1. IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY DOCUMENTS ON PARTNERSHIP
Katerina Hadzi-Miceva
European Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Hadzi-Miceva, ECNL

2. Implementation issues
The Process
Implementation issues
Initiate: ‘who’ and ‘why’
Negotiate: ‘what’ and ‘how’
Analyze, develop principles, draft, discuss
Adopt, sign
Implement, enforce
Monitor
Evaluate
Revise
The importance of process (guarantee for effectiveness)
Implementation issues arise as early as during ‘initiation’ – who will initiate – if NGOs, how to make the Gov’t adopt the concept
Hadzi-Miceva, ECNL

3. Implementation: Putting Commitment into Effect
Compliance
General commitments: observance
Specific commitments: action
Reaching the Goal
How to quantify impact?
Establishing indicators to gauge the success
Hadzi-Miceva, ECNL

4. Implementation Plan Part of the document Separate strategy
Implementation guidelines
Action plan
Possible actions: analyze, form committees, adopt regulation, propose schedules, responsibilities…
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5. Implementation Issues
Ownership
Existing level of cooperation
Legislative, political, social, cultural traditions
Flexibility
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6. Guarantees Legal nature of document (binding or not)
Public institution that has adopted it
EU institution
National parliament, government, local council
Redress for non-compliance
Ombudsman
ECJ, national courts
Mediation schemes
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7. Assigning Responsibilities
Liaison bodies
Parliament, government
Role
But centralization?
‘Champions’
Involve early and often
Joint committees
Representatives from both sectors
Experts’ participation
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8. Implementation: Monitoring and Revision
Awareness raising
Harness momentum
Show results
Mechanism of monitoring, evaluation, reporting:
by whom (joint institution, specialized unit)
to whom.
Plan for review and revision
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9. Thank you!
Hadzi-Miceva, ECNL