Report on the Monitoring of Local Administration – The City of Valjevo
Report on the Monitoring of Local Administration – The City of Valjevo

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; governance; local administration; report; Valjevo;
Summary/Abstract: After the conducted research, the biggest impression is a closed and negative attitude of the City Administration of the city of Valjevo towards the research we are conducting. From December 2021 until June 2022, researchers sent a large number of requests to the City Administration for free access to information of public importance. The city administration responded to only one of the requests, several months late, and even that request was not fully answered. We are of the opinion that the overall rating would have been higher, as well as the individual ratings by area, if the City Administration had provided the information requested from it. In addition, we would get a more complete picture, which would result in a greater number of recommendations for improving the work of the City Administration. However, the information that the City Administration did not provide for us is also useful information, as well as a message addressed to the citizens. Because if the City of Valjevo does not fulfill its basic obligation prescribed by the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance, an obligation whose non-compliance leads even to financial sanctions, it is difficult to expect that it will act proactively, enable a greater degree of citizen participation in decision-making, and that the administration's work will be more transparent. The area of Public services and human resource management stands out as the worst-rated, while, on the other hand, the best-rated area is Accountability, which analyzes the proactivity of the local administration in publishing information on the official website of the City, although the City Administration could significantly improve the situation in this area as well.

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