Performance Audit and Policy Evaluation in the Western Balkans: On the Same or Parallel Tracks?
Performance Audit and Policy Evaluation in the Western Balkans: On the Same or Parallel Tracks?

Author(s): Milena Lazarević, Miloš Đinđić, Simonida Kacarska, Jovana Marović, Marko Šošić, Kristina Cuculoska
Subject(s): Public Administration, Public Law, Government/Political systems, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Centar za evropske politike CEP
Keywords: Performance audit; Policy evaluation; Western Balkans; Public sector accountability; Governance; Audit practices; Policy effectiveness; Evaluation frameworks; Public administration reform;
Summary/Abstract: From a conceptual perspective, performance audit and policy evaluation are very close fields, with highly converging goals, methods and tools. At the same time, in the Western Balkans these two fields have been evolving without connection and reference to each other. How can the two processes be brought closer together in the three studied WB countries – Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia – with a view to ensure efficiencies and synergic development of these rather novel performance management instruments?

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