Skopje, 7 July 2025 (MIA) – The Ministry of Public Administration held Monday a presentation on introducing new human resource management technology that will streamline HR management and allow authorities to track state jobs and salary differences, Minister of Public Administration Goran Minchev said.

At the presentation of the new Smart Human Resource Management system in public administration, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said its implementation was a sizable step forward "outside the shackles of partisanship," which would contribute to building "a professional, stable and resilient administration."

PM Mickoski said a modern state could not exist with obsolete administration. Citizens expect efficient public services instead of getting lost in "bureaucratic mazes" and waiting for months, he added.

"The administration has long been considered the spoils of a party, the institutions ending up as its private property," Mickoski said.

He added that the new HRM system would give "a complete and transparent picture of who was employed where, on what grounds, with what qualifications, what salary they receive and whether they deserve it."

"The administration is the face of a state. If that face is inefficient, unforthcoming, arrogant or chaotic, then the trust in the state declines," the prime minister said.

Public administration minister Minchev said the new HRM technology would allow institutions to better organize various HR processes. He said all 1,400 state institutions were expected to join the system by 2026.

Regarding public servants who were not doing their jobs, Minchev said employees would be made to attend special classes to gain skills they would then use in their workplace.

"You have to work to get a paycheck," he said. mr/