This presentation describes recent laws restricting civil society in the NIS, context analysis, recent advocacy efforts, power mapping, developing a message and advocacy tools.
The presentation describes principles for supervision for the Council of Europe (CoE), definitions of accountability and transparency, trends in public regulation and approaches to supervision.
The presentation describes essential issues in the NGO lifecycle, examples of voluntary registration using MENA examples, registration procedure, fundraising, permissible activities, foreign affiliation and dissolution.