The draft of the National Report on the monitoring of PAR was presented

On November 27, the European Policy Institute – Skopje (EPI) held the final conference of the WeBER project – Western Balkans Enabling Project for Civil Society Monitoring of Public Administration Reform.

The findings from the monitoring of the public administration reform were presented at the conference, with a focus on civil society and its role in monitoring and supporting public administration reforms in the Republic of Macedonia and its path to the EU. Key stakeholders gathered from CSOs, independent experts and institutions gathered in one place in order to foster dialogue for creating better administration. The conference served to present and discuss the first National Report on the monitoring of PAR.

The conference was divided into two panels.

Discussion in the priority areas of public administration: Strategic framework; Public service and human resources management; Public finance management

Discussing on the first panel were Malinka Ristevska-Jordanova from EPI and WeBER researcher Aleksandra Ivanovska, the Minister of Information Society and Administration Mr. Damjan Mancevski, professor Dragan Gocevski from the Faculty of Law “Iustinianus Primus”, as well as Neda Maleska from the Center for Change Management.

Discussion in the priority areas of public administration: Policy making and coordination; Responsibility, Accountability and Transparency; Providing services and ICT support to the administration

Discussing on the second panel were Angel Mojsovski, WeBER researcher, Kristina Dimovska from the Ministry of Information Society and Administration, Aleksandar Nikolov from the ZENIT Association, and Misha Popovic from the Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” – Skopje.

The event was moderated by the journalist Vasko Popetrevski.

The final version of the national monitoring report on public administration reform will be available on the EPI website after its completion.

About the project

The European Policy Institute (EPI) – Skopje, in partnership with the European Policy Centre (CEP) – Serbia, from January 1, 2016, started to implement the Western Balkans Enabling Project for Civil Society Monitoring of Public Administration Reform – WeBER. The project’s partners are: the Center for European Policy (Belgium), the Institute Alternativa (Montenegro), the Group for Legal and Policy Studies (Kosovo), the Foreign Policy Initiative (Bosnia and Herzegovina), the Institute for Democracy and Mediation (Albania). The project is funded by the EU, co-financed by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and aims to increase the importance, participation and capacity of CSOs and the media in the Western Balkans in order to advocate and influence the creation and implementation of reforms in the public administration (PAR). The Weber project was recognized as a successful example in the region of the recent Evaluation of the EU’s regional civil society program.