NATIONAL PAR-MONITOR 2019/2020: Serbia
NATIONAL PAR-MONITOR 2019/2020: Serbia

Author(s): Miloš Đinđić, Milena Lazarević, Dragana Bajić, Stefan Stojković
Subject(s): Governance, Public Administration
Published by: WeBER - Western Balkan Enablers for Reforming Public Administration
Summary/Abstract: Since the publication of the first edition of the Western Balkan PAR Monitor in 2018, the Western Balkan region (WB) has continued slowly their path towards further democratisation and modernisation of its societies, implementing the necessary structural, economic, and social reforms to improve the lives of citizens. These reform processes were, from their onset, stimulated by aspirations of becoming members of the EU, and they continue to be driven by the EU integration process and its inherent conditionalities. Good governance lies at the heart of the European integration project, requiring public administrations to be professional, reliable and predictable, open and transparent, efficient and effective, and accountable to their citizens. With the new strategy of the European Commission issued in early 2020, public administration reform (PAR) was reaffirmed as an area of fundamental reform in the EU’s enlargement policy. Accordingly, PAR joined the areas of rule of law, economic governance, and the functioning of democratic institutions as the basic pillars of reform which will constitute the foundation for the overall assessment of progress of aspiring EU members.

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