Measures for narrowing the room for corruption in the public administration

The Center for Civil Communications submitted the measures for narrowing the room for corruption in the public administration to the authorized institutions and media in the country. The measures were defined at the workshop, which took place on 24 October, and were proposed by domestic experts and representatives from the authorized institutions.The measures are mainly directed at: increasing the professionalism of the public administration; employing and promoting civil servants only on the basis of their work experience, knowledge, and accomplished results; reducing the discretion rights of the managers of state institutions for selecting employees; introducing a system of rewards and punishments for civil servants; limiting the possibility for various committees to make arbitrary decisions; clear defining, harmonizing, unifying, and publishing of all conditions and documents required for obtaining the services of the public administration, as well as making certain services automatic. The Center proposes to all relevant institutions to implement the measures in the interest of the general commitment to decreasing the corruption in the Republic of Macedonia.