Regional Civil Society Conference for Europe of the Western Balkans and Turkey
Creating a free, independent and dynamic civil society is now a political criterion for a country to become a member of the European Union.
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First-ever Bulgarian Strategy on Support to CSOs adopted
This is an important step for Bulgaria as it is the first time (after the changes in 1989 and possibly even before that) that the government adopts an overall vision of how it wants to treat CSOs.
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Information events on the Macedonian Law on Associations and Foundations
Participating CSOs discussed opportunities offered by the law as well as identified challenges they face during application.
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UNHRC recognizes freedom of internet access
The ground-breaking resolution call on Member States to facilitate access.
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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus
The Consultative group of the UN Human Rights Council is reviewing applications by 11 candidates in order to select a Special Rapporteur.
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Moldovan Fellow at ECNL
Focusing on the mechanism of 1% designation, when a taxpayer can attribute 1% of their income tax to a certain NGO.
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New leadership at ECNL
ECNL is pleased to announce Katerina Hadzi-Miceva Evans as its new Executive Director, taking office on July 1, 2012.
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USAID's 15th edition of CSO Sustainability Index for CEE and Eurasia released
The index reports on the strength and overall viability of CSO sectors in each of the 29 countries in the region, from the Baltics to Central Asia.
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Second expert meeting of the Civil Society Development Monitoring Matrix Project
The matrix will serve as a shadow-monitoring tool for CSOs, a monitoring tool for the EC, and a self-assessment tool for the Government so that it can regularly follow the progress in the area.
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