Public Council of the Republic of Tajikistan

Общественный совет республики Таджикистан

The primary goal of the Public Council of the Republic of Tajikistan is to implement the provisions of the Agreement on Public Accord. This involves discussing emerging issues, making coordinated decisions, and providing recommendations. The Council is a representative, expert-consultative, and coordinating body. It includes participants of the Agreement on Public Accord, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Chairpersons of the Majlisi Milli and Majlisi Namoyandagon Majlisi Oli. The Council operates nationally within Tajikistan, focusing on fostering dialogue among various socio-political forces, ensuring ideological pluralism, and promoting multi-party democracy. The Council's tasks include ensuring continuous dialogue among different socio-political forces. Its mandate also comprises conducting expert evaluations and analyses of the socio-political, economic, and spiritual state of society, developing programmes and proposals to uphold the rule of law and protect individual rights and freedoms, and establishing new forms of cooperation among state bodies and public associations. The Council forms its working apparatus (secretariat) and committees, attracting experts and advisers for programme development. The policy was adopted on April 10, 1996.