Rules and Forms of Cooperation Between Bodies of Public Administration and the Non-Governmental Sector

Abstract

The subject of the article is extensive and multi-layered issue of legal regulations regarding cooperation between non-governmental organisations and bodies of public administration. Here are discussed the most important forms of cooperation in the areas other than financing: exchange of information about planned activities and cooperation with a view to harmonising these operations; consulting NGOs, depending on the profile of their activity and drafted normative acts regarding the statutory activities of these organisations; and the creation of common teams of advisors and initiators, made up of representatives of NGOs and relevant bodies of public administration.

The article goes on to present the rules of such cooperation: subsidiarity and sovereignty of the parties, partnership, effectiveness, fair competition and openness. Special emphasis is placed on the fundamental rule of subsidiarity, adopted from the legal system of the Catholic Church.