Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of local party platforms

Public debates on monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of implementing the platforms of local branches of political parties were held in various oblasts as part of the “Impact of NGOs on the Formation and Implementation of Political Platforms” project. Participants in Donetsk, Mykolayiv, Poltava and Vinnytsia included political parties, local council deputies, community organizations, business, and the media.

As part of these events, ICPS analysts Andriy Zelnytskiy and Petro Udovenko presented a model that demonstrates the transformation of party policy into state and local policies.

The main goal of these debates is to involve community organizations and to prepare them to have an effective impact on the development and implementation of party policies at the regional level. Participants discussed four key questions:

·    What must be done to ensure greater transparency and openness in the activities of party organizations and party factions in local councils?

·    What can be done to increase the responsibility of party organizations and party deputies for their platforms and their performance?

·    Which municipal development priorities that satisfy the interests of the local community and the priorities stated in party platforms should be included in local council action programs for 2007?

·    How can the impact of NGOs on the formulation and implementation of party policies be strengthened?

ICPS is implementing the “Impact of NGOs on the Formation and Implementation of Political Platforms” project with the support of the Institute of Sustainable Communities (ISC) and the Ukraine Citizen Action Network (UCAN).

For additional information, please contact Project Manager Petro Udovenko by telephone at (380-44) 484-4400 or via e-mail at garant_kvali@icps.kiev.ua.