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Second study on civil participation in decision making in EaP published

A new study on "Civil Participation in Decision Making in the Eastern Partnership Countries Part II: Practice and Implementation" has just been published. It contains 24 case studies from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus, and includes a set of recommendations for each country, lessons learned for the Eastern Partnership region and a regional strategy.

Analysts from the six countries examine the extent to which laws and policies are applied and implemented. The authors first assess to what extent the statutory procedures have been followed in the policy-making cycle in recent years, and then look case studies in each country to examine in detail how participatory policymaking is working in practice. This study follows the first study “Civil Participation in Political Decision-Making in the Eastern Partnership Countries – Part I: Laws and Policies”, which charted the laws and policies that provide the framework for civil participation in political decision-making in each of the six countries. The challenges and opportunities may differ, but all six countries face shortcomings in the clarity, effectiveness, and inclusiveness of their policy-drafting and evaluation procedures.

These publications are part of the Partnership for Good Governance project “Civil society participation in decision-making in the region” which is reinforcing regional cooperation, improving the environment for the functioning of NGOs, creating mechanisms for their active participation and promoting a culture of civil participation in Eastern Partnership countries. Realising more fully the potential of such kind of action and achieving sustainable results requires longer-term, on-going efforts with all Partnership for Good Governance projects.

A launching event will take place during the conference “Partnership for Good Governance: enhancing the co-operation with civil society” on 2 June 2017 at the Council of Europe, Strasbourg.

For more infomation contact the project team
 Civil Participation in decision making in EaP countries Part I: Laws and Policies
Civil Participation in Decision Making in the Eastern Partnership Countries Part II: Practice and Implementation
Measures for strategic development of civil participation in decision making

Strasbourg 17 May 2017
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Specific objective 1: support the alignment of human rights policies and practice by ensuring compliance of legislative and regulatory frameworks with European standards and capacity-building for legal professionals and National Human Rights Institutions, including the reinforcement of Ombudsmen Offices

Indicators:

  • relevant national legislation is in place and/or amended in line with European human rights standards (criminal justice, social rights, non-discrimination, data protection, social rights).
  • institutional mechanisms and structures are in place and/or operational (e.g. Human Rights Centres, Focal Points and mechanisms as required by conventions, institutionalised consultation procedures).
  • relevant professional groups have knowledge about human rights standards and are able to apply them in their work.
  • relevant national training organisations have strengthened capacity to continuously and sustainably train their target groups on human rights standards.
  • interaction between civil society and authorities in the democratic decision-making process is reinforced.
  • national parliaments have increased awareness of the necessity to revise national legislation and bring it in line with the European Social Charter (revised) as ratified by their country.

 

Specific objective 2: support the full execution of the European Court of Human Rights judgments through reinforcement of parliamentary involvement

Indicators:

  • increased awareness of members of parliaments in the EaP countries’ on the existing parliamentary mechanisms to ensure execution of European Court of Human Rights judgments.
  • increased compliance of the national legal framework with the European Convention of Human Rights and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.
  • parliamentary committees’ staffs have better capability to assist MPs in ensuring compatibility of national legislation with the ECHR and compliance with European Court of Human Rights case-law.