TIRANA, May 27/ATA/ Director of the Department of Public Administration Albana Koçiu stated today that Albania is ranked a leader in the Western Balkans about good management of human resources and civil service.
Koçiu attended today session in the Committee on Legal Affairs, Public Administration and Human Rights, where she reported on the activity of the Department of Public Administration during 2021.
She highlighted the latest public administration monitoring report for the period 2017-2021, by SIGMA (Support for Improvement in Governance and Management), a joint initiative of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the European Union.
“This has been one of the assessments that has ranked Albania as a leader in the Western Balkans about good management of human resources and civil service. SIGMA evaluates the meritocracy and the efficiency of the recruitment of civil servants, a point that is maximally evaluated in the report”, she said.
During the session, Koçiu listed some of the achievements of Department during 2021, and focused on the following priorities and objectives.
Regarding the re-energizing of public administration, Koçiu focused on the initiative of employment of excellent students, which continued in 2021 and paved the way for application of students with a GPA of 9-10, with a one-year employment contract.
“This aims to give a first opportunity to understand the work of the administration. This is also appreciated by the EC. Since the beginning of this initiative, 694 excellent students have been employed, while 2646 students applied and 2089 of them qualified. A total of 1130 job positions were offered and at the end of the one-year contract there are 434 excellent people who have gained the status of civil servant today. This practice continues, while the places of excellence are not more than 1/3 of the institution to exchange internships between the experienced and new employees “, she said./p.s./
