Standards and Good Practices for Public Funding of Civil Society Organisations
This paper presents an overview of main ideas, considerations and examples of public funding for CSOs.
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Publications
Learn about the latest trends and core issues related to CSO law and policy.
Briefer- International Standards on Access to Foreign Funding for CSOs
Read our Briefer on the the international standards on access to resources and foreign funding.
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Briefer- Closing Civic Space for Climate Activists
Read our briefer on the measures taken by states worldwide to target civil society actors working on climate justice.
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Ground-breaking Handbook on How to Use EU Law to protect Civic Space
Providing practical guidance for CSOs on how to advocate and litigate to protect their rights and civic space based on EU law.
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Briefer - How to Use EU Law to Protect Civic Space
Read our briefer on how the new EU Law Handbook that we just launched can support your work to protect civic space in the EU.
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Fundraising Principles
The Fundraising Principles provide a global overview of current trends in fundraising regulation and self-regulation. They aim to support advocacy efforts to create an enabling environment for fundraising around the globe.
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Monitoring the Right to Free Assembly: Belarus 2019
While 2019 law amendments promised liberalization, the monitoring report finds that the situation of the right to freedom of assembly has in fact deteriorated in 2019 in Belarus.
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Protest in Time of Pandemic
Brief overview on the right to peaceful assembly during a time of pandemic in Europe.
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Keep Civic Space Healthy: Rights card on public participation in decision making during COVID-19
ECNL wants to remind people that their right to public participation is valid in times of emergency as well.
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