<p>The Center for Civil Communications submitted the measures for narrowing  the room for corruption in the public administration to the authorized  institutions and media in the country. The measures were defined at the  workshop, which took place on 24 October, and were proposed by domestic  experts and representatives from the authorized institutions.<br /><br />The  measures are mainly directed at: increasing the professionalism of the  public administration; employing and promoting civil servants only on  the basis of their work experience, knowledge, and accomplished results;  reducing the discretion rights of the managers of state institutions  for selecting employees; introducing a system of rewards and punishments  for civil servants; limiting the possibility for various committees to  make arbitrary decisions; clear defining, harmonizing, unifying, and  publishing of all conditions and documents required for obtaining the  services of the public administration, as well as making certain  services automatic. The Center proposes to all relevant institutions to  implement the measures in the interest of the general commitment to  decreasing the corruption in the Republic of Macedonia.</p>
