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compared to the first. These include the Constitutional Law on the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Law on Regulatory Acts and the Law on the Commissioning of Social Services. In June 2006 the President signed a decree on the introduction of public policy formats and procedures into the operations of public authorities and local self-governance bodies. This law stipulates new mechanisms and procedures for involving all stakeholders into decision-making by the government and local self-governance bodies. The decree has not yet been put into action. On 20 December 2007 the Government enacted a decree on introducing methods of analyzing the regulatory impact of government decisions that regulate or change the business environment. This decree applies solely to the business sector, and therefore only those NGOs that work with businesses can participate in the making of government decisions that concern the business environment. In addition to these laws, there is a wide range of regulations (e.g. Rules and Procedures of Government Operations, Document Processing Rules, Document Processing Rules for Government Ministries, etc.) that outline the procedure of internal and external document workflow for government ministries and agencies. When it comes to cooperating with non-governmental organizations, however, these laws, decrees, and orders fail to offer a mechanism for implementing provisions contained in them. One of the regulations mentioned above states that “public participation is permitted.” By using this wording, the law does not make it mandatory for the leader of a government ministry or agency to collaborate with NGOs. Furthermore, there is no definition of “public” in the phrase “public participation.” The interpretation of this term is left up to the government ministry or agency, and there are times when NGOs are not considered to be part of this “public.” Nonetheless, the NGO sector may use two routes for launching the mechanism of its participation in decision-making. The first route concerns the right to request any information. If the letter mentions a specific timeframe (usually, 10 days), it is placed on the follow-up list, and the body that receives this letter must reply to it. This route is not especially effective, since NGO members have to work with a decision that has already been made. The second route is more useful. It involves building the NGO’s skills in producing expert decisions in the context of analytical documents, which include recommendations and a pro-active advancement of these recommendations. Recommendations The NGO sector may join the policy cycle at any of its stages. To make a positive contribution to the decision-making process, non-governmental organizations need a framework for collaboration between NGOs and public authorities, public administration, and local self-governments. The framework must incorporate the following elements: 1. Define the goal and the objectives of NGO participation in the process. 2. Determine the value of cooperation (for individual NGOs or for the entire sector), i.e. the qualities that NGO members value in themselves and in others. 3. Address the real needs of the state in NGO projects. So far, the purpose of most projects is to spend or use the donors’ money. 4. Develop standards for proposing solutions to problems. 5. Introduce a training program for NGO staff to discuss standards of working with public authorities, public administration, and local self-governments. 36
6. Produce a training program for government and municipal officials to discuss collaboration with the NGO sector. 7. Conduct an awareness campaign focusing on NGO participation in decisionmaking. The next stage should involve the drafting of legislation concerning relevant amendments to the current laws of the Kyrgyz Republic. Amending the laws without a vision of the framework and parameters of cooperation between NGOs and the government is a waste of time, efforts, and resources. Such changes would be halfhearted and incapable of establishing a context for efficient and effective cooperation. References 1. Bogatyrev, V. (n.d.) “Status formal’nykh politicheskikh institutov i ikh otnosheniia s neformal’nymi politicheskimi strukturami v Kyrgyzstane.” (The Status of Formal Political Institutions and Their Relations with Informal Political Structures in Kyrgyzstan.) Demokratiia i neformal’naia politika v Kyrgyzstane: Sbornik rabot Instituta obshchestvennoi politiki. 2. n.a. (2008) Gosudarstvennaia politika v sovremennykh usloviiakh. (National <strong>Policy</strong> Today.) Bishkek: Soros-Kyrgyzstan Foundation. 55 p. 3. Meleshkin, E.IU., ed. (2001) Politicheskii protsess: osnovnye aspekty i sposoby analiza. (The Political Process: Key Aspects and Methods of Analysis.) Moscow: INFRA-M/Ves’ Mir. 301 p. 4. n.a. (2007). Sovremennye tendentsii i perspektivy razvitiia NPO-sektora v Kyrgyzstane. (Current Trends and Prospects of NGO Sector Development in Kyrgyzstan.) Bishkek. 60 p. 5. James E. Anderson (1994). Public policymaking. 2 nd ed. Princeton, NJ: Houghton Mifflin. 6. Eoin Young, Lisa Quinn (2004). Writing Effective Public <strong>Policy</strong> Papers. A Guide for <strong>Policy</strong> Advisers in Central and Eastern Europe. Open Society Institute. 7. The Capacity to Govern in Central and Eastern Europe. High Level Meeting, December 18-20, 2003, Prague, Czech Republic. NISPAcee, 2004. 8. http://www.tazar.kg/news.php?i=8961&sea=марат percent20кайыпов. Accessed on 28 July 2008. 9. http://www.open.kg 10. http://www.perspect.org 11. http://ca-cpp.org 12. http://www.src.auca.kg/docs/Bakyt_Beshimov_Rus.doc. 13. http://eurasianhome.org/xml/t/digest.xml?lang=ru&nic=digest&pid=1693 14. http://www.tazar.kg/news.php?i=9239. Accessed on 28 July 2008. 15. http://www.vpk-news.ru/save.asp?pr_sign=archive.2006.129.articles.rostrum_01 37
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