The central concept of this paper is civil society observed within one city – the city of Sinj. Given that the previous research has been mainly quantitatively oriented, this papar is based on qualitative research conducted by method of intervju on a sample of seven interlocutors. The general goal was to explore the role of civil society in the city of Sinj from the perspective of formal and informal actors in order to shed light on the dimensions and scope of the observed phenomen through a dual perspective. The findings revealed a waek network of associations based on connecting only those from the same field of activity, while their relationship with the city authorities was recognized as one of the structural potentials for further development. Also, an indispensable part of their work is the support of citizens, which is reflected in indirect participation, ie support from the ouside in the role of the spectator. Furthermore, there are two indispensable missions that associations have through their acitivities, and these are the promotion of the city of Sinj and the production of offers and content in the city itself. They see great potential of the associations in Sinj's youth booth in the present and in the future. The research identified the realized contributions of the work of associations in several areas, as well as possible achievable in further work. Also, certain problems thar appear as a brake in the work of Sinj associations have been identified. The results indicate a noticeable role of civil society organizations in the city of Sinj, regardless of their area of activity, although there is still significant space for improvement and their greater visibility in the local community.