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Change of territorial administrative units and allocation of powers. |\n| 1998–2004 | Preparation of the CZ for the accession to the EU (europeanisation) | Stage 1 – the year 2000\u003Cbr>Establishment of higher territorial administrative units – regions – by Act No. 347/1997 Coll.\u003Cbr>Stage 2 – the years 2002–2003\u003Cbr>De-centralisation and de-concentration, transfer of powers to the local government authorities and from the cancelled territorial administrative units (districts) to the new municipal authorities.\u003Cbr>In 2002 the Act No. 218/2002 Coll. on civil servants’ service in administrative authorities and rewarding of these employees and the other employees in administrative authorities (Civil Service Act) was adopted, which has however never come into force (except for a few paragraphs) .\u003Cbr>Start of the process of harmonising Czech legal standards with the EU standards. |\n| 2004 | Accession of\u003Cbr>the CZ to the EU (01/05/2004) | Completion of the legal standard harmonisation with EU standards in the public administration, in relation to the utilisation of financial support from the EU funds a definition of 8 NUTS-2 regions. |\n| 2005–2008 | Stages after the\u003Cbr>accession to the EU | More intense politicisation of the public administration sector from 2006 (trend of filling deputy minister and managerial positions at all levels with politicians and allies working in the CPA), modernisation, i.e. the computerisation of public administration and the introduction of e\u003Cbr>government elements (government policy statement of 17 January 2007) . A gradual implementation of the Smart Administration Strategy since 2008 (establishment of points of contact called Czech Point (in Czech), computerisation of public procurement contracts and Data boxes (in Czech) . The Czech Government has, from the mid-2000s, been trying to reform its CPA with the aim of increasing its effectiveness and reforming its human resource management. Measures have included job cuts, extending the rights of certain public employers to fix salaries and the introduction of compulsory training. |\n| 2009–2012 | Economic crisis | On-going politicisation of the central public administration.\u003Cbr>Continued implementation of the Smart Administration Strategy in order to modernise the public administration and enhance its efficiency. Proclamation: ´The government will immediately take steps to prepare a concept for the optimal organization of the public administration sector including the CPA´ from a Government policy statement of August 2010. However, no real progress was made.\u003Cbr>Introduction of the key registers ofthe public administration.\u003Cbr>Governmental National Programme of Reforms for 2011 and 2012.\u003Cbr>Cost-saving measures in the CPA: decrease in CPA sector pay bill by 10% in 2011, reduction of the number of employees in the CPA by 4.5% compared with 2009. Reduction of the volume of wages (incl. transfers) by |\n\n\n| Year | Events | Processes and measures in the developing CPA |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  | 8% in the entire public sector. |\n| 2013– | On-going economic crisis | Proposed cost-saving measures regarding agenda simplification and avoiding duplications in the public administration by the government of Petr Nečas in April 2012, a plan to cut the total number of bodies within the CPA.\u003Cbr>Governmental bill on civil servants of 12 June 2013 and adoption of measures on public servants’ training (due to the dissolution of the Parliament in August 2013 the debate has been postponed to the time after the October elections) .\u003Cbr>A “competitive” bill on the service of civi","cbCaiiKkIUjsX9NC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiKkIUjsX9NC","pdf",661881,42,"English","# Historical development of the Czech public administration (CPA)\n## 1989–1990s: centralization and transformation\n## 1998–2004: preparation for EU accession and regional reform\n## 2004: EU accession and legal harmonisation\n## 2005–2008: modernization and Smart Administration Strategy\n## 2009–2012: economic crisis and efficiency measures\n## 2013–present: crisis-driven reforms and civil service legislation\n# Key characteristics by period\n## Legal documents regulating civil service","[{\"question\":\"How did the Czech public administration (CPA) change after the fall of the communist regime?\",\"answer\":\"After 1989, public administration was centralized, followed by a transformation period that reformed central and local structures and redistributed powers across new territorial administrative units.\"},{\"question\":\"What were the main steps before and during EU accession?\",\"answer\":\"From 1998 to 2004, reforms included creating higher territorial units (regions), decentralisation and de-concentration, transferring powers to local authorities, and harmonising Czech legal standards with EU standards, culminating in defined NUTS-2 regions.\"},{\"question\":\"Which modernization and cost-saving measures are highlighted after EU accession?\",\"answer\":\"The document describes increased politicisation, computerisation and e-government elements, gradual Smart Administration Strategy implementation, and later efficiency actions such as agenda simplification, reductions in employees and pay bills, and development of key registers and related tools.\"}]","Case Study Report - Czech Republic - Processes and Measures in the Developing CPA | PDF",106]