OSCE/ODIHR Civil Society Forum: building a culture of cooperation between states and CSOs
The event focused on participation in decision making processes.
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Who owns the transparency agenda?
A multi-stakeholder exchange on who’s driving it and why.
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OHCHR calls for input: How to create and maintain civil society space?
The High Commissioner for Human Rights is putting together a report of practical recommendations on the space for civil society to work freely and independently.
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Study visit in ECNL office
We hosted lawyers from Moldova to give an insight to legal framework of the Hungarian CSO sector, and in particular the 1% law and its application.
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Input requested for OHCHR study on the right to participate
The right to directly and indirectly participate in political and public life is important in empowering individuals and groups, and is one of the core elements of human rights-based approaches aimed at eliminating marginalization and discrimination.
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UN Special Rapporteur: 2014 was a decisive year in the history
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kai has released a year-end report summarizing the developments, events and lessons learned in 2014.
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The Operating Environment for Public-Benefit Foundations in the Western Balkans Region
The first comprehensive analysis on foundations of the region based on data provided by local experts.
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ECNL participated in Sixth Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum
The Forum convened 250+ representatives of civil society organizations from Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia.
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ECNL Director highlights importance of civil society and steps to enhance freedoms at OSCE ODIHR HDIM
ECNL delivered an introductory speech at the 2014 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Europe's largest annual human rights and democracy conference which is organized every year.
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