Promoting an enabling environment for civil society organizations by promoting legal reforms and advocacy

Objectives:
– To promote improvements to the core legal framework regulating the functioning of Civil society organizations;
– To promote new legal provisions for ensuring fiscal and financial sustainability of Civil society organizations;
– To promote mechanisms for effective Civil society organizations’ participation in decision-making processes;
– To strengthen the institutional sustainability of CRJ.

Activities:
– Advocacy and participation in drafting amendments to the Law on Public Associations;
– Advocacy and participation in drafting regulations for the implementation of Law 2% and monitor its application;
– Advocacy and participation in drafting amendments to the Tax Code;
– Promote revenue generating strategies for the Civil society organizations;
– Advocacy and preparing proposals for ensuring effective participation of the Civil society organizations in the decision-making process;
– Cooperation with NGO Council and other Civil society organizations;
– Training the LRCM staff;
– Draft and disseminate two LRCM newsletters;
– Draft the annual LRCM activity report.

– Policy document ”Impact of the 2% Law on financial sustainability of the Civil Society Organizations”