In September, 2006 the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights discussed the need for and possibility of conducting a legislative assessment in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The discussions resulted in an agreement to approach the authorities with a proposal for conducting an assessment. The OSCE SMMS, after having received appropriate background on the purpose of an assessment, presented the proposal to the appropriate authorities. This Assessment is based on the information collected through interviews with senior Government and Parliament officials as well as with other relevant interlocutors during two visits by an ODIHR Assessment Team to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as well as on the study of the existing legislative framework