ASPECTS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MODERNIZATION IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Modernization and reform of public administration is part of the dynamic changes taking place in Slovakia since 1992. Public administration reform, however, is not just a summary of incompatible decisions, but requires a comprehensive approach. It is based on long-term strategy, which includes, in addition to changes within the territorial-administrative organization of the process of increasing professionalism, competence and ethics in public administration, enhancing the quality of public administration in benefit of society and the development of human resources, i.e. education and training of employees and managers of the public sector. The aim of this paper is to summarize the existing concept of public administration reform in the transformation stage, and so far have achieved the implementation of public administration reform with emphasis on aspects of development needs also the competence of the human factor in public administration.