Democratic Institutions pa rt II • the teaching of democratic values, institutions and practices in educational institutions and the fostering of an atmosphere of free enquiry. Such endeavours may cover the range of co-operation encompassed in the human dimension of the CSCE, including training, exchange of information, books and instructional materials, co-operative programmes and projects, academic and professional exchanges and conferences, scholarships, research grants, provision of expertise and advice, business and scientific contacts and programmes. (27) The participating States will also facilitate the establishment and strengthening of independent national institutions in the area of human rights and the rule of law, which may also serve as focal points for co-ordination and collaboration between such institutions in the participating States. They propose that co-operation be encouraged between parliamentarians from participating States, including through existing inter-parliamentary associations and, inter alia, through joint commissions, television debates involving parliamentarians, meetings and round-table discussions. They will also encourage existing institutions, such as organizations within the United Nations system and the Council of Europe, to continue and expand the work they have begun in this area. Moscow 1991 (18.1) Legislation will be formulated and adopted as the result of an open process reflecting the will of the people, either directly or through their elected representatives. 2.3.2 Decentralized Government and Special Structures and Bodies Geneva 1991 (IV) Aware of the diversity and varying constitutional systems among them, which make no single approach necessarily generally applicable, the participating States note with interest that positive results have been obtained by some of them in an appropriate democratic manner by, inter alia: • advisory and decision-making bodies in which minorities are represented, in • particular with regard to education, culture and religion; • elected bodies and assemblies of national minority affairs; • local and autonomous administration, as well as autonomy on a territorial • basis, including the existence of consultative, legislative and executive bodies • chosen through free and periodic elections; • self-administration by a national minority of aspects concerning its identity in • situations where autonomy on a territorial basis does not apply; • decentralized or local forms of government; OSCE Human Dimension Commitments 83