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Programs By Location: Sub-Saharan Africa
ICNL has conducted projects in the following African countries:
Current Project Highlights
South Africa: ICNL is working to help to build the capacity of a local non-profit organization, Non-Profit Consortium, and its partners relating to international NGO law, best practices, and methodologies relating to participatory law reform initiatives. Consistent with NPC’s strategic objectives, we will work to ensure a participatory process leading to: (1) legislative reform through the drafting of principles and proposed revisions of laws affecting incorporation and resource mobilization of NGOs, such as the Income Tax Act, the VAT Act, the National Development Agency Act, the Lotteries Act, a new law adopting a new form of incorporation for non-profits, and the Non-Profit Organizations Act; 2) streamlining the administration of enabling laws through improved implementation by government officials of existing and new legislation affecting NGOs; and 3) encouraging Corporate Social Investment through assuring tax incentives for corporate donations.
Completed Project Highlights
Tanzania: ICNL provided assistance on the preparation of an NGO Law through a participatory process (involving government, civil society and the international experts). The involvement of ICNL, through a participatory process, in the drafting of the legislation enabled the Tanzanian NGOs to gain a better understanding of the relevant issues and preferred approaches in NGO law. ICNL also focused on training a core group of NGO Leaders on NGO Law.