This research paper by ECNL discusses the role that European government offices can play in implementing plans for cooperation with civil society. It focuses on five countries in particular: Croatia, England, Estonia, France and Hungary.

It was written in support of the implementation of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Decree N.1035-р on approval of the Concept of Executive Authorities Promoting the Development of Civil Society.

An overview report examining NGO legislation in 16 Central and Eastern European countries.

On January 12, Freedom House released the findings from the latest edition of Freedom in the World, the annual survey of global political rights and civil liberties.

This report surveys the work of CSOs related to the four pillars of the 2006 UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.

This 2008 report presents an overview of the tax laws in the South Pacific affecting civic organizations. The report examines the tax regimes of the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

In this paper published by ICNL, two internationally-renowned experts analyze the protections that civil society organizations receive under international investment treaties.

This paper presents options for developing a Monitoring & Tracking Tool (MTT) to help inform discussions about the impact of newly enacted NGO legislation.

ICNL and the World Movement for Democracy are pleased to announce the release of a “Defending Civil Society” report, the first phase of the Defending Civil Society international campaign to promote the adoption of internationally-recognized principles that protect civil society.

These EU recommendations call on Member States to issue policies that consider the “important EU dimension to volunteering” and “a more coherent and comprehensive policy approach” to volunteerism.

The Government of the Republic of Tajikistan proposed a new draft law “About Freedom of Conscience and Religious Unions.”