Problems of civil society development.

    The level of interaction between the state and civil society institutions, in t / h. Cooperation with NGOs is largely an indicator of the nature and level of development of civil society. The formation of a system of interaction between state structures and non-governmental non-profit organizations (NGOs) is a set of required changes (reforms). There are several good reasons for this(" lack of real mechanisms for social partnership", "lack of clear ideas about the opportunities and ways to use the potential of NGOs").) do not allow forming social partnerships on a systematic basis. The reason is also quite symptomatic ("lack of interest in partnership relations among state organizations").\ ) which indicates that there are signs of distrust of the sincerity of state organizations in an open dialogue with NGOs. Public administration bodies make decisions that complicate the activities of NGOs, including due to the lack of sufficiently complete and objective information about non-profit organizations and their activities. There is no objective research on the state and development of civil society, as well as on the problems of NGO activities. The lack of a full-fledged social partnership deprives states of obtaining additional resources for their development, such as independent judgments and assessments of situations, expert assessments and recommendations, the ability to disseminate information among representatives of certain social groups, assistance in solving citizens ' problems, primarily social problems. The establishment of effective social partnership mechanisms could increase mutual trust, improve the quality of political and public decisions, involve citizens in their implementation, improve control over their implementation by involving citizens in such control, and generally support public policy and respect for the law.

 In May 2018, the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On measures to radically increase the role of civil society institutions in the process of democratic renewal of the country" was issued, which clearly outlines the problems of developing civil society:

first However, mechanisms for effective and constructive dialogue between the state and civil society have not been established, a systematic analysis of the needs of non-governmental non-profit organizations is not carried out, and effective platforms for exchanging views on the most important issues of further state and social development have not been created.;

Second However, the low level of involvement of non-governmental non-profit organizations in the development and implementation of socio-economic development programs, regulatory acts does not allow for a deep study and consideration of the interests of all social groups represented by various non-governmental non-profit organizations;

the third, despite the creation of a sufficient legislative framework, social partnership has not been able to turn into an effective mechanism of interaction between state bodies and non-governmental non-profit organizations aimed at solving a wide range of social problems of citizens, actually promoting their initiatives and modern ideas, especially for young people;

fourth, measures of state support and encouragement of the activities of active, self-initiated non-governmental non-profit organizations offering innovative ideas for further socio-economic, socio-political development of the country are not properly implemented;

fifth, the legal norms regulating the registration procedures of non-governmental non-profit organizations and the procedure for their activities provide for excessive bureaucratic requirements and obstacles, are outdated and do not meet modern requirements;

sixth, применяемые органами исполнительной власти методы организации межведомственного взаимодействия, направленного на всестороннюю поддержку деятельности негосударственных некоммерческих организаций, являются неэффективными, отсутствуют единые механизмы обмена данными и информацией между государственными органами;

seventh However, the state of material and technical support of non-governmental non-profit organizations still remains unsatisfactory, and the funds allocated by the state to support civil society institutions do not allow for the implementation of medium-and long-term large-scale and nationwide projects and programs.

 

  To resolve the above-mentioned problems, it is necessary to develop the state program "Strategy for the development of Civil Society for 2019-2022". The main goal of the strategy should be to identify concrete steps to establish and implement a real equal partnership between State organizations and civil society institutions. The strategy should contain a specification of the achievement of the goal and regulate the mechanisms for achieving them,

Public organizations of disabled people propose to include the following suggestions in this strategy::

1. Develop and adopt a new version of the law "On Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations" that takes into account current trends and requirements in the development of NGOs. Numerous regulatory acts regulating the activities of NGOs should be reflected in a single legislative act \ naitii. This law should release the NGO registration body from its uncharacteristic functions, as well as eliminate numerous barriers to the development of NGO activities. The current version of the law is morally outdated and does not meet modern requirements.

2.Adoption of the Law "On State Social Order" existing regulations governing the allocation of state social orders do not meet modern requirements and do not contain mechanisms to encourage state bodies to participate and implement them.

3. Assign to the Consultative Council for the Development of Civil Society under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan the preparation of an annual report on the state and prospects of civil society development. This report should reflect the problems that NGOs face in their activities and recommendations for their elimination.

4.Conduct annual parliamentary hearings on the state and development of civil society.

5.Legislatively fix the mandatory involvement of public organizations in the preparation and adoption of state and local budgets of local authorities, as well as establish effective mechanisms and opportunities for conducting public control over the expenditure of state budget money for its intended purpose.\

6.Establish by law the right of NGOs to appeal to the Constitutional Court against normative acts that contradict the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan and international treaties

7. Give the right to representatives of NGOs to freely attend and participate in meetings of the Oliy Majlis and local kengashes when considering relevant issues affecting the interests of the target group represented by a particular NGO.
8. Organization and holding of the annual civic forum with the participation of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. This will give a great impetus to the development of civil society, as well as to the establishment of a genuine social partnership, at all levels of government.

9.Legislate the obligation of heads of state organizations to meet personally with representatives of NGOs at least once a month. In practice, representatives of NGOs are usually met by employees who are not authorized to make any decisions.

10. Review the procedure and priorities for allocating state subsidies to support the activities of NGOs. In practice, this process is closed and not fair, the criteria and effectiveness of the use of allocated subsidies are not known. All over the world, state subsidies are primarily allocated to support the activities of public organizations of disabled people, who, for objective reasons, find it difficult to maintain and finance their socially useful activities. For example: in 2017, one and a half billion rubles were allocated to support the activities of Russian public organizations of disabled people. Unfortunately, the opposite is true for us: over the past ten years, public organizations of disabled people have never received subsidies.
11. It is necessary to legally define the concept and terms of short -, medium-and long-term grant programs, and therefore increase the amount of funds for the implementation of grant projects by several times. The amount of money allocated for the implementation of the grant project should be adequate to the efforts spent on preparing and achieving the goals set.
12. Fully exempt from taxation funds of organizations and enterprises, regardless of their forms of ownership, that are allocated in the form of charity and donations for the development of non-profit organizations.

13.Reduce the tax base of organizations and enterprises, regardless of their ownership forms, by the amount of charitable assistance provided for the development of NGOs. Such a tax policy encourages citizens and businesses to support public organizations.

14. Provision of premises for non-governmental organizations ' activities free of charge. The benefit should be applied to organizations whose socially useful activities are confirmed by practical cases. In each major city and regional center, it would be possible to select one of the buildings of the closing colleges, these buildings have all the infrastructure necessary for the activities of NGOs (assembly and sports halls, canteens, classrooms, etc.).
15. Create a special electronic information portal with materials about the NGO database, information about activities and ongoing projects, problematic issues requiring broad discussion, materials about social partnership, activities of public councils, etc. for their wide practical use by all interested parties

 

Isakov, Oybek Yusufbekovich

Association of Disabled People of Uzbekistan