Case Study Category: ELoGE
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On March 2020, the NGO Dobrý úradník (website) was accredited by the Council of Europe to implement ELoGE in Slovakia. Council of Europe experts from the Institute of International Sociology of Gorizia provided support to the project and municipalities applying for the label. The training of local experts marked the start of the programme implementation in May and June 2020.
Representatives from relevant institutions were approached in order to form the National Stakeholders’ Platform which helped Dobrý úradník to adapt the benchmark after the Memorandum on cooperation was signed.
The official launch of the cooperation with the municipalities (i.e. launch of the self-assessment) took place in September, followed by collection of citizens’ and elected representatives’ opinions on the performance of their respective municipality throughout October and November.
The collected data were evaluated in December 2020 and the results were shared for consultation with the National Stakeholders’ Platform in mid-January 2021. The Awards ceremony took place on January 2021 via videoconference.
Due to social distancing measures and (video) calls becoming generally the most preferred modus operandi, parts of the project such as project team meetings, expert consultations with the municipalities, National Stakeholders’ Platform meeting or the Awards ceremony had to be organised online
The project implementation in Slovakia started with a localised version of the Benchmark document, which breaks down the principles of good democratic governance into more detailed activities with corresponding indicators that allow local authorities to self-evaluate their maturity in these fields.
A dominant tool extensively used throughout the project was Google Drive. It was utilised not only for hosting questionnaires for data collection, but also as a collaborative platform for sharing data and information, such as a Frequently Asked Questions document allowing the project team to provide prompt answers to participating municipalities’ questions, as well as sharing relevant evidence or photo documentation from the project.
The data collected through questionnaires was also available to the municipalities in real time.
ELoGE Slovakia involved two target group of each municipalities:
• Citizens
• Elected officialsELoGE Slovakia was promoted through the following activity or during a specific event:
• Online Launch event;
• Online workshop with the involvement of ISIG researchers that trained local experts who became skilled at the implementation of the ELoGE tool;
• Online Award Ceremony.The Municipalities awarded were:
• Hlavné mesto Slovenskej republiky Bratislava (Capital of Slovakia)
• Bratislava-Staré Mesto
• Dubnica nad Váhom
• Hlohovec
• Topoľčany