Commitment to Strengthen Civil Society: Moldova Adopts New Strategy for 2018–2020
ECNL has been supporting the drafting of the policy document in the past 2 years and as an expert remains involved in its practical implementation.Just out: UN OHCHR Report on civic space in multilateral institutions
The UN report emphasizes that civil society engagement is key for meaningful international discussions and for a full range of perspectives and experiences needed to be heard.ECNL at the 2018 FATF Private Sector Consultative Forum
ECNL's key message: CSOs need to be part of all phases when FATF standards are implemented and the problems of de-risking flow down from governments to banks.New research report on bank de-risking
Written together with HSC based in the Hague and presented at the FATF Private Consultative Forum in Vienna, the report looks at how the issues of financial access affects CSOs.
23/04/2018We believe in making difference. This is how we do it.
In 2016-17 our mission to protect and promote civic space has become more challenging – but also more important than ever. Our activity report explains why.Mr. Clément Voule is the new UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of assembly and association
The Civic Space Initiative welcomes Mr. Nyaletsossi Clément Voule as the new UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of assembly and association, and congratulates him on his appointment.Setting up global expert hub on counter-terrorism financing and anti-money laundering
Civil society activists and advocates were trained in the Hague on how civic freedoms are affected by these processes and how they can engage to protect them.
25/01/2018