Reinforcing the capacity of public administrations across the EU, at national, regional, and local level, to implement policy priorities, effectively react to crises, and manage structural transformations, is crucial to ensure the modernisation of our Union. From crisis management to policy implementation and strategic reforms, public administrations are at the forefront of achieving our shared goals. With ComPAct, the EU strengthens and facilitates its support to Member States in this endeavour. We promote cooperation and the exchange of good practices because, in delivering benefits to all people and businesses, we are stronger together.
Enhancing the European Administrative Space (ComPAct)
Efficient national public administrations are critical to transform EU and national policies into reality, to implement reforms to the benefit of people and business alike, and to channel investments towards the achievement of the green and digital transition, and greater competitiveness. At the same time, national public administrations are also under an increasing pressure to deal with polycrisis and with many competing priorities.
For the first time, with the ComPAct, the Commission is proposing a strategic set of actions not only to support the public administrations in the Member States to become more resilient, innovative and skilled, but also to strengthen the administrative cooperation between them, thereby allowing to close existing gaps in policies and services at European level.
With the ComPAct, the Commission aims to enhance the European Administrative Space by promoting a common set of overarching principles underpinning the quality of public administration and reinforcing its support for the administrative modernisation of the Member States. The ComPAct will help Member States address the EU Skills Agenda and the actions under the European Year of Skills, deliver on the targets of the Digital Decade to have 100% of key public services accessible online by 2030, and shape the conditions for the economies and societies to deliver on the ambitious 2030 climate and energy targets. The ComPAct will also help EU enlargement countries on their path to building better public administrations.
The ComPAct is a response to calls by the Member States, the European Parliament, and the Committee of the Regions to the Commission to foster cooperation and policy dialogue as well as to help improve the capacity and the quality of public administrations at central, regional, and local level in the EU. The ComPAct also addresses Europeans’ expectations that public administrations become less bureaucratic, faster in delivering services, more transparent and closer to the people.