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Displaying 2126 - 2130 of 15550Regional Law No. 3-Z “On Civic Chamber”.
This Regional Law establishes that Civic Chamber shall be permanent body with a view of promoting civil society institutions, ensuring public control and cooperation of citizens with state bodies and local government. Its scope shall be protection of rights and duties of citizens, social associations and other non-government bodies (NGOs).
Regional Law No. 50-z amending Regional Law No. 3-Z “On Civic Chamber”.
Article 12 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Public consultations (public hearing) shall be organized on issues related to state governance and local self-government related to environmental protection, land-use planning and other cases envisaged by the federal legislation”.
Amends: Regional Law No. 3-Z “On Civic Chamber”. (2006-03-13)
Regional Law No. 888-PK “On public control”.
This Regional Law establishes the modalities of organization and performance of public control as a form of public participation. Subjects of public control shall be: (a) citizens and associations thereof; and (b) regional group of public (civic) control and members thereof. Objects of public control shall be: (a) regional state bodies; (b) local government; (c) regional state and municipal organizations; and (d) other organizations performing some public functions. Public control can be performed in the form of public audit.
Regional Law No. 522-Z “On public control”.
This Regional Law establishes the modalities of organization and performance of public control over state and local self-government bodies as a form of public participation. Public control shall be performed by advisory councils attached to regional executive and legislative bodies. Public inspections and public control groups shall also perform public control with a view of ensuring enforcement of legislation, protection of human rights and freedoms and consideration of public interest in some social spheres in coordination with state bodies.
Regional Law No. 70-ZO “On Civic Chamber”.
This Regional Law establishes that Civic Chamber must ensure coordination between citizens, social associations, state bodies and local government, promotion of civil society institutions, and consideration of the interests of the population in the process of elaboration and realization of state policy, protection of rights and freedoms of citizens. Civic Chamber shall be set up to ensure open and transparent discussion of the most important problems of social development, promotion of civil society institutions and democratic principles of the functioning of state bodies.