FUNDING MECHANISMS

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FUNDING MECHANISMS

• Kristina Mänd, NENO (Estonia)
• Grace Williams, Audit Manager of the National
  Audit Office (England)
• Mihai Lisetchi, AID-ONG (Romania)

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EKAK says

• Priority Mapping, systematization and
  improvement of the system for financing citizens'
  associations from public budgets and informing
  the general public thereof.

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PLAN OF ACTION for the implementation of the EKAK
for 2004-2006

• Goal 5
• Transparent and clear funding schemes targeted to
  support the development of civil society and
  civil society organizations from the state budget

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Goal 5Transparent and clear funding schemes

• 5.1. Overview of governmental sector funding of
  CSOs and of respective procedures
• 5.2. Development of unified procedures for
  ministerial funding of CSOs
• 5.3. Analysis of the effectiveness of current
  practices of governmental sector funding of CSOs
  (Law on Gambling Tax, state-financed programs,
  allocations to governmental foundations,
  ministries, etc.)
• -          formulation of necessary legislative
  amendments
• 5.4. Developing of principles and appropriate
  forms of governmental funding of CSOs
• 5.5. Discussions and introduction of principles
  to the public

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PLAN OF ACTION for the implementation of the EKAK
for 2004-2006

• Goal 6
• Improved and targeted system of tax benefits and
  charitable giving

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Goal 6Tax benefits and charitable giving

• 6.1. Review of the criteria of public benefit
  organizations, amendment of respective
  legislative acts
• 6.2. Raising awareness levels related to existing
  opportunities for charitable giving
• 6.3. Analysis of existing opportunities for
  charitable giving and their effectiveness

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PLAN OF ACTION for the implementation of the EKAK
for 2004-2006

• Goal 7
• Overview of umbrella organizations, their current
  and potential future role in cooperation with the
  public sector

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Goal 7Umbrella organizations

• 7.1 Analysis of current practices
• - number of umbrella organizations, their
  membership, representation of interests
• - partnership between umbrella organizations and
  ministries in practice, expectations

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Plans

• To hire a funding expert who starts woking on
  EKAKs goals
• To reorganize current gambling tax into Civil
  Society Development Fund
• To continue working with umbrella organizations