<strong>UDK 061.2:323.21(497.6)(045)</strong>
<strong>323.21:061.2(497.6)(045)</strong>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>ULOGA I ZNAČAJ NEVLADINOG SEKTORA</strong>
<strong>U RAZVOJU PARTICIPACIJSKE DEMOKRATIJE U BiH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR IN</strong>
<strong>DEVELOPMENT OF PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN BiH</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Ismet SEJFIJA</strong>
<strong>Fakultet za javnu upravu u Sarajevu</strong>
<strong>pridružena članica Univerziteta u Sarajevu</strong>
<strong>Patriotske lige 41,71 000 SARAJEVO</strong>
<strong>ismmet@yahoo.de</strong></p>
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<strong>Sažetak</strong>

Civilno društvo u BiH indikator je i važan činilac procesa demokratske konsolidacije. Participacijska demokratija, sa svojim formama
neposredoučešća građana u donošenju političkih i drugih odluka u slučaju BiH ima poseban liberalizacijski značaj. U lokalnim zajednicama, kantonima te na drugim nivoima građani treba da definiraju svoje zajedničke interese i potrebe te iste javno iznose i zatupaju kroz civilni dijalog i razne forme neposredne demokratije sa predstavnicima vlasti. Nevladin sektor u BiH odigrao je u ovom polju izuzetno važnu ulogu reafirmirajući odranije poznate forme građanske participacije u BiH te uvodeći neke nove prakse i oblike
učešća građana u kreiranju politika. Posebna šansa za razvoj participacijske demokratije pruža se u kontekstu lokalne samouprave, ali nisu bez značaja i one forme koje se pojavljuju na višim i širim nivoima organizacije državne vlasti i, općenito, političkog sistema u BiH.

<strong>Ključne riječi:</strong> Civilno društvo, lokalne zajednice, nevladin sektor.

<strong>Summary</strong>

The BiH civil society is an indicator and significant factor in the process of democratic consolidation. Participatory democracy in all its forms of direct participation of citizens in making political and other decisions has a particularly liberalizing impact in BiH. In local communities, cantons and on other levels, citizens should define their common interests and needs and present and represent them in public through a civil dialog and various forms of direct democracy with government representatives. In this regard the BiH non-governmental sector has played an extremely significant role, reaffirming the previously known forms of civil participation in BiH and introducing new practices and forms of civil participation in the policy shaping. The local self-government offers a special opportunity for development of participatory democracy, however the forms which appear on higher and broader levels of state structure, and those of the BiH political system in general, still have some bearing.

<strong>Key words:</strong> Civil society, community, NGO.

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