well as transparent and accountable operation. Information, transparency and accountability of local self-government are the basic principles of good governance at local level, to which Republic of Macedonia is committed to with the ratification of the Additional Protocol for citizen participation in the work of local authorities that entered into force on 01.01. 2016. Macedonia generally has a favorable legal framework for information and consultation of citizens. To allow applicability to full capacity, institutional mechanisms and tools are necessary in order to raise the level of awareness of citizens as well as the transparency and accountability of local authorities. By providing predictable, timely, useful, process able as well as open data on the performance of authorities at all local self-government units (LGU) will increase the transparency and accountability of LGUs, will encourage Ambition citizen participation, will increase confidence, will encourage development in general, will increase the usefulness of the entire local community, including a financial benefit from the open data use. Coordinator of Milestone Start date End date activity Center for Change Management (CCM), Ministry of 6.1.1.Analysis of the legal framework regarding the 07/2016 08/2016 competences of LSG units and information publication (MLS)Government, on their websites Ministry of Information Society and Administration (MISA) 6.1.2. Networks establishment between civil organizations, local and central government in function CCM, MLS, MISA 09/2016 11/2016 of standards application and sustainability of their LSU implementation 6.1.3.Elaboration of standards and protocols for CCM, MLS, MISA 09/2016 12/2016 transparency and open data at a level LSU, CO CCM, local and 6.1.4. Strengthening capacities for using open data at a 09/2016 06/2017 local level regional CO 6.2. Establishment of new tools to improve financial transparency and accountability of Local units Start and end date of the commitment Ongoing activity (07/ 2016– 12/ 2017) Lead implementing agency Ministry of Local-Self Government
well as transparent and accountable operation. Information, transparency and accountability of local self-government are the basic principles of good governance at local level, to which Republic of Macedonia is committed to with the ratification of the Additional Protocol for citizen participation in the work of local authorities that entered into force on 01.01. 2016. Macedonia generally has a favorable legal framework for information and consultation of citizens. To allow applicability to full capacity, institutional mechanisms and tools are necessary in order to raise the level of awareness of citizens as well as the transparency and accountability of local authorities. Ambition By providing predictable, timely, useful, process able as well as open data on the performance of authorities at all local self-government units (LGU) will increase the transparency and accountability of LGUs, will encourage citizen participation, will increase confidence, will encourage development in general, will increase the usefulness of the entire local community, including a financial benefit from the open data use. Milestone Coordinator of activity Start date End date 6.1.1.Analysis of the legal framework regarding the competences of LSG units and information publication on their websites Center for Change Management (CCM), Ministry of (MLS)Government, Ministry of Information Society and Administration (MISA) 07/2016 08/2016 6.1.2. Networks establishment between civil organizations, local and central government in function of standards application and sustainability of their implementation CCM, MLS, MISA LSU 09/2016 11/2016 6.1.3.Elaboration of standards and protocols for transparency and open data at a level CCM, MLS, MISA LSU, CO 09/2016 12/2016 6.1.4. Strengthening capacities for using open data at a local level CCM, local and regional CO 09/2016 06/2017 6.2. Establishment of new tools to improve financial transparency and accountability of Local units Start and end date of the commitment (07/ 2016– 12/ 2017) Ongoing activity Lead implementing agency Ministry of Local-Self Government