organizations and business subjects on the Central Register of RM’s website. 1.2 Cooperation advancement with the civil sector Start and end date of the commitment (07/ 2016– 6/ 2018) Ongoing commitment Lead implementing agency General Secretariat of the Government of RM Name of responsible person from implementing agency Vesna Vasileva Title, Department Email Phone State administration bodies, independent state administration bodies Head Assistant of the Sector Sector for policy analysis and coordination vesna.vasileva@gs.gov.mk 00389 76 490 881, 00389 23 118 022 General Secretariat of the Government of RM Other Actors Involved Non-government sector, business subjects, trade unions, economic chambers, associations and foundations Status quo or problem addressed by the commitment Main objective / There is a need for more active involvement of the civil organizations in policy defining of the civil sector concern and increased cooperation in the joint initiatives implementation and monitoring. Improvement of the cooperation between the Government and the civil sector through setting up an advisory body for cooperation, dialogue and encouragement of the civil sector development, participatory policy creating for the Government’s Annual Work Program through increased number of initiatives by the civil organizations, in accordance with the Good Practices Code for the civil sector 14