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Action for Civic Space

ECNL held workshops in Cyprus on civil society law and codes of conduct

The workshops aimed to raise awareness among stakeholders about the key principles on European level regarding CSO regulations and issues that should be considered in developing codes of conduct as self-regulatory mechanisms.

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Action for Civic Space

Round table on the Croatia draft Law on Foundations

ECNL gave opening remarks, outlining basic features of the draft Law and how it differs from the current, regressive Law on Funds and Foundations.

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ECNL supporting the Macedonian Government in developing Strategy for Cooperation with CSOs

ECNL served as an expert consultant to the working group that supported the development of the Strategy and Action Plan.

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Seminar on public participation in legislative processes in Mongolia

The seminar aimed to discuss ways to increase transparency and participation of citizens and CSOs in the legislative process, so as to improve the quality of the adopted policies and laws.

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Action for Civic Space

Strengthening the legal framework for citizen action through freedom of association

ECNL was awarded a grant by the European Commission to improve the legislative and policy framework for freedom of association (FoA) and civil society in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Moldova.

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Two-day seminar for municipality officials in Sarajevo

Since 2004 thirty municipalities in BiH have signed local compacts, which define principles of collaboration with NGOs and introduce transparent mechanism of NGOs public financing at a municipality level.

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Funding and Philanthropy

Changes in the Percentage Law in Slovakia

On December 6, Slovak Parliament approved the amendments to the Income Tax Law affecting mechanism of tax assignation for designated NGOs.

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Action for Civic Space

International conference on ODA management in Bratislava, Slovakia

The issue of official development assistance is important as new EU member states are developing systems of ODA and considering the most appropriate frameworks.

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Action for Civic Space

Fall of study tours for ECNL

The exchange programmes focused on cooperation, philanthropy and public financing.

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