Programs

Transparency

} Parliamentary Elections 2006

} Local Self Government Elections 2005

} Referendum 2004

} Monitoring of the Presidential Election 2004

} Domestic monitoring of the elections 2002

} Domestic monitoring of the elections 2003

} MP's performance

} Financing of Political parties

Responsive Institutions

} Legal Reform Initiative

}  Office for contact between NGOs and  the Parliament of RМ

} NGO Resource Book

} Mobile Parliament

} Conference

Education

} Visits to the Parliament

} Citizens' Guide through the Parliament

Other activities

International/ regional cooperation

▪ ▪ Legal Reform Initiative The implementation of the project Legal Reform Initiative started in 2004. The goal of the project was to contribute towards improvement of the election legislation. During the year of 2004, four round tables were conducted, with participation of experts, representatives of political parties and citizens’ associations. One of the numerous recommendations that were outcome of the round tables was to have codification of the election legislation. The project continued in 2005 (it was supposed to be non elective year, but due to the conduct of the Referendum 2004, and delay of the Local elections, these elections took part in spring 2005) when the goal was to work on and develop the Election code.   MOST and the Ministry of Justice signed Memorandum for cooperation, and after the Local elections were conducted, a work group was formed which started to develop the working version of the Electoral code. The working version of the Electoral code was presented at the press conference held on 17.11.2005 and afterwards a wide public debate was opened. In order to provide transparency of the entire process of drafting the Electoral code, MOST organized two public debates. The project was supported by the Swedish Helsinki Committee and Norwegian People’s Aid.   2004 2005 Second public debate, 15.02.2006, Skopje The goal of the second pubic debate that was organized by MOST was to provide transparency of the entire process of enacting the Electoral code. The Electoral code is in parliamentary procedure, and in a phase before the second reading. As an issue which will contribute towards creating environment for fair and democratic Parliamentary elections 2006, a wide political debate was opened among the political parties. On the second public debate, the representatives of the political parties and experts discussed on questions that were still opened: Appointment and composition of election bodies, definition and financing of election campaign and penalties against the violators of election regulations. The recommendations and opinions stressed by the participants will be taken into consideration during the process of drafting the final version of the Electoral code, which is to be enacted by the Parliament of R Macedonia. Representatives of the International community attended this public debate as well.