In compliance with the timeframe for drafting 2016-2018 Open Government Partnership Action Plan, the process of co - creation was divided into interconnected stages undertaking the following actions: ü In February 2016, civil society organizations were invited to participate in the survey for preassessment of Open Government Partnership working group needs, notifying citizens regarding the initiative and expressing interest for future involvement. The survey results are published on the following link. ü An open dialogue with civil society was conducted in March 2016. Three workshops where 110 representatives of civil society in Macedonia (NGOs, businesses, social partners, the media and academia) actively participated and discussed challenges related to transparency and accountability, freedom of information, open data, effective public services and good governance at local level was conducted for that purpose. 38 proposals were identified on the workshops for which civil society has made commitment to include them in the Open Government Partnership Action Plan. The workshops were used to raise awareness for Sustainable Development Goals. ü The First public event – Conference “Open Government Partnership dialogue with civil society organizations on 2016-2018 National Action Plan” was held on 23-24 march 2016. The conference promoted the initiative Open Government Partnership, gave detailed information on the 2014-2016 Open government partnership Action plan progress, a representative of the Independent reporting mechanism introduced the Independent reporting mechanism (IRM) as one of the key manners interested parties can follow the progress and impact of governments 7