The impact of new public management in public administration reform of Albania

Abstract

The status of public administration, and its adjustment to rapidly changing needs of society and government, is 
currently a universal debate in European countries. The Albanian government has committed itself to walk into 
the path of European integration.With its aim of EU membership, the Government and the EU have identified 
public administration reform as a basic priority to achieve this membership. The concept of New Public 
Management (NPM) states that top public managers should have certain competences and skills in order to 
deliver effective leadership and organisational management. A highly effective public sector increases the 
chances of having a competency framework for the top public management. This could imply that reforms in the 
domain of public leadership and adoption of a competency framework for the top management  is only initiated 
when the comprehensive reform programmes are in place.