Ukraine: New state body for civil society
The new State Agency will focus on developing youth and children issues.
Ukraine: National Strategy for Civil Society Development objectives not achieved, finds study
Goals listed in the action plans often do not correspond with the Strategy.
Moldova: New Governance plan includes only one objective for civil society
The plan ignores priority issues, such as the law on non-commercial organizations or the legal framework on philanthropy.
Georgia: Government to establish a new consultative body in support of Open Governance Partnership
Members of the body will be able to participate in decision-making process, thus increasing its legitimacy.
Armenia: Threshold for mandatory audit to be increased for public organisations
However, this change might not be enough to enable better access of CSOs to public funding.
Initiative to introduce unified standards for state funding to CSOs in Moldova
IVC Moldova and ECNL organized an event to initiate a dialogue between representatives of civil socitey and state agencies.
Ukraine: New law allows CSOs to provide social services to the homeless
The parliament adopted the Law on Liberty of Movement and Free Choice of Residence on December 12, 2019 to improve the situation of the homeless.
CSO Meter presented in Azerbaijan
MG Consulting presented the key findings of the CSO Meter country report for Azerbaijan.
CSO Meter reports launched
273 recommendations formulated to improve civil society environemnt in the Eastern Partnership countries.
CSOs advocate for better regulations in CSO taxation and state funding in Armenia
TIAC and ECNL presented the issue of taxation and state funding to government stakeholders.
The Fight Against Corruption Continues
The Ukrainian parliament passed the law on the protection of corruption whistleblowers.
NGO coalition supports ongoing selection process of Supreme Court judicial candidates
The NGO Coalition started a campaign called ‘Make Courts Trustworthy’.