SPAI regional conference
September 17-19, 2001
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Action Plan of the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia under Pillar5
The Government and civil society representatives
agree to support the following actions:
Public Attitudes
- Invite civil society organisations to join the SPAI
team.
Time line: immediate
- Organise a conference before 15 December 2001 -
i.e. before the elections of January 2002- on anti-corruption
measures and co-operation between government and civil society as a
starting point for civil society coalition building.
Time line: 15 December 2001
- Transparency International to prepare source books
for anti-corruption activities prior to conference.
Time line: 15 December 2001
- Develop information tools (website, Newsletter) to
raise public awareness.
Legal Environment for Civil Society
- Coalition of NGOs, including association of judges,
to draft amendments to the Law on Citizens Associations and
Foundations and forward to the Ministry of Justice.
- The Centre for the Education of Judges to prepare
proposals for training judges on laws regulating the NGO
sector.
Civil Society Capacity
- Develop a programme of co-operation between the
government and civil society.
- The Chamber of commerce to develop project
proposals for training businessmen on anti-corruption
measures.
- The 15 December conference is meant as a tool to
initiate civil society coalition building.
State of the Media
- Drafting of legislation to improve the public
information system is underway.
- The Institute for Media and Association of Print
Media to organise a roundtable to help develop criteria for
disbursement of subsidies.
- Media Institute to develop proposals to train
journalists and managers in order to improve professionalism,
ethics and profits.
- Media Institute to develop proposals to promote
investigative journalism and awareness among citizens.
- Encourage development of local media.
Government Transparency and Co-operation with
Civil Society
- Draft a sunshine law to provide access to
government information.
- Civil society to push for adoption of
anti-corruption law.
- Organise a conference before 15 December 2001 -
i.e. before the elections of January 2002- on anti-corruption
measures and co-operation between government and civil society as a
starting point for civil society coalition building.
Time line: 15 December 2001
- Develop information tools (website,
Newsletter) to raise public awareness.
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