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Legal Framework for CSOs
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Providing resources for initiatives to draft and revise laws affecting the registration, operation, termination and general lifecycle of CSOs;
Ensuring effective and progressive implementation of laws (e.g., training registration officials and developing model forms and procedures.)
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Financial Sustainability of CSOs
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Providing resources for initiatives to enact, revise and implement tax legislation affecting CSOs;
Developing mechanisms for public funding (e.g., criteria and rules for transparent grant-giving);
Promoting innovative legal mechanisms to develop private philanthropy (e.g., 1% laws, endowments).
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Public Participation
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Supporting development of national and local CSO/Government partnerships (e.g., compacts, CSO liaison offices, social and health service delivery);
Promoting public participation in government decision-making.
Enhancing good governance, accountability and transparency of CSOs to strengthen their legitimacy as partners to Government;
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EU Enlargement
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Assisting SEE countries in developing civil society legislation in compliance with EU regulations;
Facilitating mutual information sharing between CEE and both East and West.
Related document:
ECNL Strategic Plan
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LATEST NEWS
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Concerns Raised by HRW Related to the Shrinking Space for the CSO sector in Hungary
In a recently released report („Wrong Direction on Rights – Assessing the Impact of Hungary’s New Constitution and Laws”), Human Rights Watch pointed to the alarming tendency of the shrinking space for the Hungarian civil society sector in policy and law making processes.
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