Report on the Monitoring of Local Administration – The Municipality of Vlasotince
Report on the Monitoring of Local Administration – The Municipality of Vlasotince

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; municipalities; governance; local administration; report; Vlasotince;
Summary/Abstract: The analysis of public administration in the municipality of Vlasotince, lead to the following conclusions: The public administration of Vlasotince achieved the most points in the area that monitors the Public services and Human resources management in the section on Institutionalization of Human resources management, in the area of Services delivery, specifically the Accessibility and quality of provision of administrative services to citizens and in the area of Public financial management, in the section that monitors the Degree of compliance with the budget calendar and the successful planning of income and expenses and the indicator that monitor that public procurement procedures are based on the principles of equal treatment, non-discrimination, proportionality and transparency. The fewest points were achieved in the areas of the Strategic framework for public administration reform, specifically due to the lack of improvement of public administration through strategic documents and non-inclusion of civil society in the process of drafting and structures for monitoring and coordination, in the area of Policy development and coordination, in the part that follows the Transparency of council`s work and preparation of drafts and proposals for decisions in local administration and Inclusiveness and openness in policymaking in local administration, as well as areas related to the Public services and human resource management in terms of the effectiveness of measures for the promotion of integrity and prevention of corruption in local administration. During the conduct of the research, a positive practice of the behavior of officials employed in the public administration of Vlasotince was observed, which should be highlighted. The way of communication with the research team, despite the insufficient number of employees, and the handling of Requests for access to information of public importance, both in terms of form and comprehensiveness of information, are certainly an example of good practice. Also, the new website, which contains a lot of publicly available data and services that facilitate citizens' daily access to information, are also positively evaluated elements. What is necessary to do when it comes to the content of the web-presentation of the municipality of Vlasotince, is to harmonize the content and technical standards with the Regulation on further conditions for the creation and maintenance of the web-presentation of the Authority.

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