BASIC GOALS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM IN CROATIA

Unit 10

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Europeanization: guiding principles Modernization: administrative doctrines Weberian model: standards Traditional values “New” values Legal terms Translation

Basic goals

Europeanisation modernisation

Guiding principles

The rule of law Principle of subsidiarity Principle of transparency, etc.

Subsidiarity

A principle of EU introduced by Article 32 of the Maastricht Treaty:

in areas which do not fall within he exclusive competence of the EU, it shall not take action unless the objectives of the proposed action cannot be adequately achieved by individual member states.

Subsidiarity

provides for legislation at national level EU measures are not required.

Rule of law

 1. Laws must exist and should be obeyed by all, including government officials.

2.    Laws must be published. 

Rule of law

3.    Laws must be prospective in nature so that the effect of the law may only take place after the law has been passed (e.g. the court cannot convict a person of a crime committed before a criminal statute prohibiting the conduct was passed). 

Rule of law

4.    Laws should be written with reasonable clarity to avoid unfair enforcement.

5.    Law must avoid contradictions.   6.    Law must not command the

impossible

Rule of law

7.    Law must stay constant through time to allow the formalization of rules; it also must allow for timely revision when the underlying social and political circumstances have changed. 

8.    Official action should be consistent with the declared rule. 

Weberian model of public administration

organized, well-documented impartial ethical professional efficient

Traditional values of public administration

Democratic political values Legal values Social values

Democratic political values

Political legitimacy Political accountability Responsiveness to citizens’ interests

and wishes Publicness Transparency of administration Availability

Legal values

The rule of law Legality Legal scrutiny Equality in administrative procedure

Legal values

Impartiality Protection of human and citizens’ rights Fair administrative procedures Legal responsibility of public

administration Judicial supervision of public

administration

Social values

Social justice, solidarity, Social sensitivity Welfare Compassion Assistance, etc.

Economic values

Efficiency Economy Effectiveness

New values

Education, expertise and professionalism

Subsidiarity and decentralisation Morality, impartiality and non-

corruptness

New values

Quality of public services Co-ordination, horizontal networking and

computerization Entrepreneurship, competitiveness and

market orientation

Legal terms

Subsidiarity Ovlasti djelovanja samo kad je ono

uspješnije od djelovanja na nacionalnoj razini

Accountability Odgovornost Impartiality nepristranost

Legal tems

Adjust Prilagoditi Adopt Prihvatiti Implement Provesti, primijeniti, izvršiti

Legal terms

Availability Raspoloživost, dostupnost Legitimacy zakonitost

Put the verbs in brackets into appropriate forms: The Constitution of 1990 ___(introduce) the

semi-presidential system based on the French model. From 1990 to 2001, public administration in Croatia ___(develop) in the

conditions of etatization, centralisation and politicisation of an authoritarian type. Besides

an ever-increasing number of civil servants, the characteristics of these period ___(be) an

insufficient level of professionalism of administrative personnel and politicization of

administrative services.

The space for administrative-technical principles, expertise and

professionalism ___(limit, passive). Democratic political values ___(repress, passive), while law ____(regard, passive) as the mere instrument of politics. The lack of co-ordination _____ (compensate, passive) for by arbitrary, ad hoc political interventions. Political-administrative system ___(close, passive) and bureaucratised, imbued with the climate of secrecy

Key

The Constitution of 1990 introduced the semi-presidential system based on the French model. From 1990 to 2001, public administration in Croatia developed in the

conditions of etatization, centralisation and politicisation of an authoritarian type. Besides an ever-increasing number of civil servants, the characteristics of these period were an insufficient level of professionalism of administrative personnel and politicization of

administrative services. The space for administrative-technical principles, expertise and professionalism was limited.

Key

Democratic political values were repressed, while law was regarded as the mere instrument of politics. The lack of co-ordination was compensated

for by arbitrary, ad hoc political interventions. Political-administrative system was closed and bureaucratised, imbued with the climate of secrecy

Fill in the missing words: administrative, customs, executed, foreign, frequency, poorly, reform

Before the first significant ____ of the territorial ___system in 1993, the Croatian state administration had passed through a number of frequent changes and ___ conceived and ____reorganizations characterised by political voluntarism. The ___of such reorganisations was partly caused by the necessity of creating the new administrative organizations in a new State (___ affairs, defense, ___service, etc.).

central, civil, criteria, government’s, opposition, screening, socialist

The strong communes, inherited from ___Croatia either became the central ___obedient servants, or established themselves as the focal points of a strong___, even resistance to the ___ government. Rigorous ____ took place in the ranks of the state and local ___servants and personnel in the public services based on political, national and similar ___.

Key

Before the first significant reform of the territorial administrative system in 1993,the Croatian state administration had passed through a number of frequent changes andpoorly conceived and executed reorganizations characterised by political voluntarism.The frequency of such reorganisations was partly caused by the necessity of creating thenew administrative organizations in a new State (foreign affairs, defense, customs service, etc.).

Key

The strong communes, inherited from socialist Croatia either became the central government’s obedient servants, or established themselves as the focal points of a strong opposition, even resistance to the central government. Rigorous screening took place in the ranks of the state and local civil servants and personnel in the public services based on political, national and similar criteria.

central, considerably, Constitution, constitutional, decentralisation, local, self-government

The Revisions of the ___of 2000 (NN 41/01) marked the beginning of the ___process. The new ___provisions meant a radical turn: they___ constrained the powers of the ___ government by granting citizens the

right to local and regional ___, and by accepting the concept of ___self government as a counterbalance to the central government.

Charter, legislature, public ratification, regional, subsidiarity, transferred The Croatian ___began to harmonize the

relevant provisions of the domestic law with the European ___of Local Self-Government more than three years after its ___. The Constitution ___the responsibility for certain groups of ___ affairs to local and regional units as a real substratum of the citizens’ right to local and __self-government and accepted the principle of ___and solidarity

Key

The Revisions of the Constitution of 2000 (NN 41/01) marked the beginning of the decentralisation process. The new constitutional provisions meant a radical turn: they considerably constrained the powers of the central government by granting citizens the

right to local and regional self-government, and by accepting the concept of local self government as a counterbalance to the central government.

Key

The Croatian legislature began to harmonize the relevant provisions of the domestic law with the European Charter of Local Self-Government more than three years after its ratification. The Constitution transferred the responsibility for certain groups of public affairs to local and regional units as a real substratum of the citizens’ right to local and regional

self-government and accepted the principle of subsidiarity and solidarity

Translation

Osnovni ciljevi reforme javne uprave u Hrvatskoj su europeizacija i modernizacija. U procesu pridruživanja EU, Hrvatska se mora prilagoditi europskom iskustvu javne uprave i prihvatiti upravne standarde koji se šire europskim upravnim prostorom u nastajanju.

Translation

Europski standardi javne uprave obično nisu pisani – manje se bave konkretnom strukturom, organizacijom i veličinom javne uprave, a više njezinim osobinama i sposobnošću provedbe europske pravne stečevine.

Translation

U većini slučajeva, govorimo o iskustvu koje se katkada prenosi u smjernice, kao što je vladavina prava,načelo supsidijarnosti, načelo transparentnosti, itd. Građani se postavljaju u prvi plan i načini vođenja politike su usmjereni prema rezultatima.

Translation

Program SIGMA (zajednička inicijativa OECD-a i EU) postigao je određenu konkretizaciju kriterija za utvrđivanje upravne sposobnosti, no ti su kriteriji još uvijek samo okvirni.

Translation

Modernizacija znači dublje promjene u strukturama i procesima u javnoj upravi koje nalaze poticaj u današnjim utjecajnim upravnim doktrinama novog javnog managementa i dobrog upravljanja. Budući da hrvatska javna uprava još nije dostigla standarde niti tradicionalnog weberijanskog modela organizirane, dobro dokumentirane, nepristrane, etične, profesionalne i učinkovite javne uprave, treći cilj reforme mora uključiti upravni razvoj utemeljen na tradicionalnom modelu.

Translation

Vrijednosti koje treba uključiti i poštovati u modernoj javnoj upravi su tradicionalne i “nove”. Tradicionalne su se vrijednosti utvrdile tijekom prošlog razvoja.

Translation

To su: demokratske političke vrijednosti (politički legitimitet, politička odgovornost izabranih zastupnika, sposobnost udovoljavanja potrebama i željama građana, javnost i transparentnost uprave, dostupnost, itd.), pravne vrijednosti (vladavina prava, zakonitost, pravna sigurnost, jednakost u upravnom postupku, nepristranost, zaštita građanskih i ljudskih prava, pošteni upravni postupci, pravna odgovornost javne uprave – materijalna, disciplinska i kaznena, sudski nadzor nad javnom upravom), društvene vrijednosti (društvena pravda, solidarnost, društvena osjetljivost, socijalna skrb, briga za dobrobit građana, suosjećanje, pomoć građanima, itd.) i ekonomske vrijednosti (učinkovitost, ekonomičnost, uspješnost).

Translation

Nove, ili ponovo otkrivene vrijednosti su obrazovanje, stručnost i profesionalizam; supsidijarnost i decentralizacija; moralnost, nepristranost i nekorumpiranost; kvaliteta javnih usluga;koordinacija, uspostavljanje horizontalnih mreža i kompjuterizacija; poduzetništvo, tržišno natjecanje i tržišna orijentacija.