Role of Public Entities in Suitable Provision of Public Services: Case Study from Slovakia

Viera Papcunová,Marek Dvořák,Roman Vavrek

doi:10.3390/admsci11040143

Abstract

Local governments in the Slovak Republic are important in public administration and form an important part of the public sector, as they provide various public services. Until 1990, all public services were provided only by the state. The reform of public administration began in 1990 with the decentralization of competencies. Several competencies were transferred to local governments from the state, and thus municipalities began to provide public services that the state previously provided. Registry offices were the first to be acquired by local governments from the state. This study aimed to characterize the transfer of competencies and their financing from state administration to local government using the example of registry offices in the Slovak Republic. In the paper, we evaluated the financing of this competency from 2007 to 2018 at the level of individual regions of the Slovak Republic. The results of the analysis and testing of hypotheses indicated that a higher number of inhabitants in individual regions did not affect the number of actions at these offices, despite the fact that the main role of the registry office is to keep registry books, in which events, such as births, weddings, and deaths, are registered.

Highlights

The public sector represents a substantial portion of international economic activities due to its size and related activities and is a major employer, service provider, and consumer of resources (Brammer and Walker 2011)
The Slovak Republic applied an integrated model of public administration for 45 years
1991 has fundamentally changed the approach to decision-making and meeting public needs at the local level (Knežová et al 2016). This is confirmed by Gecikova (2013) and Čepelová et al (2010), who state that inhabitants began to decide for themselves (espedecision to apply a dual system of public administration in the Slovak Republic since 1991 has fundamentally changed the approach to decision-making and meeting public needs at the local level (Knežová et al 2016)

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The public sector represents a substantial portion of international economic activities due to its size and related activities and is a major employer, service provider, and consumer of resources (Brammer and Walker 2011). There is a growing need for, and interest in, integrating sustainability-based strategies and practices in the public sector. By defining its policies and strategies, the public sector should regulate and manage the performance of its organizations in the context of sustainability and improve its performance. It is, necessary to identify the current sustainability profile of public sector organizations in terms of potential improvements and to identify good policies and practices that already exist (Figueira et al.2018)

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