LEGAL BASIS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PRINCIPLE OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE ACTIVITIES OF EXECUTIVE BODIES

Abstract

The article defines the types of legal framework implementing the principle of transparency in the activities of executive bodies. The author suggests his own approach to the determination of the transparency concept as a general principle of executive authorities bodies’ communication with society. Based on the proposed designation of the principle, the article suggests the author’s approach to the definition of a system of legal bases implementing the principle of transparency. Determining the realization of the principle of transparency in the activities of executive bodies in practice, the author appeals to the structure of the public participation process in negotiations of political decision-making and public policy development. The article proposes to consider forms of legal framework of the transparency principle in the activities of the executive authorities as a system of legal ways of realization of all the constituent elements of the principle of transparency by passing four stages of public participation process to the process of political decision-making that exist in the relationship and interdependence: informing, realization of the society’s right to take part to public affairs, dialogue, partnership.