Increasing the Effectiveness of Cooperation between Civil Society Organizations and State Governance Bodies of the Kyrgyz Republic in the Law-making Process

Abstract

The participation of CSOs in government policy making, which does not yet happen in the Kyrgyz Republic, is an important part of democratic governance. Taking this into account, the “Sustainability and Effectiveness of civil society organizations in the Kyrgyz Republic” Project was elaborated by the NISPAcee – The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (as the recipient of the grant) together with the Social Research Center of the American University in Central Asia – to create better conditions to enable Kyrgyz CSOs to actively participate in policy-making processes. The project was approved in September 2008 as part of Slovak Official Development Assistance funded by the Department of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic.