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The project aims at influencing and changing attitudes, finding opportunities for better interaction between citizens and local authorities. The municipal council of Yablanitsa will present a good practice, direct citizen participation in local government. The project aims at improving citizen participation in local policy-making by recommendations made for amendments to the procedural rules of the municipal councils of Letnitsa and Lukovit Municipalities to allow citizens to participate directly in the municipal council sessions. The proposal will stimulate the citizens and the local government to introduce the practice of direct citizen participation in decision-making and policy-making through a public debate. The foundation will be the Analysis of the status of Citizen Participation in the region and the recommendations in it. The issue related to COVID-19 crisis and the thematic objective in question have to do with the inability of citizens to enjoy their fundamental human rights of freedom and civic participation in the community in order to improve the quality of life in the municipality. The project will rely on advocacy campaigns involving the stakeholders, direct involvement with the groups in the municipalities, training in digital skills and online group work and will have informed and active citizens gain their right to direct participation in the work of the local government. The project will benefit the citizens from 2 municipalities and the local government members, the general public and the young.