“Roadmap on good governance for state institutions in the Republic of Macedonia is the latest publication based on the research on the level of openness of institutions in six countries in the region, conducted within the Accountability, Technology and Institutional Openness Network in Southeastern Europe – ACTION SEE project, implemented by Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society.”
In order to measure the degree of institutional openness, the ACTION SEE partners, adhering to international standards, recommendations as well as examples of good practice, assessed institutions through special quantitative and qualitative indicators, which assess institutions on the basis of: access to information on official websites of institutions, quality of the legal framework for individual cases, other sources of public informing and questionnaires delivered to institutions.
The research results show that the average level of openness of the executive power in the region, including the government, ministries and other executive bodies, amounts 47%, whereas the level of openness in Macedonia amounts 36% under relevant indicators. The Macedonian Parliament has a score of 59% under the indicators on openness, which is below the average 63% calculated for openness of parliaments in the region.
Courts in the Republic of Macedonia have a score of 52% under the indicators on openness, whereas the Judicial Council demonstrated an insignificantly better score of 58% under relevant indicators. Municipalities in the Republic of Macedonia showed 34% completion of the Index of openness, which equals the regional openness result of local self-governments.
On the basis of the monitoring of data and the findings, a set of practical proposals for improvement of the level of openness of state institutions in Macedonia including Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
