The International Journal
of Not-for-Profit Law
Volume 3, Issue 3, March 2001
A publication of the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Articles
The State, Laws and Nongovernmental Organizations in Bangladesh
By Mokbul Morshed Ahmad
China's Nongovernmental Organizations: Status, Government Policies, and Prospects for Further Development
By Guangyao Chen
The Czech Government and NGOs in 2001
By Petr Pajas
The Italian Legal System Relating to Not-for-Profit Organizations: A Historical and Evolutionary Overview
By Alceste Santuari
Reviews
The Legal System Between the State and Civil Society
By Jurgen Nautz, Emil Brix, and Gerhard Luf
Reviewed by Thomas Notter
Foundations of Charity
By Charles Mitchell and Susan R. Moody
Reviewed by Karla Simon
Case Notes
Middle East and North Africa:
Egypt
North America:
the United States
Country Reports
Asia Pacific:
Regional | Australia | Cambodia | Indonesia | Japan
Central and Eastern Europe:
Regional | Albania | Lithuania
Latin America and the Caribbean:
Brazil | Chile | Venezuela
Middle East and North Africa:
Yemen
Newly Independent States:
Belarus
North America:
the United States
South Asia:
India
Sub-Saharan Africa:
Botswana| Ghana | South Africa
Western Europe:
France | Germany
Self-Regulation Reports
Northern NGO Guidelines and Codes of Conduct: Conflicting Rights and Responsibilities?
By Julie Gale
Building Trust in NGOs
By Simon Heap
Nigeria: Draft Code of Standard Practice for NGOs
Switzerland: New Accounting Rules for Not-for-Profit Organizations (NPOs)
International Grantmaking
Bar Association Task Force Revisits Private Foundation Rules: Implication for Foreign Grantmaking
By Richard S. Gallagher
Donating to U.S. Charities
By Arthur B.C. Drache, Q.C.
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Country Reports: Sub-Saharan Africa
Botswana
The Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs has produced a "National Policy for Non-Governmental Organisations". The Policy is intended to establish a broad framework within which NGOs can address issues pertaining to the welfare and development and to facilitate the harmonisation of the various polices that impact the NGO sector.
Ghana
A participatory drafting process between representatives of the NGO community and the government has resulted in the "Draft National Policy for Strategic Partnership with NGOs", a document that seeks to set forth a blueprint for the ways that government and the NGO sector can work together to meet Ghana's social and developmental goals. The Policy addresses the subjects of NGO-government partnership, governance, and the legal framework in which NGOs operate.
South Africa
International Conference on Tax and the Non-Profit Sector
The Non-Profit Partnership (NPP), a coalition organization representing the Charities Aid Foundation – South Africa, SANGOCO (the South African NGO umbrella organization), and the SAGA (the Southern Africa Grantmakers Association) – held a conference in March 2001 to discuss the issue of fiscal reforms for the not-for-profit sector. Particular emphasis was placed on the new and pending changes in the tax benefits for NPOs in South Africa. There were also several international speakers, including ICNL’s President, Dr. Leon Irish.
For further information on the conference, please contact Penny Dlamini, the Manager for Research and Training at NPP, to receive copies of the papers presented, a list of attendees, and a summary of outcomes (penny@npp.org.za).