Conference on CSO sustainability and percentage laws in Macedonia

29-11-2005
The conferencesought to discuss policy issues which should be considered by governments and CSOs as they strive to find the most appropriate mechanisms to ensure sustainability of these organizations and to support activities of social benefit.

On November 29 the Association of Tax Workers organized a conference titled "Financing of Social Needs - Towards European Solutions for Macedonia". The conference provided opportunities for the Macedonian stakeholders to learn about the experiences in the implementation of the percentage mechanism in the countries of CEE and especially the impact of the implementation in Slovakia. ECNL representative Katerina Hadzi-Miceva delivered a presentation about the key policy and legal considerations pertinent to financial viability of civil society organizations and provided a conceptual overview of the benefits and challenges surrounding the percentage mechanism.