Updates

The Council is expected to have positive impact on enhancing information and cybersecurity policies.

After two years of inactivity the Certification Commission for Public Benefit Status resumed its activity and in June 2022 issued the first decision to attribute public benefit status to 25 CSOs.

The Parliament amended the Code of audiovisual media services to prevent and combat disinformation and spread of false information in the media.

CSOs expect this to be an important step towards philanthropy becoming a significant source of funding in the long run.

Experts warn that the amenments approved by the government are not in line with international standards, generate uneven or erroneous interpretations.

The new law will bring protections for CSOs working on LGBTQI or ethnic minority issues, who are often target of discourses that incite prejudice-based violence.

Despite a low level of risk of terrorist financing in the CSO sector, new recommendations threaten to burden CSO operations. A new draft law proposes measures that would limit freedom of expression.

CSOs adapt their work to help refugees fleeing Ukraine amid new emergency measures and bodies introduced.

The percentage mechanism allows taxpayers to allocate 2% of their paid income tax to a CSO of their choice.

This type of nonprofit partnership can advance the connection between the business and public sector as well as help CSOs engage in micro regional development.

Early parliamentary elections are set for July 11, 2021.

The first set of emergency measures ban public assemblies, introduce restrictions on free movement and impose rules on how the mass media coordinates and reports on the exceptional situation.