The participation and the importance of women in the public and the political life Alliance of organizations for Women in Macedonia (AOWM)   Satisfied with their path, women turn their focus towards the local elections   Expressing their obvious satisfaction for the given opportunity to participate at the 4th NGO Fair and talk about their accomplished success so far, the representatives from the civil society sector and the political sector in Macedonia stated their assurance that they are on the right track, on the panel titled: The participation and the importance of women in the public and the political life.  Namely, the key-note speaker Liljana Popovska, the coordinator of the Macedonian women lobby, Golubka Necevska-Union of women of the Liberal party, and the representative from OBSE in Macedonia Monika Portilo, as well as the chairperson of the panel Savka Todorovska, in front of the attendance, mainly the representatives of the women organizations of Macedonia, spoke about their development path in the civil society sector in which they operate, about their connection and mutual operation with the women from :the political parties, from the syndicate, from the business sector, media, and they also spoke about the accomplished results and the results on political field  so far. They announced their fight for increasing of the number of women on the election lists on the next elections, their fight for better rating of the women on the lists and winning more counsellors’ and mayors’ posts in Macedonia. The number of women in the government authority’s decision making posts has increased on local and central level, on numerous decision making posts in different segments of the society, and this influences the betterment of the image of Macedonia in the eyes of the foreign countries, but also for the cohering power of the society. In the future we will work intensively on the field of decentralisation for the improvement of the quality of the living standards-stated Liljana Popovska. Golupka Necevska Cvetanovska has offered the chronological … of the manner in which the women in the party are organized, emphasizing the connection with the civic organizations, the syndicates, the women experts, and she informed about the entering of the Union into the European Women Liberal Net. Monika Portilo stated the work of OBSE in the programs: The women can manage- the purpose is to provide a larger number of women in the local elections, for the preparing of the report for the condition of women equality (in accordance with the UN report) but also in the field of decentralisation (promoting the gender equality on local level). The representatives of the Macedonian women lobby announced greater focusing on the improvement of the working conditions for Women in Macedonia.