The Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, the Ministry of European Integration and the SIGMA Mission held an introductory meeting on the occasion of the ceremonial start of this year's SIGMA measurement of progress achieved in the implementation of public administration reform in Serbia, within the European integration process.
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Continuous reforming of public administration, alignment with EU standards
Belgrade,
24 January 2024
The aim of the meeting is to familiarise the institutions of the Republic of Serbia with the mission of SIGMA and to present the revised principles of public administration that SIGMA adopted in November 2023.
Minister for European Integration Tanja Miscevic stated that Serbia has a very long tradition of state administration, which it developed alongside its statehood.
According to her, from the very beginning, the European Union supported the development and improvement of state administration and local self-government from its funds.
The sectoral budget support of the European Union is particularly important to us, which is now entering a new cycle worth €30 million and which implies very clear indicators for the continuation of further reform, the Minister for European Integration noted adding that by becoming a member in the EU, this process will not end, but will follow us also when we become an EU member state.
SIGMA, a joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, adopted the revised Principles of Public Administration in 2023, and according to them, the assessment for the Republic of Serbia will be carried out for the first time in 2024.
The result of the evaluation is the Monitoring Report, which contains evaluations of the public administration reform in the six most important thematic areas, as well as recommendations for further improvement of the public administration system.
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