This report examines the professionalisation of the civil service in seven Western Balkan states: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia. In the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the civil service is analysed separately...

Cette étude examine l'évolution des réformes de la fonction publique que les pays d'Europe centrale et orientale se sont engagés à préparer eux-mêmes pour l'adhésion à l'UE qui a eu lieu en mai 2004 (5e élargissement de l'UE). Nous nous sommes intéressés à la situation actuelle dans...

Before joining the EU in May 2004, Central and Eastern European countries were required to professionalise their civil services. Most were perceived as having made improvements sufficient to be granted EU membership status. But what happened next? Five years after accession, this paper answers...