KYRGYZSTAN TODAY Policy briefs on - Department of Geography

percent of respondents rated partnership efforts as good, while two groups of
19.2 percent each gave these efforts the rating of excellent or fair, and 2 percent
viewed them as poor. The results of this survey encourage us to look forward to
the dynamic development of social partnership in the future.
• New ideas and methods for solving tasks, along with participatory approaches
to addressing social issues at a local level, are being introduced in almost every
region of the country.
Recommendations
Clearly, social partnerships can ensure equal opportunities for a dignified life. In
view of this constructive collaboration of different forces, partners’ efforts must focus on
efficient, standard-setting action. This, we believe, necessitates the following:
1. Systematic public evaluation of draft laws that address socio-economic issues
through the participants of the National Network for Social Partnership. This
network would consist of members of civil society and the legislature from all
parts of the country. The network’s mission would be to carry out a competent,
efficient, and fully open discussion of draft laws on socio-economic issues, and
ensure feedback between civil society representatives and members of specialized
parliamentary committees and their locally-based assistants.
2. Ensure mutual respect and recognition of equal status by all members of society,
which would improve the efficiency of cooperation, including the performance
of coordination councils as a form of social partnership.
3. Systematic monitoring and evaluation of NGOs’ suggestions on amendments
to laws being reviewed by the Parliament. If members of the National Network
for Social Partnership collaborate in the legislative process with members of the
Parliament, this would clearly help increase public accountability.
References
1. The Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on the Commissioning of Social Services (2008).
2. Counterpart-Sheriktesh newsletters (nos. 1, 2, 3, 4) published under the project “Strengthening
Sustainable and Effective Cooperation between Government Bodies and Civil Society
Organizations in the Kyrgyz Republic”, carried out within the framework of the Civil Society
Program of the Aga Khan Foundation.
3. Report on the National Conference on Social Partnership. Bishkek: Counterpart-Sheriktesh, 2008.
4. Decree of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on the Approval of the Cooperation
Framework for Public Associations, Public Foundations (Non-Governmental Organizations),
and the Government Bodies of the Kyrgyz Republic.
5. Current Trends and Prospects of NGO Sector Development in Kyrgyzstan (Proceedings of Round
Tables). Bishkek: Soros-Kyrgyzstan Foundation, AUCA. 60 p.
6. Berk S., Musalimova T., Mamasalieva G., Abdieva B., and Sulaimanova F. (2007). The Experience
of Kyrgyzstan in Developing Partnership between the State and Civil Society Organizations, “Public
Association Counterpart-Sheriktesh”, Bishkek, 2006.
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