| Abstract | Glavni vanjsko-politički cilj Republike Hrvatske nakon osamostaljenja bio je ulazak u članstvo Europske unije. Stjecanjem statusa kandidata počeo je proces prilagodbe zakonodavstva i reforme javne uprave. RH je prije pokretanja reforme imala centraliziranu, netransparentnu, neučinkovitu i teško predvidivu javnu pravu. U reformskom procesu RH je trebala provesti drastičan zaokret kako bi promijenila strukturu upravnog sustava, povećala učinkovitost i kvalitetu rada, ojačala vladavinu prava i promijenila kulturu javnog upravljanja primjenom načela transparentnosti i otvorenosti. Primjena načela transparentnosti i otvorenosti u radu javne uprave pokazatelj su dobrog upravljanja i vladavine prava. Da bi se navedena načela implementirala u rad javne uprave provedene su brojne prilagodbe zakonodavstva tijekom pristupnih pregovora i nakon ulaska u članstvo EU. Glavni dokumenti u reformskoj politici kojima je Vlada RH usmjeravala reformu i definirala mjere za implementaciju načela transparentnosti i otvorenosti bile su: Strategija reforme državne uprave za period 2008.-2011., Strategije reforme javne uprave za period 2015.-2020. i Nacionalni plan razvoja javne uprave (2022.-2027.). U radu je provedena usporedba reformi usmjerenih na razvoj transparentnosti i otvorenosti javne uprave u RH i Crnoj Gori. Usporedba je pokazala da su Vlade RH i CG kao glavne dokumente reformske politike koristile strategiju reforme, da su obje zemlje mijenjale strukturu upravnog sustava, donosile zakone kojima su implementirale načela transparentnosti i otvorenosti u rad javne uprave i razvijale ljudske potencijale kako bi ih primijenili u upravnom postupanju. RH je u odnosu na CG bila uspješnija u reformi usmjerenoj na razvoj transparentnosti i otvorenosti javne uprave dok CG još uvijek radi na ispunjenju uvjete za ulazak u članstvo EU, a koji su vezani i uz primjenu načela transparentnosti i otvorenosti u svakodnevnoj upravnoj praksi. |
| Abstract (english) | The main foreign policy goal of the Republic of Croatia, after gaining its independence, was to join the European Union. Upon achieving candidate status, the process of legislative alignment and public administration reform began. Before initiating the reform, Croatia had a centralized, non-transparent, inefficient, and unpredictable public administration. During the reform process, Croatia needed to implement drastic measures to change the structure of the administrative system, increase efficiency and quality of work, strengthen the rule of law, and change the culture of public governance by applying the principles of transparency and openness. The application of the principles of transparency and openness in public administration is an indicator of good governance and the rule of law. To implement these principles in public administration, numerous legislative adjustments were made during the accession negotiations and after joining the EU. The main documents in the reform policy through which the Government of Croatia directed the reform and defined measures for implementing the principles of transparency and openness were: the Public Administration Reform Strategy for the period 2008-2011, the Public Administration Reform Strategy for the period 2015-2020, and the National Plan for the Development of Public Administration (2022-2027). This paper compares reforms aimed at developing transparency and openness in public administration in Croatia and Montenegro. The comparison shows that the governments of Croatia and Montenegro used reform strategies as the main documents for reform policy, that both countries changed the structure of the administrative system, enacted laws implementing the principles of transparency and openness in public administration, and developed human resources to apply these principles in administrative procedures. Croatia was more successful than Montenegro in its reforms, aimed at developing transparency and openness in public administration, while Montenegro is still working on meeting its conditions for EU membership, which are related to the application of transparency and openness principles in everyday administrative practices. |
