A NEW STUDY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY OF THE BULGARIAN STATE ADMINISTRATION
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https://doi.org/10.2478/eoik-2025-0096Keywords:
administrative capacity, public administrationAbstract
Delivering good governance to citizens and businesses is a fundamen-
tal duty of any public administration. To be able to meet these require-
ments, public sector organisations must have the necessary adminis-
trative capacity. This is reason enough for its level to be monitored,
analysed and evaluated. The aim of this paper is to present the results
of the study conducted on the level of administrative capacity of the
different types of public bodies included in the Administrative Register
of the Republic of Bulgaria. They were obtained by surveying both
representatives of the administrations themselves and their socio-eco-
nomic partners. A validated methodology was applied, approbated by
scientists in the relevant field and representatives of practice. The re-
sults show which groups of administrations have higher capacity and
in which areas and which ones are lagging behind. A statistically sig-
nificant difference was found between the assessments of administra-
tions and those of civil society representatives.
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