Report on the Monitoring of Local Administration – The City of Novi Pazar
Report on the Monitoring of Local Administration – The City of Novi Pazar

Author(s): Not Specified Author
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Government/Political systems, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: Centar za evropske politike CEP
Keywords: Serbia; monitoring; local administration; report; Novi Pazar;
Summary/Abstract: The website of the city of Novi Pazar is well structured. It contains a large number of easily accessible, with more than three clicks, documents, data and information. Content search function works great. There are special subdomains for the areas of public procurement, electronic services, city budget and documents on the website. The content of the website is accurate, timely and up-to-date. The City of Novi Pazar won 143, out of a possible 262 points which makes rating 3 in the final score. The City Administration of the City of Novi Pazar achieved the best results in the areas of „Public services and human resourse management“ and "Public Financial Management". Within the area of „Public services and human resourse management“, the exceptional results were achieved in the fields of Institutionalization of human resource management in local administration and Effective protection of senior civil servants` positions from unwanted political interference. Within the area of "Public Financial Management", the City Administration of the city of Novi Pazar stood out in the field of the Degree of compliance with the budget calendar and successful planning of income and expenses, as well as in the field of Public procurement procedures based on the principles of equal treatment, non-discrimination, proportionality and transparency. Weaker results were achieved in the areas of "Accountability" and "Policy development and coordination". Within the area of "Accountability", the proactivity of the local administration in publishing information on the official website was rated 2. This is due to the fact that a large number of documents and information are not available in all languages in official use. In the area of "Policy development and coordination", the Transparency of the council's work, preparation of drafts and proposals for decisions in local administration was rated 2, as well as Inclusiveness and openness of policymaking in local administration. The worst results were achieved in the areas of "Strategic framework for public administration reform“ and "Service delivery". For the availability and quality of providing administrative services to citizens, 12 out of 28 possible points were scored. For the existence of a planning document for improving the work of local administration and the involvement of civil society in the process of development and structures for monitoring and coordination 12 out of 26 points were awarded.

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