Public Administration Reforms in Latvia
Abstrakti
Latvia, which renewed its independence in 1991,
is now in a transition period from command
economy to a free market economy. One of the
most important tasks in the transition period is public
administration reforms. The public administration
reforms in Latvia, as in other Central and Eastern
European countries, are wider than in developed
Western countries. Reforms are organized on the
central government and local government levels.
They are based on such principles as legality,
honesty, openness, respectful attitude towards an
individual, efficiency, etc.
The main directions of public administration
reforms in Latvia are:
- the decentralization of functions of state
administration;
- the reorganization of institutions of public
administration;
- public civil service reforms;
- the improvement of the system of the state
budget;
- formation and development of information
systems;
- providing information for society and involving it
in public administration.
