ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE PARLIAMENT - CASE STUDY REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Transparency is considered as one of the key features of good governance and an essential prerequisite for accountability. In simplified terms, transparency means openness of the system, clear processes and procedures and easy access to public information. By doing so, it is contributing to ethical awareness in public service by information sharing, which ultimately ensures accountability for the performance of the individuals and organizations handling resources or holding public office' (Suk Kim et al 2005: 649). Transparency International considers transparency to be a 'characteristic of governments, companies, organizations and individuals of being open in the clear disclosure of information rules, plans, processes and actions. In this paper are going to be analyzed some of the tools, mechanisms for accountability and transparency of the parliament in Republic of Macedonia such as Open Parliament, Public Hearings, Broadcasting etc.