| Summary: | This paper aims to present to the wide public a success story concerning the efficient
cooperation between the civil society as a whole (citizens, NGOs, stake holders) and public
administration authorities. The success consists in using and strengthening dialogue measures within
the collaboration of the two actors. The research is based on a study case. This was run through an EU
funded project - “Efficient mechanisms of cooperation with public authorities”. The goal of the
project was to increase the capacity of non-governmental organizations to cooperate with the public
administration institutions. In order to reach the proposed aim there have been organized a series of
theoretical and practical training courses, roundtable discussions and study-visits. Through this
manner it has been encouraged and practiced the structured dialog on public agenda issues between
the representatives of the local and national authorities and the active citizens. The outputs of the
project consist in one Public Consultation Guide elaborated on the basis of good practices
acknowledged through the project and two local citizens` initiatives on local public administration
matters that have been brought into the public attention of the decision-making actors. Active
citizenship, structured dialogue between civil society and state actors, developed tools for effective
advocacy and lobby that are part of the success story that we intend to present through this study case.
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