PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS IN ALBANIA AND TURKEY DURING THE EU INTEGRATION PROCESS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Abstract

In post-war period, EU witnessed two vitally important transformation:Constituting the standards about the political and administrative matters and enlargement process by new members... Thus, EU would maintain its weight in 21th century by means of institutionalization. For this reason, the process turned into more institutionalized structure since 1992 Maastrich Treaty. Today the EU consistof 28 countries including the Crotia in 2013. Turkey is on the negotiation table and getting ready to be full member for a decade. Albania applied into the fullmembership on April 28, 2009 and gained the position of "potential candidate". OnOctober 9, EU Council determined the membership criteria for administrative reforms of Albania which triggered the ardent reform period for this country. In this context, this study attempts to compare and contrast the EU accession process of Turkey and Albania in respect of their experiences and capacities for administrative reforms. This presentation consists of 5 chapters. As follows, the first chaptermentions about the criteria and experience of two countries within the EU integration process. The second chapter focuses on the fundamental principles of EU administrative reforms and its road map. The third one is assigned to the discussion of Albanian membership issue and the reflection of the reforms over the differenf segment of Albanian society. The fourth chapter summarized the Turkey's negotiation process and lastly, the endeavours and the adventure of two countries will be discussed in accompanying with the comparative prespective of the past experiences and futuristic hopes and expectations.