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Today, cooperation between the sectors is still initiated primarily by civil society organizations. To be effective, however, the model of collaboration must be based on equal and proactive participation of all stakeholders within their realms of responsibility. To sustainably and efficiently resolve both parties’ dissatisfactions, a consensus must be reached by discussing the problems at hand and sharing best practices. For example, during public hearings on social partnership issues within the project “Strengthening Sustainable and Effective Cooperation between Government Bodies and Civil Society Organizations in the Kyrgyz Republic” [2], government officials and NGOs from across the country identified obstacles to efficient and long-term cooperation between governmental bodies and NGOs. Focus group discussions of relevant problems touched upon several areas, such as: • on which factors is cross-sectoral cooperation currently based? • which problems and/or obstacles stand in the way of efficient cross-sectoral cooperation? The table below summarizes the obstacles that hinder efficient partnership, and suggests ways to overcome them. Obstacles to efficient cooperation between governmental bodies and NGOs Inadequate social partnership legislation. Absence of legislative enforcement at a local level, resulting in work inefficiency. Failure of NGOs to fully comprehend the operations of government agencies. Government bias against NGOs. High staff turnover in local governments that results in low levels of awareness about the local civil sector. Lack of sustainability of many NGOs due to their focus on individual projects. Government institutions and specialist/area-specific NGOs sometimes fail to produce joint activity plans that address specific issues. Failure to jointly discuss the monitoring and evaluation of NGO projects and/or government operations. Ways to overcome obstacles Revise current laws and regulations. To develop efficient mechanisms for the execution of laws. Legal awareness must be systematically raised within government bodies and NGOs. Discuss and identify partners’ mutual interests. To assess the resources and capabilities of each party, to identify strengths and weaknesses, and to join forces to address specific tasks. Improve compensation of civil servants; to prepare and train reserve staff; to conduct joint events. Find opportunities for long-term cooperation and to identify areas of sustainable collaboration (instead of engaging in cooperation within a single project, a long-term plan for collaboration consistent with the NGO’s charter can be developed). Produce joint activity plans. Introduce transparency systems and sustainable information exchange mechanisms throughout. To conduct regular meetings between partners. During public hearings, the participants also talked about coordination councils as a form of social partnership. These councils, composed of government officials and civil society members, are usually established under public governance bodies. According to 66
the participants of public hearings, these councils are extremely helpful in coordinating activities in a variety of sectors; yet in some places, they gradually started to turn into an instrument of government officials to control NGOs who even exercised dictatorship over them. Over time, this mechanism of cooperation began to deteriorate. While addressing social problems, it is important to use innovative, participatory approaches. For example, the Alga NGO routinely signs “memoranda of partnership” with government officials, bearing in mind the maxim “People come and go; agreements remain.” The city of Karakol has an efficient Public Municipal Council, whose members include members of the city’s Kenesh (Council) and civil society organizations. All stakeholders in the process benefit from this form of cooperation and this, in turn, ensures all-round social development. Public Hearings on Social Partnership Issues To evaluate the status of social partnership between government bodies and NGOs, the results of several discussions were used. These discussions occurred during a variety of events, including: – social partnership roundtables and focus groups with government officials and various civil society members, held in October 2007 in seven provinces of Kyrgyzstan (participants included governmental bodies, NGOs, businesses, trade unions, and the media); – the National Conference on Social Partnership (February 2008); – groundwork carried out by an interdepartmental working group to review Kyrgyzstan’s legislation pertaining to social partnership and to produce recommendations on ways to optimize current laws (January-June 2008); – awareness campaigns (e.g. quarterly newsletters, informational booklets, and a report on the National Conference on Social Partnership that took place in 2008); – a survey of 52 experts who represented government bodies and NGOs on the national and local levels. Active participation by government officials and NGO members in public hearings clearly helped make cooperation between partners more efficient, particularly with regard to the most pressing socio-economic issues. Some of the best examples of effective problem-solving include: • the campaign to promote the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on the Commissioning of Social Services [1]; • ARIS projects, carried out within the framework of the Public Investment Program; • the development of a State Program for Ensuring Gender Equality and the approval of a National Plan of Action to Achieve Gender Equality in the Kyrgyz Republic for 2007-2010; • partnership projects to eradicate the worst forms of child labor, with the involvement of government bodies and civil society organizations (the 2008 State Program); • the establishment of a Public Municipal Council in Karakol, bringing together members of the City Council and local civil society organizations. Following public hearings conducted throughout the country in the autumn of 2007, on 14 February 2008 a National Conference on Social Partnership was held in Bishkek. The conference was organized by the Kyrgyz President’s Administration and Counterpart- 67
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