In recent years, Montenegro has seen social polarization over political issues, as well as intensified activism and more public gatherings.

The European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) was commissioned by the TACSO project to prepare a comparative analysis on the distribution of lottery proceeds for CSOs.

In recent years, there has been a perceived rise in the expression of fundamentalism in many contexts across the world.

This report from CIVICUS provides a global overview of the state of civil society freedoms in 2015.

ICNL and ECNL welcome the report of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights on “Practical recommendations for the creation and maintenance of a safe and enabling environment for civil society, based on good practices and lessons learned” (A/H/32/20). 

The report by UN Special Rapporteur David Kaye marks the beginning of a series of studies of issues at the intersection of State regulation, the private sector and freedom of expression in a digital age.

In 2016, Alliance magazine partnered with the European Foundation Centre to learn more about the issues by inviting philanthropic actors and organizations to respond to a specially tailored survey.

This paper was prepared by the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law in 2016 at the request of the Council of Europe to support the ongoing efforts in drafting the Guidelines on meaningful civil participation in political decision-making.

This report by ARIADNE, the European Foundation Centre and and the International Human Rights Funders Group aims to give funders and members of civil society a practical starting point for thinking about possible approaches for working together to contest the closing space for civil society.

This report follows the seminar about “Combatting the shrinking of civil society space”, organized by EuroMed Rights, 22-24 April 2016, in Brussels.