Support to National Academy for Public Administration in Serbia - Support to the National Academy for Public Administration in Serbia Stöd till National Academy for Public Administration i Serbien UNDP Belgrade and the National Academy for Public Administration (NAPA) have submitted a proposal titled: “Civil Service Training for the 21st Century in the Republic of Serbia” in December 2019. Sida's first assessment, including discussion at QAC, was that further consultations with the UNDP and NAPA were needed to complete the proposal in line with Sida's comments and requirements. The final version of the proposal (including budget and RBM matrix) was submitted on June 1st, 2020.

The proposed program is a two-year contribution (July 2020 - December 2022) with the overall goal to support public administration reform through development of an effective and professional civil service. This will be done by enhancing capacities and skills of future management staff and other civil servants in public institutions and organizing their continuous training. The total cost of the project amounts to SEK 20 000 000.

The project aims to provide effective support to the National Academy for Public Administration (NAPA) in (1) further building and strengthening its internal capacity at staff/trainer and institution level, (2) designing new, innovative and competitive training programs and redesigning  of existing ones in line with needs of the public sector and the latest global trends of public administration for aligning to the 4th industrial revolution, (3) introducing modern e-learning platforms using effective electronic multimedia educational technologies and (4) supporting NAPA’s international cooperation activities, educational research, as well as outreach activities in order to promote and ensure greater visibility of NAPA’s mission and activities. UNDP Belgrad och National Academy for Public Administration (NAPA) lade fram ett förslag till ett projekt med titeln: "Civil Service Training for the 21st Century in the Republic of Serbia" i december 2019. Sidas första bedömning, inklusive diskussion på QAC, var att ytterligare samråd behövs med UNDP och NAPA för att slutföra förslaget i linje med Sidas kommentarer och krav. Slutlig versionen av förslaget (inklusive budget och RBA) lämnades in den 1 juni 2020.

Det föreslagna programmet är en tvåårig insats (juli 2020 – december 2022) med det övergripande målet att stödja reformen av den offentliga förvaltningen genom att utveckla en effektiv och professionell offentlig förvaltning. Detta kommer att göras genom att förbättra kapaciteten och färdigheterna för framtida ledningspersonal och andra tjänstemän i offentliga institutioner och organisera deras fortlöpande utbildning.  Den totala kostnaden för projektet uppgår till 20 000 000 SEK.

Projektet syftar till att ge effektivt stöd till National Academy for Public Administration (NAPA) för att (1) vidareutveckla och stärka sin interna kapacitet på personal- / utbildnings- och institutionsnivå, (2) utforma nya, innovativa och konkurrenskraftiga utbildningsprogram och omdesign av befintliga i linje med den offentliga sektorns behov och de senaste globala trenderna inom offentlig förvaltning för anpassning till den 4: e industriella revolutionen, (3) introduktion av moderna e-lärande plattformar med effektiv elektronisk multimediautbildningsteknologi och (4) stöd för NAPAs internationella samarbetsaktiviteter , pedagogisk forskning samt uppsökande aktiviteter för att främja och säkerställa större synlighet av NAPA: s uppdrag och aktiviteter. According to the theory of change presented in the project document, UNDP and NAPA team has identified the following root causes for the intervention: 1) responsibilities for civil service trainings need to be additionally clarified, 2) training of generic competences and specialized courses are not sufficiently funded and 3) proportion of civil servants participating in annual training programs is rather low. The project envisages two outcomes and five related outputs.

Outcome 1: Institutional capacity building by establishing systems, processes and tools.
Output 1.1.: Developing capacities of NAPA for effective coordination and implementation of the professional development management system
Output 1.2.: Strengthening staff capacities to support further development of the institution

Outcome 2: Development of innovative learning tools and a center of excellence for public sector and human resources development
Output 2.1.: Introducing new methods of trainings and establishing of a training quality assurance system 
Output 2.2.: Establishing a center for research and policy advice of public sector and human resource management and development
Output 2.3.: Ensuring media outreach and visibility