Professional paper

Europeanization Reforms Of The Financial Management System

Davor Vašiček orcid.org/0000-0001-9493-264X ; Faculty of Economy, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Ivana Maletić ; state secretary, the Ministry of Finances of the Republic of Croatia

Abstract

The objective of the public finance reforms is the creation of efficient and modern budgetary processes and institutions. Such reforms are conducted because of the external and internal factors some of which are the convergence of financial regulations in the EU accession process, the improvement of transparency in accordance with the standards set out by the influential international institutions, and a wish to create a small, flexible, effective and citizen-oriented public
administration. The most significant changes encompass the introduction of strategic and programme planning, followed by multi-annual budgetary framework, benchmarks for evaluating the achieved results, financial management and control system (PIFCS), and flexibility in the execution processes. These changes are
a precondition for creating a result-oriented public administration that is always one step ahead of the challenges it is facing and is not shy of strategic thinking, an administration in which the rights and responsibilities of each individual are clearly defined and where managing responsibility is delegated accordingly.

Keywords

Europeanisation; financial management; administrative reforms; public administration; results; successfulness; transparency

Hrčak ID:

131908

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/131908

Publication date:

8.9.2011.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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