1. Unit 10 Basic Goals of Administrative Reform in Croatia
English for Public Administration IV
Snježana Husinec, PhD;

2. Public administration reform in Croatia
What have you already learned about the public administration reform in Croatia before acceding the EU?
When was it conducted?
What were its main goals?
What do you understand by the following terms:
EUROPEANISATION
MODERNISATION of public administration

3. Europeanisation of public administration
Read paragraph 1 and find what is meant by Europeanisation:
Adjustment to the European experience with public administration
Adoption of administrative standards that are spreding through the currently created Europeana administrative space
(the rule of law,
the principle of subisidiarity,
the principle of transparency,
result-oriented policies,
citizen-centered work etc.)
Ability to implement the acquis communautaire

4. Modernisation of public administration
Read paragraph 2 and find the three objectives of reform which have to be achieved in the process of modernisation: 1. The new public management 2. Good governance 3. Administrative development based on the traditional model

5. Weberian model of public administration
What is the Weberian model of public administration? Check in the text.
Weberian model is the model of
organized,
well-documented
impartial
ethical
professional
efficient
public administration.

6. The values
Which traditional and which „new” values of public administration should be incorporated in the course of the reform.
Traditional values
¨New¨ values
Democratic political –
Legal –
Social –
Economic ̶

7. Vocabulary practice I Fill in the gaps with the words given below.
efficient development changes impartial management
administration governance objective standards
Modernisation means deeper ___________ in the structures and processes within public _______________, inspired by today’s influential administrative doctrines of the new public ______________ and good ______________ . Since the Croatian public administration has not reached yet even the _______________ of the traditional Weberian model of an organized, well-documented ______________, ethical, professional and _____________ public administration, the third _____________ of reform must include administrative __________________ based on the traditional model

8. Vocabulary practice II Translate the following terms and expressions.
ability to implement the acquis communautaire =
result-oriented policies =
determination of administrative capacity =
impartial public administration =
responsiveness to the citizens’ interests and wishes =
publicness of public administration =
judicial supervision of public administration =

9. Topics of public administration reform
Which do you think are the topics of public administration reform today?
Government and citizens: transparency, quality of service and good governance;
Decentralization: towards more efficient public administration;
Multilevel governance and intergovernmental fiscal relations;
Pros and cons of partial privatization of public services;
Public private partnerships: challenges to public administration;
Increased competence of public administration employees;
Rewarding remuneration of public administration employees;
Increased public integrity and curbing corrupt behavior;
Regulatory framework favouring entrepreneurship and investment: the role of public administration;
Performance measurement of results in public administration