Government Transparency Strategy with Action Plan 2023-2026

The Government adopted the Transparency Strategy of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, with an action plan for 2023-2026, proposed by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of good governance policies, Slavica Grkovska.

Priority areas, according to the Strategy, are: promoting active transparency, improving access to public information, fiscal transparency of the Government and other executive bodies, improving the digital capabilities of institutions to facilitate and automate the process of opening up data, as well as strengthening accountability mechanisms for policymaking.

The measures are elaborated in more detail in the Action Plan for 2023-2026, where they are specified with activities, the timeframe for implementation, the estimate of the necessary financial resources for the implementation of the activities, the carrier of the activity, as well as the institutions involved in implementing the activity.

The strategy is the result of the work of the working group composed of representatives of civil society organizations, media and academic representatives and institutions, which is part of the support that the Metamorphosis Foundation provides within the framework of the cooperation with the office of Deputy Prime Minister Grkovska, and through the project “Transparency and Accountability of State Institutions in the Republic of Macedonia” implemented by Metamorphosis with financial support from the Foundation Open Society – Macedonia.

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The activities are part of the project “Transparency and Accountability of State Institutions in the Republic of Macedonia” implemented by the Metamorphosis Foundation with financial support from the Foundation Open Society – Macedonia.

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