According to the research of Center for Investigative Reporting (CIN) and Transparency International (TI) BiH, 10.3 million BAM has been spent on public administration reform since 2006, which are mostly donations. Only half of the planned commitments have been implemented, planned by the end of this year, and citizens cannot feel any progress in their daily routine, said journalist of the Center for Investigative Reporting Mirjana Popović today.
Popović stated this at a Conference “Public Administration Reform Monitoring- PARM“, explaining the aim of the training was to make civil servants more productive at work with greater IT literacy.
”As long there is political administration we will not be able to have an efficient administration”, said PR Manager of TI Ivana Korajlić.
Prime Ministers of entities of BiH and Mayor of Brčko District agreed on public administration reform on all levels, a Public Administration Reform Strategy has been made and Action Plan defined with activities, deadlines and responsibilities of certain institutions.
This was done so BiH would have more efficient and responsible public administration at the end of 2014, it was stated at the Conference.
She emphasized that when it comes to public resource management, we are facing problem with employment in public administration in BiH.
”It is not based on merit, but on political suitability. Institutions of public administration are run by political parties which often results in lack of capable people and inefficient public administration”, said Korajlić.
Less than half institutions at the state level delivered report on evaluation of their employees. Those are mostly institutions with a small number of employees and only three out of nine ministries.
Ministry of Justice, as one of the most important institutions for public administration reform, also has not delivered the report.
This process needs political support. Constant fragmentation and politicization of civil service system is still a reason for “concern”, it was stated at the Conference.
”Public administration reform demands strong political support. There is a new way of working, which requires strategic planning, making policies, programming, treasury activities and regulations for harmonization of laws. There is a lot that BiH needs to do when it comes to public administration reform”, said the State Coordinator for Public Administration Reform Semiha Borovac.
Director of the Swedish Agency for International Development and Cooperation in BiH Pelle Persson agreed there is not enough political support.
”There is no political will here. When you look at the public sector in BiH, you see they spend around 50% of GDP which is a big sum, and services are not at the expected level or in line with the money that is spent. When we are talking about lack of public administration reform in BiH we can clearly say it is low efficiency, because services are not oriented to ultimate beneficiaries”, said Persson.
(Source: Fena)
