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Employment survey presents challenges to Kosovo's new administration
PRISTINA 22 November 2001
PRISTINA, 22 November 2001 (OSCE) - Lessons learned from the Joint Interim Administration Structure (JIAS) are being offered to Kosovo's newly elected government.
In an employment survey published by the OSCE-supported Department for Democratic Governance and Civil Society, the experiences and perceptions of JIAS staff from all central departments are examined.
The challenge for the new administration is how to improve employment conditions. The report identifies ten points of interest, which include the majority of staff being satisfied with work assigned to them, and that men outnumber women by two-to-one among professional staff. In addition, the report contains eight key recommendations:
The survey was commissioned by the former Head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner, to provide information to the new administration in Kosovo about lessons learned in the JIAS structure. This information will provide newly elected authorities the opportunity from the outset of a new administration to address the weaknesses in some of the governmental policies and practices.
The work of the Department for Democratic Governance and Civil Society will carry on in the new provisional self-government in Kosovo. It will be within the office of the Prime Minister as the Office on Good Governance, Human Rights, Equal Opportunity and Gender. Its role, now expanded, will be to oversee and advise on legislation in areas of good governance, as well as monitor and recommend policies that address community rights and interests. The OSCE will continue to support the functions of the Office of Good Governance.
In an employment survey published by the OSCE-supported Department for Democratic Governance and Civil Society, the experiences and perceptions of JIAS staff from all central departments are examined.
The challenge for the new administration is how to improve employment conditions. The report identifies ten points of interest, which include the majority of staff being satisfied with work assigned to them, and that men outnumber women by two-to-one among professional staff. In addition, the report contains eight key recommendations:
- Create an independent body to ensure that employment procedures and policy are consistent for the civil service at central and municipal levels;
- Develop equal opportunity provisions to ensure that all people have equal access to employment;
- Develop internal monitoring mechanisms to correct discriminatory practices and imbalances in recruitment, hiring and promotion;
- Guarantee access to all public building for persons with disabilities;
- Address discriminatory recruitment based on political affiliation and nepotism;
- Standardize the terms of wages, benefits and employment for all Kosovo civil servants;
- Improve consistency in staff training, promotion and ways to keep staff;
- Develop mechanisms to enforce policy guidelines and address grievances.
The survey was commissioned by the former Head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner, to provide information to the new administration in Kosovo about lessons learned in the JIAS structure. This information will provide newly elected authorities the opportunity from the outset of a new administration to address the weaknesses in some of the governmental policies and practices.
The work of the Department for Democratic Governance and Civil Society will carry on in the new provisional self-government in Kosovo. It will be within the office of the Prime Minister as the Office on Good Governance, Human Rights, Equal Opportunity and Gender. Its role, now expanded, will be to oversee and advise on legislation in areas of good governance, as well as monitor and recommend policies that address community rights and interests. The OSCE will continue to support the functions of the Office of Good Governance.