Improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of the administrative justice in Republic Macedonia

About the Project

During the period of June 2018 until March 2019, the Center for legal research and analysis and the PwC audit Macedonia conducted the project ,,Improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of the administrative justice in Macedonia”

The project is part of the program Good Governance Fund, financed by the UK aid trough the Government of the United Kingdom.

The goal of the project was to contribute to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the administrative justice in North Macedonia trough detailed review of the key problems and defects in North Macedonia’s administrative justice as well as to offer support of the working group in the preparation of the new law of Administrative  disputes as part of the Strategy for reforms of the judicial system 2017-2022.

Stakeholders in the project are:

1. Judicial Council of North Macedonia

2. Ministry of Justice of the Republic of North Macedonia

3. Supreme Court of the Republic of North Macedonia

Users of the results of the project are:

1. Administrative and High Administrative Court

The project was implemented in three phases:

Phase 1: Functional analysis and comparative analysis

The functional analysis which, based on the existing legal frame analysed the capacities of the administrative courts, the system of management of cases, the execution of judicial decisions, communication with stakeholders, infrastructure, information capacities and other operative and functional aspects.

Trough comparative analyses the experiences of the countries of the region and EU were exchanged, with aim to identify practices which could be applied in the national context. In that direction, the administrative courts of Italy, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia were analysed.

The White book for the administrative justice which is based on the functional analysis offers concrete legislative solutions which were support for the working group in the process of creation of administrative disputes.

Phase 2: Plan for improvement

Through the findings of the functional analysis and comparative experiences, a plan for improvement was developed in which the critical spots and challenges on the work of the administrative courts were addressed.  The plan for improvement included communication plan and advocacy plan as detailed directions for improvement of the work of the administrative courts.

Phase 3: Program for improvement of the capacities of the administrative courts

In the project, three curricula were prepared for strengthening the capacities of the administrative courts and the judicial administration – organization management, operation with Human resources and communication in the administrative courts.