Since 2013 I have regularly collaborated with the Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA). The first research project was implemented in 2015 for the ReSPA Working Group on HRM/HRD in the public sector with a focus on identifying obstacles to the effective implementation of merit recruitment procedures in the Western Balkans. The project led to the publication of a project report and several presentations at the ReSPA Annual Conference in November 2015 and Open Days in Brussels and Belgrade in 2017.
In 2018, I coordinated a second project that sought to update the first ReSPA regional merit recruitment study and to evaluate change that had occurred in the region between 2015 and 2018. In 2020, I led on a third ReSPA merit recruitment study, which drew lessons for the Western Balkans countries and developed a self-assessment framework for merit recruitment in the public service.
The team members include
- Kim Sass Mikkelsen, Roskilde University
- Christian Schuster, UCL
- RankaBartula-Musikic, ReSPA
- Goran Pastrovic, ReSPA
- Fanni Toth, University of Loughborough
- Damir Ahmetovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Margarita Ivanova, North Macedonia
- Milena Muk, Montenegro
- Irena Najdov-Little, North Macedonia
- HamitQeriqi, Kosovo
- RajkoRadevic, Montenegro
- AnsiShundi, Albania
- Vladimir Vlajkovic, Serbia
