The project focuses on establishing good governance standards in the local self-government units, by aligning the Principles of Public Administration, developed as benchmarks by SIGMA. Good governance standards are used by local civil society organisations for monitoring the work of local self-governments, drafting policy papers, opiening dialogue for presenting the research findings and proposing recommendations for improving the work of the municipalities.
Period 01.01.2017 - 31.12.2018
Donor: Delegation of the European Union in the frames of IPA Civil Society Facility and Media Programme 2015
Project beneficiary: Local civil society organizations and Local Self-Governments
Main goal:
Ensuring a functional network of CSOs across regions that will perform a monitoring and evaluation process of the LSGs in a standardized manner that will have a higher degree of effect over the administration in the LSGs and the central policies on a national level. LSGs should have their unique benchmark checklist of areas where they will need to focus for providing better services to its citizens, improving their transparency and effective governance.
Expected results:
The project is funded by the European Union.
Do local self-governments provide physical accessibility to the buildings of the municipality and the information provided by the municipalities?
Do local self-governments publish the information which are required by the citizens? What is the web-transparency of the local self-governments?
How services are provided by the local self-governments. Can soe processes be imrpovred?
What is the current situation of functioning of the public enterprises founded by local self-governments?
Documentary film which shows the level of debt of the municipalities
Results of the index of complying with the e-transparency standards by the local self-governments were presented on a public debate organized in Stip. Municipality of Stip is the most transparent web municipality.
TV news article on a research conducted by the Center for Change Management within the project "Monitoring Principles of Public Administration in Preserving Good Governance Values", which focuses on quality of services provided by the the municipalities.