Review article

Social Context of Public Administration Reform in Slovenia

Polona Kovač orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-0514 ; University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Irena Francelj ; Fakulteta za upravo, Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenija

Abstract

Public administration reform in Slovenia is regarded as an ongoing process with intertwining political, legal, sociological, economic, information-based, and other dimensions of the efforts and activities involved. The main sociological-political aspects include the guidelines of social and economic development directed by Slovenia’s membership in the EU. These comprise particularly the programme for reducing the administrative burden, the use of quality management tools in public administration, the privatisation of service provision, public-private partnerships, streamlining of administrative structures, reduction of the number of employees, and regionalisation. However, the Slovenian public administration must above all operate in accordance with the law, while the principles of customer-orientation, economy, effectiveness, and efficiency come second in importance.

Keywords

reform; public administration; Slovenia; globalisation; strategy; EU; organisation; quality; efficiency

Hrčak ID:

29023

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/29023

Publication date:

18.11.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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