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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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Strategy for public administration reform to take priority

Belgrade, 16 April 2004

Serbian Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Zoran Loncar said today that his ministry’s top priority is to draw up a strategy for public administration reforms by the end of the year, along with a detailed action plan and accurate deadlines for its implementation. Loncar also announced the writing of a series of system bills as well as serious work on improving Serbia’s voter registers, to make sure that no eligible voter is registered for more than once.

Zoran Loncar

Loncar told a press conference he is not satisfied with the public administration reform conducted by the previous government in the past three years, and he announced that a new strategy will seek to make the public administration free of political influence, more professional, and decentralised.

According to him, the reform must have an institutional and legal basis, as until now, nobody knew who carried out the reforms or who was responsible for results. The Serbian government will assign this task to the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, said Loncar.

Loncar said the passing of legislation on conflict of interest is among short-term priorities in creating legal conditions for public administration reform. He also announced legislation on civil servants, which should contain a code of conduct, as recommended by the Council of Europe.

Another novelty to be introduced in Serbia’s the public administration is a change of the remuneration system, in order to make it more stimulating through performance-based incentives. This project, managed by World Bank representatives in Belgrade, is in its first stage, which should be completed by the end of the year, he said.