ABSTRACT: This paper analyzes the role of administrative districts and local units of state administration authorities, as well as the needs and possibilities for their reform. The non-central aspect of public administration itself constitutes a complex whole with multiple distinct elements, interrelations, and needs. In this context, the paper examines the possibilities and methods for "strengthening administrative districts" and "improving vertical and horizontal oversight in the execution of original and delegated tasks" at the non-central level, as defined by current planning documents. The core of this analysis is grounded in positive legal provisions, as well as strategic and planning documents in Serbia, accompanied by relevant comparative references. The main research dilemma concerns the limited possibilities for enhancing the performance of state administrative tasks through or within administrative districts. This limitation stems from the nature of the non-central aspect of public administration as a complex subsystem with two components: local self-government with its own original tasks (decentralized aspect), and local self-government with delegated tasks alongside local units of state administration authorities (more or less centralized aspect), which are interconnected through the administrative district. APSTRAKT: U radu se analizira uloga upravnih okruga i područnih jedinica organa državne uprave, te potrebe i mogućnosti njihove reforme. Necentralni aspekt javne uprave i sam predstavlja složenu celinu sa više različitih elemenata, međusobnih odnosa i potreba. S tim u vezi, analiziraju se mogućnosti i načini "jačanja upravnih okruga", te "unapređenja vertikalnog i horizontalnog nadzora u obavljanju izvornih i poverenih poslova" necentralnog nivoa, kako je to određeno važećim planskim dokumentima. Okosnicu ovog razmatranja čine pozitivnopravna rešenja, te strateški i planski dokumenti u Srbiji, uz odgovarajuće komparativne osvrte. Osnovna istraživačka dilema se odnosi na ograničene mogućnosti da se unapredi vršenje poslova državne uprave putem ili unutar upravnih okruga. Ona proističe iz karaktera necentralnog aspekta javne uprave, kao složenog podsistema, sa dve komponente - lokalnom samoupravom sa svojim izvornim poslovima (decentralizovani aspekt), te lokalnom samoupravom sa poverenim poslovima i područnim jedinicama organa državne uprave (manje ili više centralizovani aspekt), u pogledu kojih postoje odgovarajuće veze putem upravnog okruga. The role of administrative districts in the administrative system of Serbia Uloga upravnih okruga u upravnom sistemu Srbije Codification, the CiKljučne reči: upravni okrug; dekoncentracija; načelnik i savet upravnog okruga.vil Code, the Service Contract, the Lease Agreement. Keywords: administrative district; deconcentration; head and council of the administrative district. Pravo - teorija i praksa volume: 39 number: 1 startpage: 45 endpage: 57 2022 Golić, Darko eng srp http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:8258 doi:10.5937/ptp2502015G ISSN: 0352-3713 info:eu-repo/semantics/review application/pdf 612128 bytes