Updates

New measures proposed in the bill would negatively affect public associations and significantly complicate conditions for opposition parties.

Authorities quoted the need to combat disinformation as one of the reasons.

Although the new developments could potentially advance legislation on access to information, the practice remains concerning.

The law would introduce special privileges for very few national-level public associations that have remained in Belarus.

New political movement announced legislative proposal to regulate CSO foreign funding.

Draft law introduces a new mechanism to better involve citizens in the process of deciding how public money is spent locally, but does not allow direct voting on which project to fund.

This development clarifies the legal status of philanthropy and sponsorship. However, the issue of tax benefits for donors needs to be further addressed.

Civil society expressed concerns about the provisions being adopted in a haste, without proper consultation.

This Action Plan includes several commitments that are expected to contribute to the civil society enabling environment in Armenia through addressing issues in freedom of information, public participation, public communication and data management.

The new foundation is set to replace civil society organisations, which left the country or have been liquidated in the past 2 years.

New risk assessment will probably not be part of the regular FATF cycle, civil society says.

Draft law introduces a new nonprofit legal form designed to support local public administration implement local development projects.