Ian Masaryk, as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Czechoslovak Exile Government in London, had started at the beginning of World-War II a series of speaches, which were broadcasted every Wednesday by the B. B. C. Later, the intervals of the speaches became longer and mor irregular. In 1944 a collection of these speaches has been published in print by LINCOLNS-PRAGER (PUBLISHERS) LIMITED, London, with a foreword by Anthony Eden, the British Minister for Foreign Affairs.
From A Eden's Foreword: "In this book we find Mr. Masaryk’s commentary on world events, delivered week by week as the war years unfolded. It was to him with his honoured name and reputation that his countrymen chiefly looked for truth and enlightenment on world affairs. In the midst of the spiritual and intellectual darkness which was, and still is, imposed on the occupied territories, the Czechoslovaks turned to Mr. Masaryk for the facts and for a reliable interpretation of those facts from the Czechoslovak standpoint. The present volume reveals the extent to which Mr. Masaryk met their need. Without doubt these talks have played a great part in maintaining the steadfast courage of the Czechoslovak people during their long ordeal."
This file is a rer-digitized copy of the Lincolns-Prager book.
Author(s): Dušan Bilandžić,Bože Čović,Pero Jurković,Mladen Klemenčić,Slaven Letica,Radovan Pavić,Zdravko Tomac,Stanko Žuljić / Language(s): English
Keywords: Croatian independence; Croatian statehood; dissolution of Yugoslavia; Serbian-Croatian war; Serbian irreden-tism; Greater Serbia;
The purpose of this book, prepared by the University of Zagreb, is to help the reader understand the “Croatian question" and the reasons behind the present Serbian aggression against Croatia, and to explain that the desire of the Croatian people to achieve their freedom and statehood is deeply in accordance with the tradition of Eu-ropean and world liberal democracy. The aspiration of the Croats to have their own sovereign and independent state is identical to the aspirations already achieved by other European nations.
The Book has been published in 1991 by the Zagreb University.
Keywords: Yugoslavia 1939; agriculture in Yugoslavia 1939;
Book was published in 1939 by the "League of Nations / European COnference on Rural Life"
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS:
Dr. Rudolf Andrejka, Head of Division in the Genera Statistical Department.
Ante Celegin, Engineer, Head of Division in the Ministry of Public Works.
G. Davidovitch, Secretary of the Central Union of Co-operative Societies of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Dr. Milorad Dragitch, Adviser to the Central Institute of Public Health.Dr. Stevan Ivanitch, Head of Division in the Ministry of Social Welfare and Public Health.
Milorad Jefremovitch, Director-General of the Agricultural Chartered Bank.
Dr. Bogoliub Konstantinovitch, Director of the Central Institute of Public Health.Dr. Branislav Krstitch, Head of Division in the Ministry of Education.
Alfonz Hribar, Inspector in the Ministry of Agriculture.Dr. Miloslav Stojadinovitch, Publicist.
Velislav Tomachevitch, Engineer, Head of the Sanitary Technical Section in the Central Institute of Public Health.
The various chapters of the monograph were assembled and edited by Dr. Andrejka, Dr. Ivanitch and Dr. Stojadinovitch.
Hrvatska Seljačka Stranka u službi hrvatskog naroda
Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English
Keywords: Croatian Peasant Party;
The booklet, published in 1987 by "Središnji odbor Hrvatske Seljačke Stranke" (Central Committee of the Croatian Peasant Party) with office in Brussels (Belgium), is a report on the "World Meeting of the Croatian Peasant Party and Croatian Workers' Union" (Toronto, May 1987) with contributions by: Juraj Krnjević, Lovro Črep, Josip M. Torbar, Eugen Laxa, Tihomil Rađa, Mehmed Bašić, Đuro Đurković, Mirko Vidović, Dorothy Obradović, Krešimir Butković, Zvonko Mustapić, Stjepan Golubić, Juraj Boljkovac, Stjepan Košutić, Ivo Tomić, Ferid Salihović,
The EU Electoral Reform Efforts: Europeanising the 2019 Elections?
Author(s): Strahinja Subotić / Language(s): English
Keywords: Serbia and EU;
All across the EU, it has become quite common to label the modus operandi of the EU as ineffective, its institutional set-up as undemocratic and its politics as far removed from European citizens. Attempting to address these concerns, the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker called for institutional reforms in his 2017 State of the Union Address. In it, he endorsed the continuation of the Spitzenkandidaten-experiment and the introduction of transnational lists in the 2019 European parliament (EP) elections. Knowing that 2019 will mark a transition to a new institutional cycle, the President of the European Council Donald Tusk gathered the EU271 leaders on 23 February 2018, at an informal leaders' summit, in order to discuss and decide whether to endorse, postpone or nullify the chances of survival of these proposals. Ultimately, both proposals failed to acquire unanimous support of the EU leaders, who instead opted for revisiting these issues in the future. In this regard, the purpose of this Insight is to present and examine both proposals in order to unravel what they might mean for the future of the EU. Last but not least, this Insight illustrates how these proposals would affect Serbia once it becomes an EU member state, with the aim to draw the debates on the EU institutional framework closer to the Serbian public.
From the Bulgarian to the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU
Author(s): Strahinja Subotić / Language(s): English
On 1 July 2018, Bulgaria handed over the presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) to Austria. Both enlargement-friendly presidencies came at a time of uneasiness and external and internal unpredictability for the Union. As the ongoing trade war and the disagreement on military spending show, EU-US relations have become tense in areas which constitute the backbone of the transatlantic alliance, such as trade and defence. Meanwhile, populist governments, like the one recently established in Italy, as well as those of Poland and Hungary, have been causing concerns with their divisive rhetoric and Euroscepticism. Finally, as the EU's ‘key leader' Angela Merkel continues to face instability at home, and the2019 EP elections are approaching, the EU has found itself in a limbo of ‘soul searching' due to its inability to find common solutions on the most pressing issues such as migration.
Serbia Scores a Weak Two in Professionalisation of Public Administration
Author(s): Vladimir V. Mihajlović / Language(s): English
Keywords: public administration;
Although public administration reform is recognised as one of the three pillars of EU Enlargement, nonetheless, neither acquis communautaire nor separate negotiating chapter exists for this area. Therefore, the European Commission had to come up with a new mechanism for monitoring progress of candidate countries in this field. Thus, in 2014, the EC and SIGMA have developed Principles of Public Administration which encompass six areas. Within the document the keyelements of good governance are included, i.e. the requests that countries should complete in order to become a successful EU member country one day. In 2015, SIGMA conducted a detailed analysis of public administration in all candidate countries and potential candidates for EU membership. In this document we analyse Serbia’s score for the Public Service and Human Resource Management and present scores of other Western Balkan countries. The area of public service is analysed through seven principles which are recognised as necessary preconditions for the establishment of professional public administration and merit-based civil service system.
Possible Date for EU Accession and the Years Ahead
Author(s): Duško Lopandić / Language(s): English
Keywords: Serbia and EU Accession;
The recent announcement by the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, on EC's plan to prepare a Strategy for a successful EU accession of Serbia and Montenegro as front-runner candidates in the Western Balkans in 2025 perspective is very important for Serbia and the rest of Western Balkans. His speech represents the first occasion when an EU representative mentioned even a possible date for EU's future enlargement - 14 years since the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Thessaloniki, almost 8 years since Serbia lodged its membership application, and 4 years since the accession negotiations with the EU were opened. Consequently, the ongoing accession negotiations, characterised by unclear timeframe, have become slightly more focused in terms of deadlines. At the same, Juncker's speech puts naysayers at bay. An increasing number of experts, domestically and internationally, have often given their estimates that Serbia negotiates EU accession in vain and that the EU enlargement is a never-ending story - a la turque.
BALKAN ENLARGEMENT AND THE POLITICS OF CIVIC PRESSURE: THE CASE OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM SECTOR
Author(s): Milena Lazarević,Corina Stratulat / Language(s): English
Keywords: BALKAN ; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
One precious lesson learned by the European Union (EU) from the experience of its eastward expansion between 2004 and 2013, and applied now in the case of the Balkan aspiring members, has been to complement the politics of conditionality – that is, Brussel's traditional 'carrot and stick approach' – with the politics of pressure – whereby the region's governments are 'squeezed' in a "Brussels sandwich" between societal demands and an uncompromising European Commission. The Commission's search for civil society allies in the Balkans represents a promising break with the legacy of previous accessions, in which governments were Brussels' only trusted interlocutors. Yet, the new strategy still overestimates the ability of Balkan societies to step up to the mark by themselves. A vibrant civil society is a long-term investment that the EU should beef up further. The public administration reform (PAR) sector supplies concrete opportunities for the Union to do just that.
LACK OF GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY IN SERBIA: LOW ACCOUNTABILITY DOMESTICALLY AND POOR RESPONSE TO EU CONDITIONALITY
Author(s): Miloš Đinđić,Milena Lazarević / Language(s): English
Keywords: TRANSPARENCY ; SERBIA
The Government of Serbia falls short of ensuring transparency of its work. By regularly publishing cherry-picked information from its sessions, access to all adopted decisions becomes hardly possible and the approach to provision of information unjustiably selective. In addition, by irregularly reporting to the public on its performance, the Government reduces possibilities for public scrutiny of its results. Also, irregular reporting on budgetary performance adds to the overall picture of insufcient and low-quality reporting. Civil society in Serbia recognises these problems and holds the view that the Government’s decision making is for the most part hidden from the eyes of the public. If the Government wishes to adhere to the principles of good governance, it can only do so by thoroughly and regularly publishing detailed information about its activities and results, thus paving the way for free exercise of public scrutiny and facilitating the accountability for its actions.
COPING WITH EU DECISION-MAKING: HOW ARE THE BALKAN COUNTRIES PREPARING THEIR POLICYMAKING SYSTEMS FOR MEMBERSHIP?
Author(s): Milena Lazarević,Corina Stratulat / Language(s): English
Keywords: BALKAN ; POLICYMAKING
Under the public administration reform (PAR) pillar of the European Union’s conditionality for the Balkans, the EU puts a strong emphasison the improvement of the aspirants’ policy development and coordination practices. Yet the governments of the region are not pullingtheir weight. Recent external monitoring e orts reveal very poor results in this reform area across the Balkans, with few positive countryexamples. To help improve the situation, the European Commission should ‘mainstream’ its requests for quality policymaking across thesectoral policies in which it monitors and supports the work of the region’s governments.
PREPARING FOR ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE WeBER MONITORING?
Author(s): Simonida Kacarska,Aleksandra Ivanovska,Angel Mojsovski / Language(s): English
Keywords: NORTH MACEDONIA
Following the 2018 June European Council conclusions, the Republic of Macedonia is awaiting the start of the accession negotiations for the end of 2019. In these conditions, the government is currently preparing the institutional framework for EU accession negotiations. In August 2018, the Government adopted the institutional platform for this purpose, which formed the basis for the start of the explanatory screening process. The country is faced with the challenge of coordinating its policies for the purposes of EU accession in an inclusive, yet e ective and e cient manner.
PROACTIVE TRANSPARENCY AND THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION: TWO SIDES OF SAME COIN
Author(s): Ana Bukovac,Anida Šabanović / Language(s): English
Keywords: TRANSPARENCY ; ACCESS TO INFORMATION
Societies which are seen as democratic societies are generally envisioned as an environment in which thegovernment operates for the benefit of its citizens and works together with the citizens. One of the valuesof a democratic order of a country is the transparency of work of its administrative structures, as well as fullrespect of the inalienable rights of its citizens. Proactive transparency and free access to information are thebasic methods of communication between a state and its citizens.
OPENING GOVERNMENTS IN TIMES OF LOCKDOWN LESSONS LEARNED FOR CITIZEN-ORIENTED ADMINISTRATIONS FROM THE COVID-19 CRISIS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS
Author(s): Marko Sošić,Milena Lazarević / Language(s): English
Keywords: LOCKDOWN ; COVID-19 ; WESTERN BALKANS
The ongoing coronavirus crisis has spurred a myriad of measures from governments in the Western Balkans to better inform their citizens andprovide services in emergency circumstances. Yet, responses to the pandemic and the institution of unprecedented lockdown measures haveintroduced various challenges to already fragile standards of transparency, accountability and rule of law, as well as have exposed shortcomingsin the functioning of public administrations, in the Western Balkans. The crisis is increasingly being used as an excuse to backslide on previouslyachieved progress. The way emergency measures were adopted and enforced, and how citizens were informed, require close scrutiny, so as toensure that the practices developed during this crisis do not become the "new normal".
DO NEW CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE ROUTINES? PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE DELIVERY DURING THE COVID19 PANDEMIC IN THE WESTERN BALKANS
Author(s): Stefan Stojković / Language(s): English
Keywords: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ; COVID 19 ; WESTERN BALKANS
The COVID-19 outbreak introduced signi cant changes in our everyday lives. Online platforms for video communication andcommerce sales are booming, while the population is, by and large, changing its habits. Particularly hit are service delivery systemswhere both service providing institutions and their clients had to accommodate to the new modes of interaction. In this way, thepandemic has also raised important questions about the nature and quality of administrative services in these extraordinarycircumstances. As our direct contacts with institutions have been minimized, the relevance of electronic services (e-services) asprimary means of interaction with public administration gains importance.
ONE PAGER OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO DG NEAR, FACING THE UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN NORTH MACEDONIA AS A PREREQUISITE FOR CONTINUATION OF THE ACCESSION, I.E., NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS
Author(s): Katerina Kolozova / Language(s): English
The research recognised both the progress in the respect of LGBTI rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the deep-rooted problems that LGBTI people face in our society, including lack of access to health care, lack of social support and economic opportunities, and deficiencies in legislation that fails to provide adequate protection. Although the research findings point to the need for broader education of society about LGBTI issues to reduce stigma and increase acceptance, they also point to certain positive developments.
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