TFL Vsebine / Revija Javna uprava

V času uradne pandemije, ko so veljali izredni ukrepi in splošna omejitev gibanja, se je hitro pojavilo vprašanje, v kakšen svet bomo vstopili po uradnem koncu pandemije? Ali bomo po pandemiji (ki je bila dokaj hitro javno označena kot »le prvi val«) »prebujeni« ali nemara »še bolj zasanjani«? Kot posamezniki, nacije in globalna družba. Okrepil se je problem strahu. Ta ni samo socialni (družbeni) problem, je tudi pravna kategorija. Ljudje pa imamo tudi temeljno človekovo pravico do »zaščite pred strahom.« Absolutne kratkoročne prednostne naloge javne uprave v Sloveniji in v vseh državah članicah EU bodo morale biti osredinjene na skrb, da strah in tesnoba ne postaneta novi epidemiji. Okrepljena in izboljšana bo morala biti skrb za učinkovitost in kakovost sistema javnega zdravstva. Vključno s skrbjo za duševno zdravje in za preprečevanje samomorov, skrb za dobrobit in blaginjo najstarejših in neozdravljivo bolnih ljudi, invalidov (na splošno in delavcev-invalidov), skrb za otroke, prav posebej otroke s posebnimi potrebami in skrb za obsežno, razvejano in kakovostno paliativno nego. Potrebna je tudi spremenjena in izboljšana pravna politika glede sistema vzgoje, izobraževanja, znanstvenega raziskovanja in zaposlovanja. Skupna prizadevanja za uresničevanje teh prednostnih nalog naj se odrazijo kot aktivno prizadevanje za nudenje strokovne, idejne in operativne pomoči javni upravi za lažje, boljše, hitrejše, učinkovitejše in kakovostno uresničevanje teh ciljev kot prednostnih nalog: ne le kot kritika javne uprave. Navsezadnje je treba paziti, da temeljnih človekovih pravic in svoboščin ne štejemo za samoumevne. Kaj hitro se lahko zgodi, da se bo nenadoma treba vnovič »boriti« za zaščito njihovih minimalnih standardov. Na primer glede pravice do zasebnosti in svobode gibanja.

At the time of the official Coronavirus pandemic 2020, when emergency measures and general restrictions on the freedom of movement were in place, the question of what kind of world will we enter after the official end of the pandemic was quickly raised. Will we be “awakened” or perhaps “even more dreamy” after the pandemic (which was fairly quickly publicly marked as “only the first wave”)? As individuals, nations and global society. The problem of fear intensified during pandemic. This is not only a social problem but also a legal one. Namely, people have a fundamental human right to “protection against fear”. The absolute short-term priorities of public administration in Slovenia and in all EU Member States will have to be focused on ensuring that fear and anxiety do not become a new epidemic. Concern for the efficiency and quality of the public health system should be strengthened and improved. Including mental health care and suicide prevention, care for the well-being of the elderly and terminally ill, people with disabilities (in general and disabled workers), care for children, especially children with special needs, and care for large, diversified and quality palliative care. Also a need exists for a changed and improved legal policy regarding the system of education, scientific research and employment. These priorities call for the joint effort to provide professional, conceptual and operational assistance to public administration to achieve better, faster, more efficient and quality realisation of these objectives as short term priorities: not only as a critique of public administration. Last but not least, care must be taken not to take fundamental human rights and freedoms for granted. There are many indications we will suddenly have to “fight” again to protect their minimum standards. For example, on the right to privacy and freedom of movement.

The Principal and Urgent Challenges of the Slovenian Public Administration and EU Member States after the 2020 Pandemic