public participation in legislation procedures slovenia, bcsdn workshop 4 july 2012
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The 2009/2010 Government Mirror
Project: Public Participation in
legislation preparation procedures
Tina Divjak, CNVOS
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Why we monitored
To see how public participation works in
practice
How by-laws contribute to better publicparticipation
Where (which stage, which ministry) are
the biggest problems that need to be
addressed
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What we monitored
The general communication environment (general
mechanisms for the inclusion of civil society: publication of
information and documents, organizations of public
consultations, e-participation tools, )
The support environment for the inclusion of civil society
(contact person for NGOs, financial support, inclusion of
NGO representatives in the working bodies)
The legislation preparation procedure (standards of
consultations for 33 acts, 17 state bodies in 2009 and 53acts, 19 state bodies in 2010)
Governments bodies evaluation of the responses they
received from civil society
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Results
Comparison between 2006 - 2009 and 2009
2010 (scale: 1 5)
Between 2006 and 2009: same level of inclusion
(relatively low) Between 2009 and 2010: improvement seen
(overall score: + 0.40, generel environment: +
0.56, legislation procedure; + 0.90)
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2006 - 2009
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2009 - 2010
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What contributed to better results?
Resulution for legislative regulation
passed by the Government
Changes to the Rules of the Procedure of
the Government
Promotion of public participation
(handbook on planning, managing and
evaluating public participation process,
issued by the Ministry of Public
administration)
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Recommendations
Contact person for NGOs at each Ministry
Identification of key stakeholders and
inclusion at the early stage
Summary reports
Secretariat general of the Government as
guardian of public participation Increase of e-participation tools
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Current reality
New government we started to follow deadlines for
public consultations on March 1st
Rules were breached in 84% cases (81 from 96 drafts)
Huge number of acts passed in urgent procedure(exception from the Resolution) justified?
Press conference beginning of July big media impact,
no change on the ground
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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