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ELI CAKAR

• E-mail: ecakar@mls.gov.mk; elicakar@gmail.com
• Phone: 071 226 415 or 02 3253 943
• Fax: 02 3253 920

List of Public Information of the Ministry of Local Self-Government

• Forms
• Brochures
• Decision on Determining Material Costs
• Amendments and Supplements to the Decision

Annual Reports

• Annual Report for 2024
• Annual Report for 2025
• https://slobodenpristap.mk/
• https://portal.aspi.mk/login

Responses to Your Requests

Year 2026

Applicant: Suad Bajrami, journalist at TV Alsat

• Decision
• Demography
• Social Affairs
• Transport
• Culture
• Environment
• Sports

Applicant: Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society

• Decision
• Annex

Applicant: Ana Popovska Manasievska, IPA Care Project

• Decision

Applicant: Group of Councillors of the National Alliance for Integration in the Council of the Municipality of Shuto Orizari

• Decision

Applicant: Smisla Solutions / Skopje

• Decision

Decisions and Lists

• Decision on the Selection of Projects for Financing Activities Aimed at Reducing Disparities Between and Within Planning Regions and Increasing Regional Competitiveness for 2026
• Decision on Amendments and Supplements to the Decision on the Selection of Projects for Financing Activities Aimed at Reducing Disparities Between and Within Planning Regions and Increasing Regional Competitiveness for 2026
• List of Proposed Projects Not Selected in 2026

Applicant: Macedonian Center for International Cooperation

• Decision

Open Ministry

• Organizational Structure of the Ministry of Local Self-Government
• Organizational Chart
• List of Employees
• List of Special and External Advisors in the Minister’s Cabinet
• Employee Structure in the MLSG
• Systematization and Organization Acts

2. Documents

About the Ministry

• Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Local Self-Government
• Budget of the Ministry of Local Self-Government
• Annual Report on Budget Implementation 
• Integrity Policy
• Quality Management Policy
• Code of Administrative Servants

Local Self-Government

• Program for Sustainable Local Development and Decentralization
• Action Plan for the Implementation of the Program for Sustainable Local Development and Decentralization

Regional Development

• Strategy for Balanced Regional Development
• Action Plan for the Implementation of the Regional Development Strategy
• Development Program for the Skopje Planning Region
• Development Program for the Eastern Planning Region
• Development Program for the Northeastern Planning Region
• Development Program for the Southeastern Planning Region
• Development Program for the Polog Planning Region
• Development Program for the Pelagonia Planning Region
• Development Program for the Southwestern Planning Region
• Development Program for the Vardar Planning Region

Cross-Border and Territorial Cooperation

• MK-BG Cross-Border Cooperation Program
• MK-AL Cross-Border Cooperation Program
• MK-GR Cross-Border Cooperation Program
• MK-KS Cross-Border Cooperation Program
• Balkan-Mediterranean Program 

3. Laws

• Law on Local Self-Government (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 5/2002)

1.1. By-laws of the Law on Local Self-Government

• Rulebook on the Form of the Register of Municipal Coats of Arms and Flags in the Republic of Macedonia and the Method of Maintaining It (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 25/1997)
• Law on the Territorial Organization of Local Self-Government in the Republic of Macedonia (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 55/2004)
• Law Amending and Supplementing the Law on the Territorial Organization of Local Self-Government in the Republic of Macedonia (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 12/2005)
• Correction to the Law on the Territorial Organization of Local Self-Government in the Republic of Macedonia (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 106/2008)
• Consolidated Text of the Law on the Territorial Organization of Local Self-Government in the Republic of Macedonia
• Law on the City of Skopje (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 55/2004)
• Law Amending and Supplementing the Law on the City of Skopje (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 158/2011)
• Consolidated Text of the Law on the City of Skopje
• Law on Inter-Municipal Cooperation (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 79/2009)

Balanced Regional Development

• Law on Balanced Regional Development (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 63/2007)
• Law on Balanced Regional Development (“Official Gazette of the Republic of North Macedonia” No. 24/2021)
• By-laws Derived from the Law on Balanced Regional Development
• Consolidated Text of the Law on Balanced Regional Development

State Inspectorate for Local Self-Government

• Law on the State Inspectorate for Local Self-Government (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 158/2010)
• Law Amending and Supplementing the Law on the State Inspectorate for Local Self-Government (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 187/2013)
• Consolidated Text of the Law on the State Inspectorate for Local Self-Government

European Charter and Constitution

• European Charter of Local Self-Government (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 23/1997)
• Law Ratifying the Additional Protocol to the European Charter of Local Self-Government on the Right to Participate in the Affairs of a Local Authority (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 130/2015)
• Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 52/1991)

Publications

• Citizens and the Municipality
• Inter-Municipal Cooperation in the Republic of Macedonia – From Norm to Practice
• Guide through the Planning Regions
• Cross-Border Cooperation

Municipalities and Planning Regions

• Municipalities in the Republic of North Macedonia (general data for all municipalities and links to the websites of each municipality)
• Map of Municipalities in the Republic of North Macedonia
• Planning Regions in the Republic of North Macedonia (general data for all planning regions and links to the websites of all 8 Regional Development Centres)
• Map of Planning Regions in the Republic of North Macedonia

 Public Procurement

• Public Procurement (electronic access to all documents)

News and Public Calls

• News
• Public Calls
• Free Access to Public Information

Open Data

• Municipalities in the Republic of North Macedonia
• Planning Regions in the Republic of North Macedonia

• Public Procurement Contracts
• Employee Structure in the MLSG
• Projects Financed through the Balanced Regional Development Program
• IPA Projects for Cross-Border and Transnational Cooperation

 13. Projects Financed or Co-financed by the MLSG (Open Data)

• Projects for the Development of Planning Regions, Villages, and Areas with Specific Development Needs
• IPA Projects for Cross-Border and Territorial Cooperation
• Sustainable and Inclusive Balanced Regional Development

14. Bodies within the Ministry of Local Self-Government

• Bureau for Regional Development (link to the Bureau’s website)
• State Inspectorate for Local Self-Government (link to the Inspectorate’s website) 

15. Contact

Ministry of Local Self-Government

Blvd. St. Cyril and Methodius No. 54
1000 Skopje
Republic of North Macedonia

Tel: +389 (2) 3253921

E-mail: info@mls.gov.mk