News & research

What's the latest in the field of civil society law and policy? Read our news and learn more about our analytical and research work!

Funding and Philanthropy

The road to financial sustainability of civil society organizations – is there a recipe?

ECNL and FHI360/Moldova Partnerships for Sustainable Civil Society Program, together with the Parliament of Moldova organized the conference “The Road to Financial Sustainability of Civil Society Organizations”.

News

Action for Civic Space

Commitment to Strengthen Civil Society: Moldova Adopts New Strategy for 2018–2020

Moldova adopts new strategy for Civil Society Development.

News

UN Standards

Just out: UN OHCHR Report on civic space in multilateral institutions

New report on CSO engagement in regional and international institutions.

News

Security/CT

ECNL at the 2018 FATF Private Sector Consultative Forum

ECNL delivered a strong message at the FATF Consultative Forum.

News

Security/CT

Understanding the Drivers of De-Risking and the Impact on Civil Society Organizations

Research report on bank de-risking and how the issues of financial access affects civil society organisations.

Research

Security/CT

New research report on bank de-risking

ECNL's new report on bank de-risking calls among others for more nuanced guidance for CSOs on compliance requirements.

News

UN Standards

Mr. Clément Voule is the new UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of assembly and association

The CSI stands ready to support Mr. Voule in his capacity as Special Rapporteur, and urges all States to respect the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association and be responsive to the mandate.

News

Security/CT

Setting up global expert hub on counter-terrorism financing and anti-money laundering

ECNL's interactive training on CTF and AML standards contributed to detailed knowledge on FATF processes on country level.

News

Funding and Philanthropy

Data protection & access to resources: CSOs at the intersection

Civil society organisations enjoy a fundamental right to access resources, but what happens when data protection (e.g. EU GDPR) regulations restrict that right?

News