1. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SLOVENIAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - structure and system Barbara Koželj Sladič Public Sector Directorate

2. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC SECTOR (157.000 civil servants) PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION + public funds public institutions and public commercial institutions other entities of public law that indirectly use state or local budgetary funds

3. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION STATE ADMINISTRATION (ministries, bodies within ministries, government offices and administrative units) OTHER STATE BODIES (National Assembly, the National Council, the Constitutional Court, the Court of Audit, Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, the Ombudsman, judiciary bodies) LOCAL SELFGOVERNMENT 212 municipalities

4. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION TASKS OF STATE ADMINISTRATION Public administration act Official Gazette Nr. 113/05, 89/07, 126/07, 48/09, 8/10, 8/12, 21/12, 47/13, 12/14 and 90/14 the executive tasks (implementation of laws and other regulations adopted by the National Assembly, ratified international treaties, state budget, executive regulations and other acts adopted by the Government) inspection supervision over the implementation of regulations monitor the state of society by keeping, managing, maintaining and integrating data banks and records facilitating public services

5. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BODIES OF THE STATE ADMINISTRATION ministries to perform administrative tasks in one or more administrative departments bodies within ministries to perform specialised tasks requiring expertise, inspection supervisory tasks administrative units to perform the tasks of public administration requiring to be territorially organised and performed government offices

6. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MINISTRIES to perform administrative tasks in one or more administrative departments Minister State secretary Directors-general Secretary-general Expert Council

7. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BODIES WITHIN MINISTRIES established by government regulation to perform specialised tasks requiring expertise, executive and developmental administrative tasks, inspection and other supervisory tasks headed by directors relations between Ministries and Bodies within Ministries:  working guidelines  binding instructions  request performance of certain tasks  request for reports, information and other documents

8. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS perform administrative tasks, which, due to their nature, require to be territorially organised takes decisions at first instance in administrative matters falling within state competence headed by a principal of Administrative Unit relations between departmental Ministries and Administrative Units:  guidelines  binding instructions  monitoring working process  supervision  request the performance of certain tasks

9. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION GOVERNMENT OFFICES organizational, technical and other assistance for the Government The Secretariat General of the Government Office for Legislation Government Communication Office Office for Macroeconomic Analysis and Development Statistical Office Protocol of the Republic of Slovenia etc.

10. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CIVIL SERVANTS Civil servant = individual employed in the public sector PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CIVIL SERVANTS OFFICIALS: perform the public tasks according to title PROFESSIONAL – TEHNICAL WORKERS: supporting work SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS – POSITIONS: –director general –secretary general –director of body within ministry –director of the government office –principal of the administrative unit

11. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ENTERING INTO EMPLOYMENT The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia (Article 122): Recruitment into administrative service only possible on the basis of open competition Civil servants act Official Gazette Nr. 63/07, 65/08, 69/08 and 40/12)  New employment of an official conducted as an open competition  New employment for a professional-technical work post conducted according regulations governing general employment

12. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OPEN COMPETITION  Publication of vacancies  A reasonable deadline for submitting applications  A selection procedure with predefined criteria  Explanation of the choice made Procedure:  the selection procedure is conducted by the competition commission  candidates who were not selected have the right to appeal to the appellate commission

13. REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SPECIAL OPEN COMPETITION Open competition run by a special competition commission, appointed by the Officials Council in each particular instance for senior civil servants Officials Council Special independent body 12 members appointed for 6 years by –government (4) –representative trade unions (3) –President of the Republic (3 among Experts in Public Sector) –elected by officials holding titles of the first grade (3) THE FINAL DECESION IS WITHIN THE COMPETENCE OF THE PERSON TO WHOM THE OFFICIAL IN POSITION IS HELD RESPONSIBLE (the minister, secretary-general or the prime minister)