№10 Public Administration Reform in Kosovo: Constant Struggle to Make It
№10 Public Administration Reform in Kosovo: Constant Struggle to Make It

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Governance, Public Administration, EU-Legislation
Published by: BPRG Balkans Policy Research Group
Keywords: Transformation and political will; Kosovo constitution; human resources of public administration; Institutional Structures; public finances; political interference; executive power in Kosovo; Kosovo after independence;
Summary/Abstract: Public Administration Reform (PAR) is a dynamic process aimed at improving its capacity to deliver public services. In Kosovo, it is largely driven by external factors, the European Union (EU) perspective and agendas and other donors. Domestically, a number of internal factors work against effective reform; a high level of politicization, inefficient recruitment and evaluation processes, a bloated size, inadequate training and professional development, a barely functional local administration, a chaotic framework for independent agencies, a deficient focus on service delivery and lack of local ownership of the reform process. Kosovo created its own public administration less than two decades ago, and reforms took place simultaneously with its institutional building. Along the way, from UNMIK’s interim administration to the most recent national PAR Strategy, reform could never succeed without the necessary recourses and willpower. The legal framework has advanced substantially in recent years, mostly as a result of it being a requirement to implement the Stabilization and Association Agreement and the European Reform Agenda, but it is rarely respected.

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