Strategy of Administrative Reform in Serbia in the Context of European Integration

The dominant orientation today is towards a good administration. Administrative models in the developed countries are based on the social functions of the state and its role in the realization of general interests of society and social benefit (bono publico). The administrative legislation in Serbia has departed from the concept that sees administrative actions as instruments of repression, and has widened the scope of administrative activities to areas such as participation in defining public policy, monitoring the conditions in particular social fields, public services, development activities, etc. Current administrative reform encompasses decentralization, professionalization and depoliticization, rationalization, coordination of public policies, control mechanisms, e-government, and modernization of public administration. In the 2010 Serbia Progress Report, the European Commission assed that the capacity of the Serbian administration is good, but that the >> dynamics of reform in this area are slow and uneven <<.