How to achieve good governance – a guide for municipal administrations in BiH

Country Bosnia and Herzegovina

Date 7 December 2004

Author Zdravko Miovčić

Publisher Agencija za razvoj preduzeća Eda, Banja Luka, Open Society Fund-Bosnia and Herzegovina

This guide is primarily intended for municipal managements that feel the need for better quality changes and improvement of their work. It was created on the experience of working with municipal administrations that have reached high standards of good governance in a relatively short time. The guide does not offer ready-made recipes (because there are no recipes in this area), but summarizes lessons learned from a number of local practices. It represents a combination of theoretical concepts and practical interventions, a kind of tested theory, but also practice that is shaped into a kind of concept.

In addition to practitioners who want to improve their municipal administrations, the guide is also intended for the growing echelon of local consultants from various backgrounds, both those predominantly academic and those with a clear business orientation.


[Bosnian]

Kako do dobre uprave – vodič za opštinske uprave u BiH

Ovaj vodič prvenstveno je namijenjen opštinskim rukovodstvima koja osjećaju potrebu za kvalitetnijim promjenama i unapređenjem svoga rada. Nastao je na iskustvima rada sa opštinskim upravama koje su u relativno kratkom vremenu dostigle visoke standarde dobre uprave. Vodič ne nudi gotove recepte (jer u ovom području nema recepata), ali sažima naučene lekcije iz niza lokalnih praksi. Predstavlja spoj teoretskih koncepcija i praktičnih zahvata, neku vrstu isprobane teorije, ali i prakse koja se oblikuje u neku vrstu koncepta.

Osim praktičarima koji žele da unaprijede svoje opštinske uprave, vodič je namijenjen i rastućem ešalonu lokalnih konsultanata iz različitih sredina, kako onih pretežno akademskih, tako i onih sa jasnom poslovnom orijentacijom.