NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION PLAN 54 7. Information systems for monitoring of the parameters of the environment (measure that addresses the objective: participation of the citizens) The need of transparency as well as accessibility to ICT-tools (like the GIS, the spatial information system), the obligations for compliance with international standards for protection of the environment, waste management, participation of the NGO sector in the monitoring of the results, imposes the need of creation of public information system accessible to all interested parties, which is going to monitor the environmental parameters and shall offer resources for future activities. 2.6.4 Defined projects Project Priority Activity Area Stakeholders and Participants PG6.01 1 E-citizens' participation E-citizens e-Government MDW/USAID & Metamorphosis Foundation16 PR6.01 3 E-citizens' portal E-citizens e-Government Government of the Republic of Macedonia / General Secretariat (state level) and the local self-Government (local level) PR6.02 2 Civil initiatives for information society (Overcoming digital divide initiative) E-citizens ISA PR6.03 5 Measures for support of the local contents E-citizens e-business ISA PG6.02 4 E-security E-citizens e-business e-Government ISA PR6.04 5 Environmental Information System E-citizens e-Government sustainable development Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning 16 The project is approved and the responsible authority had secured the initial budget. NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION PLAN