Development
of the new PAR Strategy for the period
2020-2030 has begun with the initial meeting held on 23 October 2019 at the
Palace of Serbia. The new strategy will pave the way for the development of the
public administration in Serbia in the next decade. In addition to the new
Strategy, an accompanying Action Plan, valid until 2025, will be developed.
The event,
organised by the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government
with the support of this Project and the PAR Visibility and Communication (hyperlink)
Complimentary support project, was attended by more than 100 representatives of
state institutions, international community, the civil sector and experts in
the field of public administration. The meeting started with a panel discussion,
having the Minister for Public Administration and Local Self-Government, the Head
of the Sector for Cooperation of the Delegation of the European Union, the Assistant
Minister for European Integrations and the Assistant Minister for Finance as
panellists. The panel gave an opportunity to the audience to be shortly briefed
on how far the public administration reform had come in recent years and what
the guidelines are for the new Strategy, given the experience gained so far. The
panellists pointed out that – in the framework of Serbia’s European integration
process – PAR remains a key priority with necessary focus on initiating better public
policies, managing public finances and human resources, and improving service
delivery to citizens.
The initial
meeting continued with the work of working groups that discussed some of the
key issues of the public administration reform process and identified over 50
recommendations that could be the starting point for the development of the new
strategy.
The European
Union will continue to provide financial and professional support for the public
administration reform in Serbia. The EU for PAR under the Sector Reform
Contract Project is part of this effort. Experts will support the work of all
working groups set up for the development of the new PAR Strategy in every step
of the development process to help the administration in elaborating an
ambitious, yet achievable strategy that also fully complies with the requirements
of the Law on the Planning System of Serbia.