\tAt today's meeting of the Press Club of Market Reforms, held in Lutsk, mechanisms of cooperation between citizens and local authorities were discussed; the need for citizens to exercise control over the actions of the new authorities and the importance of citizens' participation in the political life of the state and Volyn in particular were discussed. Representatives of local authorities, public and political organizations took part in the discussion. \tPublic hearings, as a mechanism for citizens' influence on the authorities in the new political conditions, must be different – believes the coordinator of the newly created Coalition of Public Organizations of the Volyn regional center "Lutsk European" Oleksandr Martyniuk. He believes that the mechanisms and structures of civil society until last autumn were formal in nature. Since "the legislation provides for holding public hearings, the authorities did not object, and even acted as initiators of holding them. But such public hearings had a somewhat deformed, distorted content," said Oleksandr Martyniuk. According to him, "the practice of holding public hearings in Volyn looked as follows: during such events a certain controlled environment gathered – employees of budgetary organizations, institutions subordinate to the authorities, representatives of the authorities were in the presidium or at the tribune, a discussion took place. This had the form of a public discussion, but had nothing in common with public hearings," assured the coordinator of the Coalition of Public Organizations. \n\tAccording to Oleksandr Martyniuk, the new authorities have a very difficult task – in the forms of their actions, they must grow to the level of public consciousness, to the consciousness of the maidan. This process must be implemented very quickly, otherwise, people will become disappointed on the grounds of non-acceptance of the political approaches of the new authorities. The public awaits changes and strives for them to be effective and quick. And the authorities, for many objective reasons, bearing the results of previous decisions, will have many problems in implementing effective and result-oriented policy. \n\tThe coordinator of the Coalition "Lutsk European" Oleksandr Martyniuk is convinced that public organizations and political parties must now become political enlighteners, executors of the complex process of forming civil society structures. \n\tAt the present moment in time, when there is acceptance and support of people, unique opportunities have been created for the activity of public organizations and government structures that will not repeat the mistakes of the previous authorities. "It is time to move from formal things to real ones," he emphasized. \n