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The note explains how recently adopted laws on salaries, public officials, and state administration organization can strengthen public sector management and service delivery. It also highlights risks and constraints created by a Constitutional Court decision suspending key laws. The document proposes phased implementation, appeals for disputes, clearer job classification, and updated regulations aligned with equal pay principles, alongside analysis of bottlenecks and foundational performance challenges.","Pub lic Disc losure Authorized  \nKOSOVO POLICY NOTE  \nPublic Administration Reform  \nThis note has been prepared by Shiho Nagaki, Anya Vodopyanov, and Zuhra Osmanovic-Pasic  \nFebruary 2020  \nKey Messages  \nEffective public administration is a key factor for an economy that aims to generate jobs and improve citizens’well-being. The recently adopted Law on Salaries, Law on Public Officials, and Law on Organization and Functioning of State Administration and Independent Agencies provide a basis to improve public sector management and enable the country to ensure more effective and efficient service delivery to citizens and businesses. However, the Constitutional Court’s recent decision to suspend the laws on salary and public officials indicates the complex task of ensuring equality in human resources and pay management. Equality and transparency in the legal framework for public administration are critical for public sector performance and productivity.  \nKey Actions  \n• Mitigate the fiscal and social risks associated with job classification and the new salary scale through a phased approach for implementing the regulation on allowances, and establish the appeal mechanism for any contentious case. Clearly define the job classification in the regulation to avoid excessive coefficient inflation by categorizing public positions, which are not clearly mapped in the Law on Salaries.  \n• Evaluate whether the delays with entering the legislation into force due to the Constitutional Court challenge offer an opportunity to amend the primary legal framework to address any remaining inconsistencies in the application of the “equal pay for equal work” principle. Subsequently, develop consistent and coherent regulations to ensure the current implementation of the law.  \n• Conduct an in-depth analysis of the bottlenecks and foundational challenges in the performance and productivity of public administration and identify drivers for the growing public sector and its associated expenditures.  \nBackground and Context  \nThe weak performance of public institutions in Kosovo challenges efficient public service delivery and could impede faster growth. Although some governance indicators show improvements, a significant gap remains relative to EU member states and regional peers (see figure 1) . Inefficient public institutions coupled with weak institutional coordination and capacity constraints have led to substantial gaps in the implementation of public policies resulting in poor quality and coverage of public service delivery, and weak management of public assets including capital investments. These gaps, combined with weak enforcement of the rule of law and the regulatory environment, have also contributed to slow private sector development and the high level of informality.  \nFigure 1: World Governance Indicators  \nSource: World Bank.  \nAddressing Kosovo’s existing structural challenges requires a holistic approach to public sector reform which should include measures to: (i) ensure fiscal sustainability, including by containing the civil service wage bill and maximizing revenue collections; (ii) enhance spending efficiency and the performance of public sector staff; (iii) enhance accountability and transparency; and (iv) improve the quality and efficiency of services rendered to citizens and businesses. To address some of these challenges, the Government of Kosovo (GoK) has initiated a comprehensive public administration reform (PAR) program and is currently implementing major legal reforms to streamline the government’s organizational structure, rationalize public agencies and publicly owned enterprises (POEs), introduce a standardized and transparent public employment management and compensation system, and move toward performance-based management.  \nChallenges to Public Administration Reform  \nWeak public sector employment and pay management practices present a major challenge. 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