THE ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN DECISION MAKING AND POLICY MAKING
THE ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN DECISION MAKING AND POLICY MAKING

Summary/Abstract: Democracy is a comprehensive system that represents the general will of the citizens, alluding to their co-governance at higher levels of state institutions. In reality, we are facing a completely different situation, since in North Macedonia the general will of the citizens is not sufficiently articulated at the highest state levels. Given this, it is necessary to create NGOs, the sectors of which serve as a bridge between the interest of citizens and policy-making bodies. In North Macedonia, there is a large number of civic organizations that defend the general interest of the society, ranging from organizations that advocate for gender, religious, national, age organizations, ecological organizations, even organizations that protect animal rights. This study aims to highlight the current role of civil society engagement in the decision-making and policy-making process in our country by using the analysis as a breakdown method and thus this activity of local organizations will be compared in the final part of the paper with the dynamics and activity of various organizations around the world.

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