Overview

At-a-Glance

Action Plan: Macedonia National Action Plan 2016-2018

Action Plan Cycle: 2016

Status:

Institutions

Lead Institution: Ministry of Local Self-Government

Support Institution(s): The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Local Self-Government Units; Research and Policy Creating center (CIKP), ON women, Marija Risteska, Women’s Action - Skopje 070 590 014

Policy Areas

Capacity Building, Local Commitments, Public Participation

IRM Review

IRM Report: Macedonia End-of-Term Report 2016-2018, Macedonia Mid-Term Report 2016-2018

Early Results: Did Not Change

Design i

Verifiable: Yes

Relevant to OGP Values: Yes

Ambition (see definition): High

Implementation i

Completion:

Description

Status quo or problem addressed by the commitment: Legal regulation provides bodies and mechanisms (equal possibility commissions, commissions for relations of communities, consumer advice councils, local communities) to enable institutional consultation with relevant subjects about matters in the fields of their competence, before issues are included in the Municipality Council agenda and during certain local policy creating. The bodies are mainly set up at the local level, but they function with a limited capacity and results that marginalize their role. Main objective: Improvement of the mechanism function in institutional consultation at the local level. Brief description of commitment: Analysis to detect reasons for the existing weaknesses and concrete instruments to be created for strengthened function of these bodies for institutional consultation. OPG challenge addressed by the commitment: Increased influence of the citizens in the policy creating and right protection of certain categories or groups of citizens, through their direct involvement. Reference to the global objectives of sustainable development: Reference to Objective 16 “Peace, justice and strong institutions” Target 16.7: Ensuring representative decision making at all levels, as a reaction to issues, based on involvement and participation of stakeholders and Objective 5 “Gender equality” Target 5.5: ensuring complete and effective women’s participation and equal possibilities for leadership at all decision making levels in political, economic and public living. The measures of this commitment contribute for improvement of the representative decision making at the local level through a direct participation and protection of rights of women, specific categories or groups of citizens. Relevance: Improved function will ensure greater openness of these bodies towards the citizens and their interests, as well as institutional articulation of their interests towards the local authorities that are in charge of their resolution, in a way most convenient to the citizens. Ambition: Functional bodies and mechanisms for institutional consultation at the local level (equal possibility commissions, commissions for relations of communities, consumer advice councils, local communities) with a direct participation of citizens, to enable local authorities to prevent problems rather than work on their resolution.

IRM End of Term Status Summary

For Commitment details, please see the IRM reports: Macedonia Mid-Term Report 2016-2018 and Macedonia End-of-Term Report 2016-2018

Improvement of the Institutional Consultation Mechanism at the Local Level (MK0110)