Call for Consultation on the Draft of the Code of Good Practice for Consultations with Interested Public on Making of Public Policy

Government Office for Co-operation with NGOs in co-operation with the Council for Civil Society Development is calling for consultation on the Draft of the Code of Good Practice for Consultations with Interested Public on Making of Public Policy.

 

Preparation of new standards of consultations with interested public on making of public policy is foreseen in the Operational Implementation Plan of the National Strategy of the Creation of an Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development, adopted on 1 February 2007. In the Chapter 4 of the Strategy and the Plan, entitled “Citizens’ Participation in the Creation of Public Policy”, the drawing up of a Code of Good Practice for Consultations and promotion of its implementation is foreseen. The adoption of a similar code was foreseen already in the Program of Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Croatia and Non-governmental, Non-profit Sector, adopted in 2001. 

 

The first public discussion which included some key questions related to the objectives and the contents of the future regulation of consultation between the state and civil society in the process of adopting new legislature was held on 12 November 2007 in “Novinarski dom” in Zagreb. A call for participation in consultation on key questions and the contents of the future document by sending proposals, suggestions and reflections was opened on the Office’s website by 15 January 2008. On this occasion we have received and published contributions by the following NGOs: “Zelena akcija”, “Dalmatinski potrošač Split”, and “Hrvatski esperantski savez”.

 

At the 13^th session of the Council for Civil Society Development, held on 23 April 2008, the members of the Council discussed the proposal of the Code and proposed its subjection to the public debate.

 

All interested parties are invited to send their comments, reflections or proposal concerning the Draft of the Code by email address: info@uzuvrh.hr, no later than 23 May 2008. After that date, the Office will take the liberty of publishing all the undersigned contributions on its website.