Albania: Vetange Including State Administration

Public administration reform will remain the government's top priority and engagement, even during 2018.

Albanian. com clear the government plan, with eight key points, for public administration, for the coming year. The plan has received confirmation of the Parliament as it is implemented by the Department of Public Administration, the first days of January by the end of 2018. After 790 people of justice and blue uniforms, Veting will also be subject to the entire public administration.

About 85 thousand administration employees will be tested for integrity and honesty, under the fight against corruption. Initially, it is predicted that Veting for integrity will undergo all candidates applying for employment in administration. Then, an honest test will have to be passed by embassy staff. The process will further include all administration directors. Next, Veting will be extended to all administration employees.

The plan for 2018 does not predict measures for those who will not pass the integrity test, but it may be associated with necessary legal changes, as is operating with Veting in the police. And by referring to the plan, the unification and merger of institutions where necessary is seen, it will continue during 2018. Also, during 2018, revision of institution organisation, elimination of functional overlapping between existing structures and changing the function of structures is envisioned.

During the coming year, the Department of Public Administration will focus on improving the quality of job descriptions for employees, as well as improving competition tests for recruiting new employees in administration, parallel movements, or promotion. The performance of civil servants as well as existing capacities is also planned for 2018. Training the administration will also be another important objective of the Public Administration Department.

Reform Launches by DAP

During 2018, the reform will be launched by the Public Administration Department itself. The plan envisions strengthening the capacities of the DAP and human resources units in state administration institutions to advance civil service reform through continued training to understand human resource management policies, interconnection and their effects.

But during 2018, revision of the inter-sectorial reform strategy in public administration 2015-2020 is envisioned by the fuller determination of the task plan designed to be implemented for the period 2018-2020, thus oriented financial needs under the medium-term budget programme.

Public Administration Plan for 2018
1. The construction of state administration institutions, their functional revision, will also be implemented of the government's programme for a government that focuses on citizens -- (i) identifying cases where there is a need to eliminate functional overlaps between existing structures; (i) identifying cases where the function needs to be revised, role and structural organisation of institutions; (ii) examining cases where the union of two or more institutions is seen, or creating new institutions; (iv) considering cases when it is necessary to change their position.

2. Improving the quality of the work descriptions by drafting general work descriptions that will serve as the basis for drafting specific working descriptions by the ministries of the line and the institutions on the addiction. This will affect setting unified criteria for similar position groups, which also affect the quality of the recruiting process.

3. Improving the process of selecting and evaluation of candidates competing to become part of the state administration, increasing the assessment capacity of members of accession committees through training with contemporary evaluation methods; (ii) improving the quality of questions in written testing through the development of the bank of questions; (ii) improving the quality of the oral interview through inclusion of questions that assess the individual skills of candidates.

4. The implementation of legal mechanisms to test and verify in advance the integrity of job candidates and the continued integrity of employees, in public administration, through:

-Using questions that value the integrity of candidates, making part of the selection process testing elements related to the integrity and integrity of individuals who are employed in the public sector as preconditions for preventing corruption;

-Preparative reviews of all employees appointed to civilian service positions, diplomatic body, and at every level of management in public administration, based on law 138/2015.

5. Assessing the performance of civil servants as well as existing capacities through (i) the exact setting of targets for the evaluation period; (ii) the exact definition of indicators for measuring the implementation of targets; (ii) training officials in charge of this process, in terms of all steps of the evaluation process.

6. Further implementation of formal form judicial decisions and the return of civil servants to trial.

7. Further development of innovative methods to improve and facilitate communication and interaction between public institutions and citizens.

8. The ASPA's continued strengthening of training in civil service and conducting studies and research in public administration:

(i) The ASPA will work on increasing the quality of the training it offers, through;

(i/1) Review and re-evaluation for existing curriculums, as well as establishing well-defined standards regarding drafting new curriculums;

(i/2) Increasing the degree of new techniques and methodologies to make training more efficient and interactive;

(i/3) Using examples from practices to have training that is approaching the reality and problems of public administration.

(i). A The SPA will work on developing training methodology in combining classical approach to class and workplaces, with innovative approach through e-Learning and e-training platforms.

(ii) A The SPA will create a dedicated unit for establishing human resources capacities at the local level, which will be responsible for developing curriculums and training programmes tailored to the needs of local administration.