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One of the reasons for the increasing importance of a dialogue with the NGOs in the Union should be sought in part in the worrying results of public opinion polls which show a low level of understanding on the part of citizens of EU member states of the complex structures and mechanisms in which the European institutions work. 
Jedan od razloga sve veće važnosti dijaloga s NVO-ima u Uniji treba djelomice tražiti i u zabrinjavajućim rezultatima ispitivanja javnog mnijenja koji pokazuju nisku razinu razumijevanja kompleksnih struktura i mehanizama djelovanja europskih institucija među građanima država članica EU.
This lack of understanding is directly manifested, for example, in the increasingly poor turn-out of voters at elections for MEPs, while not long ago this was reflected in the Irish voters at a recent referendum turning down support for ratification of the Treaty of Nice, thus bringing into question the future enlargement of the Union. 
Takvo nerazumijevanje izravno se očituje primjerice u sve nižem odazivu građana na izbore zastupnika za Europski parlament, a nedavno se očitovalo i odbijanjem irskih građana da na referendumu daju potporu ratifikaciji Sporazuma iz Nice, čime je dovedeno u pitanje buduće proširenje Unije.
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the quality of the dialogue between the Croatian government and the non-governmental sector” in the light of the standards of good governance that have been developed, or are still being developed, at the EU level, and in the light of the experience of chosen applicant countries for Union membership. 
Svrha je ovoga rada ocijeniti kvalitetu dijaloga hrvatske Vlade s nevladinim sektoromii u svjetlu standarda dobrog upravljanja koji su razvijeni ili se još uvijek razvijaju na razini EU, te u svjetlu iskustava odabranih država kandidata za članstvo u Uniji.
The process of the implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between Croatia and the EU will be analysed as a potential catalyst for the strengthening of the culture of dialogue and consultation, first of all at a national and then at regional and local levels.iii 
Proces provedbe Sporazuma o stabilizaciji i pridruživanju (SSP) Hrvatske EU bit će analiziran kao potencijalni katalizator jačanja kulture dijaloga i savjetovanja ponajprije na nacionalnoj, te postupno i na regionalnim i lokalnim razinamaiii.
EU POLICY TOWARDS THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR 
POLITIKA EU PREMA NEVLADINU SEKTORU
In official EU documents the non-governmental sector started being mentioned no earlier than the eighties. 
U službenim se dokumentima EU nevladin sektor počinje spominjati tek sredinom osamdesetih godina.
During the almost thirty years from the signing of the Treaties of Rome, collaboration with the NGOs was looked at exclusively as part of the sphere of competence of the member states, and the only European initiatives in the area were related to the work of EU agencies for aid to developing countries (Kendal, Anheier, 1999). 
Tijekom gotovo trideset godina od potpisivanja Rimskih ugovora, suradnja s NVO-ima promatrala se kao isključivi djelokrug država članica, pa su jedine europske inicijative na tom području bile vezane za rad agencija EU za pomoć zemljama u razvoju (Kendall, Anheier, 1999).
At the beginning of the nineties, thanks mainly to the new institutional and symbolic framework given by the Treaty of Maastricht and the concept of a Europe of citizens, there was a sudden rise in the number of NGO networks actively involved in lobbying and in a dialogue with European institutions, and a move to a gradual explicit acknowledgement of their role in EU strategic documents. 
Početkom devedesetih godina, zahvaljujući ponajprije novom institucionalnom i simboličkom okviru što su ga dali Ugovor iz Maastrichta i koncept Europe građana, dolazi do naglog porasta broja mreža NVO-a aktivno uključenih u lobiranje i u dijalog s europskim institucijama, te do postupnoga ekplicitnog priznavanja njihove uloge u strateškim dokumentima EU.
The development of EU policy vis-a-vis the third sector is linked with a number of difficulties. 
Razvoj politike EU prema trećem sektoru povezan je s nizom teškoća.
Firstly, though most member states of the EU have a very long tradition of civil society and democratic culture, there are considerable differences among them in the modalities of relations with non-governmental associations and the circumstances accompanying the development of this sector. 
Prvo, iako većina država članica EU ima vrlo dugu tradiciju civilnog društva i demokratske kulture, među njima postoje znatne razlike u modalitetima odnosa s nevladinim udrugama te okolnostima koje su pratile razvoj samoga sektora.
Secondly, the activities of the European NGOs were mostly concentrated in areas that were traditionally in the sphere of competence of the member states, and not the EU (Kendall, 2001). 
Drugo, aktivnosti europskih NVO-a najvećim su dijelom koncentrirane u područjima koja su tradicionalno u djelokrugu država članica, a ne EU (Kendall, 2001).
Thirdly, the nongovernmental sector within each one of the member states is highly heterogeneous and composed of organisations of very different aims and structures, which makes it much more difficult to construct a common and all-encompassing policy. 
Treće, nevladin je sektor unutar svake od država članica iznimno heterogen i sastavljen od organizacija vrlo različitih ciljeva i struktura, što otežava izgradnju zajedničke, sveobuhvatne politike.
The next difficulty is related to the absence of a common definition of the scope and significance of the concept of a non-governmental association, and the consequence of this is quite often an uneven employment of the vocabulary inside EU documents. 
Sljedeća je teškoća vezana za nedostatak zajedničke definicije opsega i značenja pojma nevladine organizacije, a posljedica toga nerijetko je neujednačena uporaba vokabulara u dokumentima EU.
Finally, because of the so-called horizontaliv nature of policy towards the NGOs, which does not fit into a single one of the traditional vertical sectors or interests related to them, it is hard to provide appropriate institutional and financial capacities for the development of such a policy, which is, after all, a problem that the member states have to face at their national levels as well. 
Napokon, zbog tzv. horizontalneiv prirode politike prema NVO-ima koja se ne uklapa ni u jedan tradicionalni vertikalni sektor i s njim povezane interese, teško je osigurati odgovarajuće institucionalne i financijske kapacitete za razvoj te politike, što je uostalom i problem s kojim se države članice suočavaju na nacionalnim razinama.
These difficulties have been manifested in recent years, particularly in the context of the frequent unsuccessful attempts at adopting the socalled charter of European associations in the Council of Ministers, the acceptance of which would make it much easier for NGOs to work across borders. 
Spomenute su se teškoće očitovale proteklih godina, osobito u kontekstu višekratnih neuspjelih pokušaja usvajanja tzv. statuta europskih udruga u Vijeću ministara čijim bi se prihvaćanjem olakšale prekogranične aktivnosti NVO-a.
Although it is not codified in the Amsterdam Treaty, nor is it a part of the acquis, the legal patrimony of the EU, EU policy with respect to the third sector has in time gained in importance in a number of strategic EU documents. 
Iako nije kodificirana u Amsterdamskom sporazumu niti je dio acquisa, pravne stečevine EU, politika EU prema trećem sektoru s vremenom je dobila na važnosti u nizu stateških dokumenata Unije.
Among the first rather important documents to lay down the principles on which the European institutions should work with the NGOs was the European Commission communication of 1997 entitled Promotion of the Role of Volunteer Organisations and Foundations in Europe (COM/1997/241 final). 
Među prvim važnijim dokumentima što utvrđuju načela na kojima se treba temeljiti suradnja europskih institucija s NVO-ima jest Obavijest Europske komisije objavljena 1997. godine pod nazivom Promicanje uloge volonterskih organizacija i zaklada u Europi (COM /1997/241 final).
This document defines the reason for setting up a powerful civil dialogue at the European level, alongside the existing political dialogue with the national state bodies and the dialogue with the social partners. 
Tim se dokumentom utvrđuje cilj uspostave snažnoga civilnog dijaloga na europskoj razini, uz već postojeći politički dijalog s nacionalnim državnim tijelima i dijalog sa socijalnim partnerima.
The aim of this document is to illustrate the increasingly large importance of third-sector organisations within the EU, to draw attention to the problems and challenges these organisations have to face, and to improve their ability to make an even more active contribution to European integrative processes. 
Cilj je dokumenta ilustrirati sve veću važnost organizacija trećeg sektora unutar EU, upozoriti na probleme i izazove s kojima se te organizacije suočavaju te poboljšati njihovu sposobnost da aktivnije pridonesu europskim integracijskim procesima.
Not three years after this announcement came a European Commission discussion paper called The Commission and NGOs: Building a Stronger Partnership (COM/2000/11 final). 
Nepune tri godine nakon spomenute Obavijesti uslijedio je dokument za javnu raspravu (discussion paper) Europske komisije pod nazivom Komisija i NVO-i: Izgradnja snažnijeg partnerstva (COM /2000/11 final).
This document proposes measures to beef up the relations between the Commission and NGOs; the common features of NGOs are defined and concrete proposals formulated for an improvement of the existing dialogue with the associations. 
Tim se dokumentom predlažu mjere kojima bi se ojačali odnosi između Komisije i NVO-a, definiraju se zajednička obilježja NVO-a te formuliraju konkretne preporuke za poboljšanje postojećeg dijaloga s udrugama.
The impact of this document has been underlined by the particularly large number of reactions to it which have arrived from both member states and candidate states. 
Utjecaj tog dokumenta potvrđuju osobito brojne reakcije na taj dokument koje su stigle od država članica, kao i država kandidatkinja za članstvovi.
As answer to the results of public opinion surveys in member states that show a very low level of citizen support for and informedness about the work of European institutions, in mid-2001 the European Commission published a white paper about European governance (COM/2001/428 final). 
Kao odgovor na rezultate istraživanja javnoga mnijenja u državama članicama koji pokazuju vrlo nisku razinu potpore i informiranosti građana o radu europskih institucija, Komisija je sredinom 2001. godine objavila Bijelu knjigu o europskom upravljanju (COM/2001 /428 final).
The white paper lays down the ground for a reform of the system of governance at all levels, from European to national and local levels, and defines the principles and guidelines for the strengthening of relations between European institutions and the non-governmental sector, and for bringing the NGOs more actively into the process of defining and implementing EU policyvii via numerous consultative mechanisms. 
Bijelom se knjigom utvrđuje podloga za reformu sustava upravljanja na svim razinama, od europske do nacionalnih i lokalnih razina, te se definiraju načela i smjernice za jačanje odnosa europskih institucija s nevladinim sektorom, te za aktivno uključivanje NVO-a u proces oblikovanja i provedbe politike EUvii putem brojnih savjetodavnih mehanizama.
CONSULTATIVE MECHANISMS WITH THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR AT THE EU LEVEL 
SAVJETODAVNI MEHANIZMI S NEVLADINIM SEKTOROM NA RAZINI EU
The difference in the level of development of dialogue among some of the EU institutions and the non-governmental sector is linked directly with the degree of supra-nationality in their work. 
Razlika u razini razvijenosti dijaloga između pojedinih institucija EU i nevladina sektora povezana je izravno sa stupnjem nadnacionalnosti u njihovu radu.
In other words, institutions in which disparate national interests are represented, such as the Council of Ministers, the European Council, or the Committee of Permanent Representatives of Member States - COREPER, because coordination among the member states is more difficult, are in a much less propitious position for the development of dialogue with associations than, for example, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee of the EU. 
Drugim riječima, institucije u kojima je izraženo zastupanje raznorodnih nacionalnih interesa poput Vijeća ministara, Europskog vijeća ili Odbora stalnih predstavnika država članica (Comitee of Permanent Representatives of Member States - COREPER), zbog otežane su koordinacije među državama članicama u mnogo nepovoljnijem položaju za razvoj dijaloga s udrugama od, primjerice, Europske komisije, Europskog parlamenta te Ekonomskoga i socijalnog odbora EU.
Of all the institutions, the European Commission has made the most progress in formalising and institutionalising consultation and dialogue with the non-governmental associations. 
Od svih institucija Europska je komisija ostvarila najveći napredak u formaliziranju i institucionaliziranju savjetovanja i dijaloga s nevladinim udrugama.
The European Commission has over time developed two kinds of consultative mechanisms with the NGOs: the open and the so-called focused consultative mechanism. 
Komisija je s vremenom razvila dvije vrste savjetodavnih mehanizama s NVO-ima: otvorena i tzv. fokusirana savjetovanja.
Open consultative activities are carried out via a number of official documents calling for public debate about individual proposals of new Union policies. 
Otvorena savjetovanja provode se putem niza službenih dokumenata kojima se poziva na javnu raspravu o pojedinim prijedlozima novih politika Unije.
Since such documents give rise to a large number of reactions not easy to process in a reasonable time, in 2001 the European Commission launched its so-called Interactive Policy-Making Initiative - IAPM), in which, via the Internet, the reactions of the very general public to the process of making decisions and policies at the level of the EU can be collected and analysed (C/2001/1014). 
Budući da takvi dokumenti izazivaju velik broj reakcija koje je teško procesuirati u razumnom roku, Komisija je u 2001. godini pokrenula tzv. Interaktivnu inicijativu za oblikovanje politika (Interactive policy-making initiative - IAPM) u sklopu koje će se putem Interneta skupljati i analizirati reakcije najšire javnosti na proces donošenja odluka i politika na razini EU (C/2001/1014).
Focused consultations are done via formal consultative forums and committees that the Commission founds formally, and also via the work of various ad hoc consultative bodies with invited representatives of relevant sectoral interest groups. 
Fokusirana savjetovanja ostvaruju se putem formalnih savjetodavnih foruma i odbora što ih je Komisija službeno osnovala, kao i djelovanjem ad hoc savjetodavnih tijela s pozvanim predstavnicima relevantnih sektorskih interesnih skupina.
For the sake of greater transparency in the work of the said consultative bodies, the Commission has founded a database on the Internet entitled CONECCS (Consultation, European Commission and Civil Society) which contains information about the composition and working methods of the consultative forums and other bodies via which the Commission consults with NGOs and, in general, with the organisations of civil society in a formal and structured manner, as well as a directory of such organisations at the EU level.viii 
Radi veće transparentnosti rada spomenutih savjetodavnih tijela, Komisija je utemeljila bazu podataka na Internetu pod nazivom CONECCSviii (Consultation, European Commission and Civil Society) koja sadrži informacije o sastavu i radnim metodama savjetodavnih foruma i drugih tijela putem kojih se Komisija savjetuje s NVO-ima te, općenito, s organizacijama civilnog društva na formalan i stukturirani način, kao i direktorij tih organizacija aktivnih na razini EU.
The general principles for consultation with NGOs are taken from the White Paper on European governance, and they are: participation, openness, accountability, effectiveness and coherence. 
Opća načela za savjetovanje s NVO-ima preuzeta su iz Bijele knjige o europskom upravljanju, a to su sudjelovanje, otvorenost, odgovornost, učinkovitost i koherentnost.
By promoting the principle of participation the Commission binds itself to enable as many NGOs as possible to take part in the development and implementation of EU policies. 
Promicanjem načela sudjelovanja Komisija se obvezuje omogućiti što većem broju NVO-a da sudjeluju u razvoju i provedbi politika EU.
The principles of openness and accountability are there to ensure transparency of consultation, primarily through a precise explanation of the topics and mechanisms of consultation and the availability of information about the participants in the consultative process and the reasons for their choice, as well as factors that affect the final shaping of policies. 
Načelima otvorenosti i odgovornosti nastoji se osigurati transparentnost savjetovanja, ponajprije preciznim objašnjenjem tema i mehanizama savjetovanja te dostupnošću informacija o sudionicima savjetodavnog procesa i razloga njihova odabira, kao i čimbenika koji su utjecali na konačno oblikovanje politika.
In line with the principle of openness and accountability, associations that through consultation endeavour to contribute to the development of EU policies should be able to explain whose interests they represent and just how comprehensively they do represent them. 
Sukladno načelu otvorenosti i odgovornosti, udruge koje kroz savjetovanja nastoje pridonijeti razvoju politika EU trebale bi objasniti čije interese zastupaju te koliko je i to zastupanje obuhvatno.
Effectiveness of consultation implies involving the non-governmental sector in the development of policies, right from the stage in which it is still possible to have an effect on the definition of the principal objectives, the methods, performance indicators and initial drafts of policies. 
Učinkovitost savjetovanja podrazumijeva uključivanje nevladina sektora u razvoj politika i to, od stadija na kojemu još uvijek mogu utjecati na određivanje glavnih ciljeva, metoda, indikatora uspješnosti provedbe te inicijalnih nacrta politika.
Here it is important to pay attention to proportionality, that is, the need for the methods selected and the dimension of the consultation to be proportional to the influence and importance of the policies proposed. 
Pritom je važno voditi brigu o proporcionalnosti, odnosno o potrebi da odabrane metode i razmjer savjetovanja budu proporcionalni utjecaju i važnosti predloženih politika.
Finally, the Commission binds itself to ensure the coherence of the work of its departments in the consultative processes, and to include feedback, evaluation and review mechanisms in the consultative process. 
Konačno, Komisija se obvezuje osigurati koherentnost u radu svojih uprava koje sudjeluju u savjetodavnim procesima, te u savjetodavni proces uključiti mehanizme za reagiranje (feedback), evaluaciju i reviziju.
Just the same, the NGOs are expected to provide mechanisms for keeping up with the consultation process and to contribute to the creation of a more transparent, open and accountable system. 
Jednako se tako od NVO-a očekuje da predvide mehanizme za praćenje procesa savjetovanja te pridonesu stvaranju transparentnijega, otvorenijeg i odgovornijeg sustava.
Alongside these general principles, the Commission has set up minimum standards for the process of consultation with the NGOs. 
Uz navedena opća načela, Komisija je ustanovila i minimalne standarde za proces savjetovanja s NVO-ima.
For open consultation, meant for the general public, these standards refer to clarity of the contents of the consultation, the publication of any documents that are the subject of the consultation in a format adapted to the broadest possible circle of target groups, to time limits for participation in consultation and the establishment of mechanisms to confirm the receipt of reactions to the proposed new legislative measures and proposals for new Union policies. 
Za otvorena savjetovanja namijenjena najširoj javnosti ti se standardi odnose na jasnoću sadržaja savjetovanja, objavljivanje dokumenata koji su predmetom savjetovanja u formatu prilagođenome što širem krugu ciljnih skupina, na vremenske rokove za sudjelovanje u savjetovanju te na uspostavu mehanizama za potvrde primitka reakcija na predložene nove zakonodavne mjere i prijedloge novih politika Unije.
In connection with focused consultations within the context of the consultative forums and committees, standards and criteria have been set up that the Commission is supposed to respect while determining the NGOs that are relevant for inclusion into the consultation process. 
Vezano za fokusirana savjetovanja u sklopu savjetodavnih foruma i odbora, utvrđeni su standardi i kriteriji koje bi Komisija trebala poštovati pri određivanju relevantnih NVO-a koji će biti uključeni u proces savjetovanjax.
x The following factors will also be taken into consideration: the potential impact of the proposed policies on other areas, the need for particular experience, expertise or technical know-how, previous participation in consultations and the need for balance where it is crucial, i.e., among representatives of large and small organisations, social and economic figures, broader and narrower target groups and organisations from the EU and non-member states. 
U obzir će biti uzeti ovi čimbenici: potencijalni utjecaj predloženih politika na druga područja, potreba za specifičnim iskustvom, ekspertizom ili tehničkim znanjem, prethodno sudjelovanje u savjetovanjima te potreba za ravnotežom ondje gdje je to bitno, tj. među predstavnicima velikih i malih organizacija, društvenih i gospodarskih subjekata, širih i užih ciljnih skupina te organizacija iz EU i država nečlanica.
Although it does not have any legally binding force, it is expected that this code will prove its real value in practice and that in time it will become a foundation upon which a dialogue between NGOs and European institutions will be built, as well as a stimulus for the adjustment of policies to the non-governmental sector at national levels of current and future member states. 
Iako nema pravno obvezujuću snagu, očekuje se da će taj kodeks stvarnu potvrdu svoje vrijednosti uspjeti pronaći u praksi te da će s vremenom postati temelj na kojemu će se razvijati dijalog NVO-a s europskim institucijama, ali i poticaj za usklađivanje politika prema nevladinu sektoru na nacionalnim razinama sadašnjih i budućih država članica.
THE EU ENLARGEMENT, THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR AND CIVIL SOCIETY 
PROŠIRENJE EU, NEVLADIN SEKTOR I CIVILNO DRUŠTVO
In order to meet the so-called Copenhagen political criteria for membership in the EU (defined at a meeting of the European Council in Copenhagen in 1993), it is not mere lip service to the principles of the rule of law, human rights and protection of minority rights that is expected, rather the everyday application of them and the introduction of the necessary institutional background as warrant for their sustainability. 
Da bi ispunili tzv. kopenhagenske političke kriterije za članstvo u EU (utvrđene na sastanku Europskoga vijeća u Kopenhagenu 1993), od država kandidatkinja očekuje se ne samo formalna potpora načelima vladavine prava, ljudskih prava i zaštite prava manjina, nego i njihova svakodnevna primjena te uvođenje nužne institucionalne podloge koja će jamčiti njihovu održivost.
The stability of democratic institutions is tightly linked to the level of open, civil society, and for the development of organisations of the non-governmental sector that supplement the activities of the state and the market economy. 
Stabilnost demokratskih institucija usko je vezana za razvoj otvorenoga, civilnog društva, te za razvijenost organizacija trećeg sektora koje dopunjuju aktivnosti države i tržišnoga gospodarstva.