The Armenian Ministry of Labor and Social Issues adopted the “Code of Participatory Cooperation between RA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and Public Organizations”. The Code was developed by a cross-sector working group, led by PFCS Armenia, and with the support of ECNL and BCNL.

ECNL in collaboration with Civil Society Institute, Georgia, organized a two-day event on the topic: "Creating New Opportunities: Regional Conference on Government-Civil Society Relations". The conference aimed to strengthen Government and Civil Society relations through increased capacity of local stakeholders and to help improve the legal and policy framework that affects these relationships.

On June 4, 2008 Eco-TIRAS, ECNL’s partner in Moldova, held a roundtable on Legal Aspects of Philanthropy in the town of Balti. The event provided a forum for recipients of private contributions, as well as givers. It also put into spotlight the current barriers in fiscal and taxation policies that prevent or do not encourage businesses to participate in philanthropy.

To promote public participation on the local level ECNL through its partner in Moldova, Eco-TIRAS, organized a meeting with local public authorities and representatives of the village community in Olanesti on June 3, 2008.

On May 31 ECNL program team for EIDHR project held a meeting with the Civil Society Institute’s working group that developed a draft law on state grants in Georgia. The draft law defines the potential sources of funding for CSOs, beneficiaries, qualifying requirements, issues in relation to conflict of interest. The draft also suggests terms for establishing Competition Council and Competition Council Bureau for the Council’s technical support.

On May 30, 2008 ECNL in cooperation with its local partner in Azerbaijan, the National NGO Forum (NNF), held a Conference on Public Funding for Civil Society organizations (CSOs) with participation of local and international experts. The event provided a comparative analysis of international experience in distributing state grants to CSOs and convened some thirty participants: representatives of the newly established NGO Council, members of Parliament and civil society representatives.

During their visit to Azerbaijan at the end of May 2008, ECNL legal advisors met with members of the recently established NGO Council under the President’s Administration in Azerbaijan.

The Government of Armenia adopted the amendment to the Charter of Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs that officially defines and adopts the cooperation between Ministry and Armenian CSOs.

The Armenian Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs launched a process to draft a Code Code of Cooperation and Participation between the Ministry and local CSOs. On April 15, ECNL facilitated a meeting of the Ministry working group to support the development of the Code.

On July 20, 2007, the Parliament of Moldova enacted amendments to the Law on Public Associations. Together with "Eco-TIRAS", its local partner under the EIDHR project in Moldova, ECNL closely followed the developments on the ground and prepared its comments on the recently adopted amendments.

On November 22, 2007, ECNL’s local partner "National NGO Forum of Azerbaijan", hosted a roundtable for local NGOs to discuss their suggestions for establishing a new office on NGO-government cooperation.

On November 12, 2007, ECNL’s local partner "Eco-Tiras", hosted a roundtable inside the Parliament on the NGO legal environment in Moldova.

Together with Counterpart International and International Center for Not-for-Profit Law ECNL held a study visit for an official delegation from Azerbaijan on September 23-29, 2007.

On September 8, 2007, ECNL Senior Legal Advisor, Dragan Golubovic, and ECNL Project Coordinator, Hanna Asipovich, participated in a seminar to discuss the White Paper on NGO Sector in Azerbaijan held by National NGO Forum of Azerbaijan.

Between 12-14 July 2007 ECNL organized a Civil Society Law Summer Seminar in Budapest, Hungary.

On June 18, 2007, in cooperation with local partner "Eco-Tiras", ECNL co-sponsored a seminar inside Moldova's Parliament on proposed amendments to 1996 Law on Associations.