The importance of public consultation as a necessary component in participatory governance, highlighted the benefits of improving the whole framework.
Sentonas spoke to the Cyprus News Agency ahead of today's Ideas Workshop on Public Consultations.
The today's workshop is part of a series of activities, which fall under the Democracy Forum, with the main event set for May 6 and its organisation is a decision of the Council of Ministers.
Today's event, under the title "Public Consultation Ideas Workshop", aims to focus on how to improve the framework governing public consultations in our country.
The workshop is divided into three parts. The first will address the importance of public consultation, the second will look at areas for improvement and the third will focus on finding the necessary legislative changes to improve the framework.
"Public consultation is a necessary component for participatory governance and we have a long way to go, there are several things that need to be done to improve the framework," said Sentonas.
If we improve it, he added, we will have extremely important benefits, firstly policies will be better because they will incorporate the position of civil society and secondly this will be the main way to increase citizens' trust in institutions.
The greater the engagement, the greater the chances of increasing citizens' trust, he said.
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