Reform and Advocacy

Tools to Assess the Civil Society Legal Framework

Assessment - New Zealand

Tools to Assess the Civil Society Legal Framework Presentation

Tools to Assess the Civil Society Legal Framework: Civil Society Index Project Presentation by Filiz Bikmen

USAID's NGO Sustainability Index for Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia presentation by Claire Ehmann

NGO Sustainability Index Exercise

Enhancing CSO Participation in Decision Making

Enhancing Civil Society Participation in Government Decision Making by Kofi Adu

Report of the Secretary-General in reponse to the Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations-Civil Society Relations

Enhancing CSO Participation in Decision Making Presentation by Ieva Morica

International Law Protecting the Freedom of Association and CSO Activity

International Law Protecting the Freedom of Association and CSO Activity: Presentation by Dragan Golubovic

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and Freedom of Association in Central Asian Countries of Former Soviet Union by Vsevolod Ovcharenko

Counter-Terrorism and Civil Society Law

Counter-Terrorism and Civil Society Law: Presentation by Dragan Golubovic

Post-Conflict States: Sequencing of Civil Society Law Reform

The Third Sector in Tajikistan by Muatar Khaidarova

Civil Society Law and Indigenous People

The Rule of Law, Custom, and Civil Society in the South Pacific by Stephan Klingelhofer and David Robinson

Law and Civil Society in the South Pacific in the 21st Century by Stephan Klingelhofer

The Akitsiraq Law School Program

Ethiopia: Civil Society Law and Community Based Organizations by Wassie Azashe

CSO Sustainability and the Law

Law and Philanthropy

International Philanthropy: Issues in Designing a Positive Legal Framework by Michelle Scott

Barriers to Philanthropy: Presentation by Paul Bater

Evaluating Tax Incentives for Donations to Public Benefit Organizations by Paul Bater

Government Funding of CSOs: Improving the Framework

A Code of Good Practice on Funding - Canada

Federal Law for the Promotion of Civil Society Organizations in Mexico by Consuelo Castro

The Legal Framework for Social Enterprise and CSO Economic Activities

Economic Activities in Armenia by Tatshat Stepanyan

Legal Framework for CSO Economic Activities: A Regional Overview:
Presentation by David Moore

Challenges in Defining “Charity” and “Public Benefit”

Charities, Public Benefit and the Canadian Income Tax System by Arthur B.C. Drache

Challenges in Defining "Charity" and "Public Benefit": Presentation by David Moore

Public Benefit Commissions: A Comparative Overview by David Moore, Tatshat Stepanyan, Richard Fries, and Ilya Trombitsky

Models of NGO Regulation

Models of NGO Regulation: Presentation by Didi Alayli

Draft Code of Conduct for Regulators

Codes of Conduct and Self-Regulation

The Standards and Accreditation Program of Non-Profit Organizations in Israel Presentation by Nissan Limor

Accountability to Stakeholders and Donors

Thinking Through Accountability: Presentation by Nilda Bullain

Tools for Regulatory Compliance: Proportional, Risk-Based Systems

Tools of Regulatory Compliance: Presentation by Phil Cooper

Case Study 1

Case Study 2

Compacts and Other Strategies and Mechanisms to Promote CSO/Government Relations

CSO/Government Cooperation in Croatia

Implementation of NGO-Government Cooperation Policy Documents: Lessons Learned

The Liaison Office as a Tool for Successful NGO-Government Cooperation

CSO Legitimacy and Representation: Defining Participatory Democracy

Legitimacy and Representation: Presentation by Nilda Bullain

Prerequisites for Effective CSO Representation in Policy Dialogue

Social Service Delivery: Models for Cooperation

What are Social Services? Presentation by Radost Toftisova-Matheron