Skopje, 11 July 2025 (MIA) - The adopted reform laws, including the law on administrative servants, the law on public sector employees and the law on professional development and training of administrative servants will be an end to hiring based on party affiliation, clientelism and formal reforms that have served as a cover for dysfunction for years, Minister of Public Administration Goran Minchev said on Friday. 

Speaking at a press conference, he said the laws are not just technical documents, but a symbol of the commitment to the Europeanization of society, to building an efficient, professional and responsible public administration, in the service of citizens and in step with the standards of the European Union.

"The law on public sector employees brings a clear and objective employment procedure, based on merit and competences, not on connections and party influences. Centralization and digitalization of all job ads through the website of the Agency for Administration, which guarantees transparency and equal opportunities for all candidates. Specialized category for IT staff with higher wages and modern working conditions, in order to keep young people in the country," Minchev pointed out.

As regards the law on administrative servants, he noted that it introduces a system of hiring employees exclusively based on competencies and real knowledge, with electronic tests and practical checks. On the Agency for Administration, which as an integrated part of the Ministry, he said it will guarantee a fair and transparent process, digitalized and accessible to the public.

According to him, the law on administrative servants will, among other things, mean attracting and retaining young talents with a hybrid and remote work model, supported by mentoring and opportunities for ongoing development, a motivating system for professional growth with mandatory professional development and mentoring for every civil servant, as well as a clearly protected status of civil servants as the foundation of a stable and depoliticized state administration.

In addition to this set of reform laws, the Parliament also adopted a new Law on Inspection Supervision, which abolishes the officials' posts in the Inspection Council and integrates the Inspection Council within the Ministry of Public Administration.

The Minister announced a new set of reform laws, such as a law on senior management service, a law on organization and work of state administration bodies, and a law on establishing a public sector wage system.

"These laws will bring additional structure, stability and predictability to the management of public administration, ensure greater accountability of management staff and contribute to a fair and sustainable wage system based on the principle of "equal work - equal pay"," said Minchev. 

Asked whether the new laws will reduce the wages of some employees, the Minister firmly responded that wages will not be reduced.

Our goal, he added, is to stop the process of independent wage increases, so that those who earn more can stop, and those who earn less, and I must say that they really have modest wages, we can manage to redirect those funds to them, i.e. the wages of those who earn less can increase.

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