“Civil Society and public private partnership in the EU Integration process” Danka Latković Office for the Cooperation with NGO‘s Government of the Republic of Montenegro Regional conference : “Through cooperation towards Integration” October 2007.

Main steps up to now  “Basis of the cooperation of the Government of Montenegro with NGOs” (May 2006)  Appointment of contact persons for cooperation with NGOs in ministries and other relevant state institutions  Establishment of the Office for the cooperation with NGOs as an organizational part of General Secretariat of the Government of Montenegro  Establishment of the inter-ministerial working team for preparation of the draft version of Strategy for Cooperation between Government of Montenegro and NGOs

“ Basis of the Cooperation - goals:  Building the democratic, open society and mutual cooperation in developing of european integration process;  Developing mutual cooperation, conserving independence and improving transparency and importance of NGOs;  Creating partnership between NGOs and state institutions;  Accomplishing and further improving complementarity and interaction, to aimed at more efficient social development;  Creating of different institutional mechanisms for improving and further developing of cooperation and mutual comunication;  Improving the working conditions of NGOs.

Basis of the Cooperation”- principles:  Partnership  Transparency  Responsability  Mutual informing  Independence of NGOs

“ Basis of the Cooperation”- form of cooperation:  Consulting  Advising  Joint activities  Common assessment on the Government ‘s results in all areas  Developing of the normative preconditions for functioning of NGOs

Administratives mechanisms  Network of contact persons for cooperation with NGOs in ministries and other state institutions (from May 2006, MIEREI from 2004)  Office for cooperation with NGOs (February 2007)  Appointment of the Head of the Office (M arch 2007)  Inter-ministerial team for preparing of the draft version of the Strategy for Cooperation between Government of Montenegro and NGOs (May 2007)

Preparing of the Strategic document  Coalition NGOs “Through cooperation towards goals” - “Strategy for Cooperation between Government of Montenegro and NGOs (March 2007)  Inter-ministerial team

Legislative framework  Law on NGOs ( 1999 / amended 2002)  Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on NGOs (S eptember 2007)  Law on Games on Chance  Draft Law on Amendments to Law on Games on Chance (J uly 2007)  Law on Public Administration, Law on Local Self- Government...

Financing of NGOs  Commission of the Parliament of the Republic of Montenegro ( Public announcement)  Commission of the Government of the Republic of Montenegro ( Public announcement )  Ministries and other state institutions (joint projects funded by international organizations)  Local Self -Government ( Public announcement)  Financing the work of NGOs on strategic documents of the Government and NGOs Coalition

Joint activities of the Governmental Office for Cooperation with NGOs and NGOs  Project “Intership” – with NGO CDT  Publication “Guidlines through the Government of Montenegro” – with NGO CDT  Project “The Young and institutions” – with NGO “Novi horizonti”  Project “Capacity building of civil servants for cooperation with NGOs” - with NGO CRNVO

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