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New policies and issues addressed in the lead-up to the China leadership change in November
Ahead of the long-awaited leadership change during the Party Congress now scheduled for 8 November, there have been a few developments at MCA and with regard to social organization reforms generally. In addition, China Development …
Philanthropy in the Arab region: maximizing philanthropic resources in times of change and austerity
Given the venue of the AFF conference Maximizing Philanthropic Resources in Times of Change and Austerity, held 15-17 September in Cairo earlier this week, you would have expected extensive political analysis of the Arab Spring, …
Using a time of change to press for change in Mexico
A change of government in Mexico has provided the opportunity for the country’s civil society organizations to press for their greater involvement in the shaping of public affairs. This was the stimulus for a group …
Strength in numbers and diversity: reflections from the CIVICUS World Assembly
In my one all-too-brief day at the CIVICUS World Assembly, held 3-7 September in Montreal, I heard many conversations in different contexts about the importance of communicating with and engaging the public in civic action. …
New legislation is a setback for Russian NGOs
Last week and in great haste the Russian Parliament adopted a new piece of legislation with a name that would have been appropriate for cold war times: ‘On regulation of activities of the NGOs, which …
A philanthropic renaissance at the ISTR conference
When at the age of 10, I took the name of Catherine of Siena as my confirmation name, little did I realize that three decades later, I would journey to the Italian town of Siena …
Evaluation of a UNDP/EU/MoCA project and other developments in China
An interesting public event was held on 25 June, where I was a presenter, on the evaluation of the Governance for Equitable Development (GED) project sponsored by the EU and UNDP in partnership with the …
Russian NGOs and civil society: under influence?
‘There is a war against Russia. It is an announced information war which involves hundreds and thousands of people, agencies and organizations. Taking advantage of the imperfect and out-dated Russian legislation, multimillion dollar budgets come …
How are the new policies for China’s CSOs developing?
A colleague of mine recently commented that the Chinese government seems to be determined to do all it can for opening space for civil society right here and right now! It is difficult to keep …
A round-up of recent civil society developments in China
Guiding Principles for religious organizations’ charitable work The first regulatory development of some note was the issuance in late February of regulations governing the charitable activities of religious organizations. These regulations discuss the ‘Guiding Principles’ …
