Participatory Platform for Legislature (MK0168)

Which public problem is addressed by the commitment? The Assembly of RNM hosts an official website for information dissemination to the public. This link allows citizens an opportunity for direct communication with the Parliament Speaker: https://www.sobranie.mk/kontaktiraj-so-pretsedatelot.nspx In addition, citizens can also use another link on the Assembly’s official website to directly communicate with MPs: https://www.sobranie.mk/prashaj-go-pratenikot.nspx 121 This commitment is envisaged to provide systemic improvement in terms of contacts with MPs for citizens and CSOs to propose ideas. The second part, i.e. the registry of civil society organizations, will address the problem related to inviting CSOs to participate in legislative processes without political influence in selection and equitable information for all CSOs enlisted in the registry about parliamentary events, laws and other activities they can participate in.

Main objective of the commitment The main objective is to provide systemic online access for citizens to submit ideas to their elected representatives and to ensure systemic access for CSOs to the legislative process.

How will the commitment contribute to addressing the public problem? The activity related to development of web-platform for suggestions and initiatives includes an upgrade to existing (above described) opportunities for contact and communication with MPs, promotion of these opportunities in the public, administration of solutions for collecting suggestions, submissions and record keeping. The commitment concerns development of civil participation tool in the legislative process. As regards the registry of civil society organizations, the idea is to define the process for overview and selection of CSOs for participation in working bodies, public and oversight hearings.

How is the commitment relevant to OGP values? Ø COMMITMENT IS IMPORTANT FOR TRANSPARENCY YES/NO Ø COMMITMENT IS IMPORTANT FOR CIVIL PARTICIPATION YES/NO Ø COMMITMENT IS IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY YES/NO

Additional information Funds in the amount of 2,000,000 MKD for software upgrade are allocated in the assembly’s budget. Projected value of 840,000 MKD for the registry of civil society organization is secured as donation from PSP.

No. Milestone Indicators Activity holder Start date End date 1.2.1 Financial implementation of the commitment Funds are allocated in the budget circulatory letter 2022 budget is adopted 2022 plan for public procurements is adopted with procurement procedure included Assembly June 2021 December 2022 122 1.2.2 Administrative implementation of the commitment Procurement notices are announced Contract with economic operator is performed Assembly and economic operator May 2022 September 2022 1.2.3 Participation of citizens and civil society organizations in the legislative process Number of initiatives submitted through the system Number of initiatives reconsidered by MPs Number and type of civil society organizations that participated in working bodies, oversight and public hearings Assembly and CSOs December 2022 December 2023

Action Plan Review

Commitment 1.2: Platform for citizen suggestions and initiatives to the legislative government and registry of civil society organisations 

● Verifiable: Yes

● Does it have an open government lens? Yes

● Potential for results: Modest