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In Estonia a lot has been done for better involvement of people into the lawmaking
Sometimes, however, the process of involvement and lawmaking „live their own lives“. It seems as if there are two small separate worlds:
in the first the opinions are being listened to and in the other laws are being made.
Now we have these two separate worlds in one environment
eelnoud.valitsus.ee, where both sides - citizens' involvement and lawmaking are brought together.
If we look at this website, we can see that in general it consists of three big blocks.
First block is public consultation.
Here the lawmaker introduces the initial idea,
problems that the bill deals with as well as the solutions to these problems.
When the bill is already there, everyone of us can observe it in the website
All information is also saved in usual to us participation webpage.
The official is obliges to make a summary of these proposals in case the process is moving to the next phase - correspondence.
In the phase of correspondence we are already talking about the complete bill, The official is obliges to make a summary of these proposals in case the process is moving to the next phase - correspondence.
In the phase of correspondence we are already talking about the complete bill,
where the proposals of citizens having been taken into account.
The bill is here in a more or less suitable version for the legislator.
Here everyone of us has the opportunity to use his or her ID card
and log into the system in order to propose amendments, make remarks and observations
officially under his or her name. These proposals are also being saved and remain a part of the bill.
It is rather important that we have the notification option that we can activate and receive information
to email about the bills that are of particular interest to us.
When all opinions have been considered, the law maker proceeds to the next phase -
- presentation. This can also be found on the same website.
This phase is important for us to investigate how many proposals have been taken into account. - presentation. This can also be found on the same website.
This phase is important for us to investigate how many proposals have been taken into account.
This disclosure serves as a control mechanism.
The ball is in your hands, it is up to you to decide whether changes will occur or not.