Creating sustainable channels for dialogue and partnership between local associations and representatives of local authorities

On 29.06.2016, at hotel “Gracija”, ​​Kumanovo was held the first quarterly meeting. The quarterly meeting was attended by the civil society organizations and representatives of the Commission for Inter-Ethnic Relations.

The purpose of this meeting was to establish sustainable channels for dialogue and partnership between civil society organizations and local authorities in order to ensure the participation of civil society in decision-making. An opportunity was created for participants to share experiences, opinions and identify solutions on certain problems that they potentially have.

At the end of the meeting we gathered information about the difficulties that civil society organizations and the Commission for Inter-Ethnic Relations have on which we will need to work more on the next meetings that will occur in order to overcome the problems and to create opportunities for good communication and cooperation.

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This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Association National Roma Centrum (NRC), Kumanovo and partner organization Association of Roma AVENA, Kocani and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union.