Strategic Planning on the Local Level As a Factor of Rural Development in the Republic of Serbia

and the voices of the most sensitive parts of the society are spoken out loud in decision-
making processes. It reacts quickly to current and future social changes as well.

Figure 2: Attributes of good administration

Consensus oriented

Individual
participation

Impartiality and
comprehensiveness

Therefore, good government cannot make it without an overall strategic planning
process. As a rule, local communities which carry out strategic planning are more
successful and efficient, at citizens’ disposal, demonstrating more responsibility when it
comes to the needs of the local community. If it is to be sustainable, strategic planning
at the same time has to be a highly transparent process, thus making sure that all
relevant subjects take part in planning the future of the local community. In countries
like Serbia, such things do not speak volumes about strategic planning as a sustainable
process, so what is going to be presented hereinafter is the history of the problem and
an attempt to identify its essence as affirmed in market-oriented economies.

Concept of Strategic Planning in Market-Oriented and
Sustainable Economy - Problem History and New Proposals

The explication of this topic should begin with the question: What has happened
meanwhile with the planning function in Serbia and in the international surrounding,
especially in developed market economies?

As an answer to this question it is necessary to underline the importance of planning in
the light of continual discussions on redefinition of the development concept, existence

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