Development of Quality Management in Public Administration of the Republic of Slovenia - a Case Study

Abstract

The Republic of Slovenia is a Central-European country, with two million inhabitants. Slovenia gained independence in 1991 and is celebrating its twentieth independence day in the year 2011. Since the independence, the Slovenian government has put substantial efforts in reforming its economy and public administration. By the end of 1992, Slovenia obtained international recognition, strengthened its own currency and started economic and social reform. Parallel to economic progress, a professional institutional framework needed to be developed, as a precondition for further development of the country.