
ct
P
ublic
A
dministration re
f
orm is a global tendenc
y
. Toda
y
there is no societ
y
which
i
sn’t tr
y
ing to re
f
orm its administrative s
y
stem in order to be more e
cient, more
p
roductive, more trans
p
arent and more res
p
onsive to the needs o
f
the citizens. The
i
m
p
rovement o
f
the
p
er
f
ormance and ca
p
acit
y
o
f
an
y
p
ublic institution is critical to
an
y
p
olitical administration that seeks to enhance the
p
er
f
ormance o
f
the government
a
s
a
w
hole.
Th
e met
h
o
d
o
l
og
y
use
d
in t
h
is
p
a
p
er is a mixe
d
met
h
o
d
o
l
og
y
. T
h
e main met
h
o
d
o
l
og
y
w
e a
ppl
ie
d
is t
h
e ana
ly
tica
l
met
h
o
d
w
h
ic
h
h
as
b
een ver
y
im
p
ortant an
d
h
as occu
p
ie
d
a central
p
lace throughout the work.
A
er collecting the materials, it was necessar
y
to
p
rocess them anal
y
ticall
y
and to extend the
p
roblem across its breadth, also a
pp
l
y
ing
the descri
p
tive and com
p
arative method
.
T
he aim o
f
this
p
a
p
er is to re
fl
ect the challenges, shortcomings, bureaucratic
p
rocedures
i
n t
h
e
p
u
bl
ic a
d
ministration in genera
l
b
ut a
l
so to
p
rovi
d
e our suggestions an
d
recommendations to re
f
orm, sim
p
li
fy
the
p
rocedures and to enhance the e
cienc
y
and
p
er
f
ormance o
f
p
ublic administration in the Re
p
ublic o
f
Kosovo.
T
here has alwa
y
s been a debate over whether the conce
p
ts a
pp
lied in the
p
rivate
sector can also be
f
ull
y
trans
f
erred to the
p
ublic sector.
A
lthough management
e
x
p
erts argue that large organizations
f
ace the same bureaucratic
p
roblems as
p
ublic authorities, the more critical ex
p
erts
f
eel that these two sectors o
p
erate under
c
om
p
letel
y
di
erent conditions.
A
n e
ective, correct, trans
p
arent administration
w
ithout bureaucratic
p
rocedures remains a challenge
f
or both sectors, in
p
articular
f
or the
p
ublic sector.
K
e
y
wor
d
s:
A
dministration, legislation, re
f
orm, trans
p
arenc
y
, strateg
y
.
I
ntr
odu
ct
io
n
P
ublic administration in Kosovo is relativel
y
new since the
p
ost-con
fl
ict
p
eriod
starting in 1999 when the building o
f
a new s
y
stem and a new social order commenced,
p
receding a new s
y
stem o
f
p
ublic administration in Kosovo.
A
lthough its
f
unctioning
i
s known earl
y
, in
p
articular a
er World War
II
,
p
ublic administration in Kosovo did
n
ot maintain the continuit
y
o
f
action
f
ollowing the de
p
lo
y
ment o
f
the Civilian and
Militar
y
Mission (
U
NM
I
K and KF
O
R
)
1
.
T
he origin o
f
p
ublic administration in Kosovo is known earl
y
on, es
p
eciall
y
a
er
W
orld War
II
, but a
er
p
ro
f
ound
p
olitical, legal, constitutional and territorial changes,
1 h ps://aab-edu.net/assets/uploads/2016/11/01-2012-SQ-03-Mirlinda-Batalli.pdf
(
Accesse
d
on
f
2
1.01.2020
).
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