Belarus - The Eastern Partnership Roadmap to the Vilnius Summit Status Report

Except for a few isolated examples, requests from the government for the opinions of civil society on policies are scarce. The exceptions have included: an appeal in September 2012 to one of the human rights defence organisations from the governmental Center of Legislative Activity, and dialogue via mails between the National Center of Legislation and Legal Research at the Administration of the President and some human rights defence organisations on the introduction of a Commissioner on Human Rights (ombudsman) in Belarus proposals for amendments to the Law on Mass Media by the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) to parliament in January 2013 participation of representatives of authorities together with civil society representatives in seminars within EU initiatives (e.g. May 2013 seminar on Bologna process) individual meetings of some civil society leaders with representatives of central and local authorities.

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