Planned Development and Coordination of Public Policies as a Starting Point in the Harmonization of National Regulations with the EU Aquis Cover Image

ОСМИШЉАВАЊЕ И КООРДИНАЦИЈА ЈАВНИХ ПОЛИТИКА КАО ПОЛАЗНИ ОСНОВ ХАРМОНИЗАЦИЈЕ ДОМАЋИХ ПРОПИСА СА ЗАХТЕВИМА ПРАВНЕ ТЕКОВИНЕ ЕУ
Planned Development and Coordination of Public Policies as a Starting Point in the Harmonization of National Regulations with the EU Aquis

Author(s): Tatjana Jovanić
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, EU-Legislation
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Нишу
Keywords: EU law; law harmonisation; coordination; public policies

Summary/Abstract: One of the most important aspects of harmonizing Serbian legislation with the EU law, however still neglected in Serbia, is the mutual relationship between the design and coordination of public policies on the one hand, and the harmonization of legislation in the course of negotiations for EU accession, on the other hand. This aspect has been largely neglected because of the misuse of emergency procedure for adopting legislation in order to assure compatibility with the EU law, but also due to underdeveloped regulatory policies, which has been reduced to the guillotine of legislation, instead of developping a cycle of policy and analytical phase that precedes the drafting of legislation. Although the negotiating structure of European integration has been improved, the Negotiation Team and Coordination Body certainly can not replace the role of policy makers in their creation. Since the new Law on Ministries envisаged the creation of the Secretariat for the coordination of public policies, an institutional prerequisite for the implementation of the function of harmonizing public policy proposals has been put forward, but is not yet clear what powers in the policy cycle this institution would have. In any case, this administrative body will certainly complement Serbian coordination structure in the negotiation process.

  • Issue Year: LIII/2014
  • Issue No: 68
  • Page Range: 843-860
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Serbian