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NGOs and measures against money laundering and terrorist financing - changes in the law and first risk assessment for the sector
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In May 2022, the Report for Bulgaria of the Fifth Evaluation Round of the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures (MONEYVAL) was published. [1] The report is an analysis of...
6 November 2023
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Join the initiative to create a new CSO Development Strategy
We are launching #IWantToDevelop - an initiative to create a new Strategy to support the development of CSOs. The first and only such Strategy was adopted for the period 2012-2015. Therefore, after eight years of inaction, it is high time to put together a new...
10 August 2023
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Financial instruments for start-ups and social enterprises - declaration with recommendations
Social enterprises have significant potential to solve some of the most pressing problems in our society. At the same time, this potential remains undeveloped in Bulgaria, even though European policies prioritise the issue and support this claim with significant...
10 August 2023
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EU: People with disabilities can work, but not in Bulgaria
Bulgaria is one of the countries with an underdeveloped social economy sector in Europe. Enterprises and organisations that work primarily for social benefits rather than profit hold a relatively low share of paid employment – 2.8% compared to an EU average of 6.3%....
10 August 2023
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European Commission on Bulgaria: It is difficult for civil society organizations to get EU funding through state agencies
In its 2023 Rule of Law Report , the European Commission draws attention to the flawed interpretation of EU law in Bulgaria, which results in limited access to funding for CSOs:
Stakeholders reported that it is difficult for CSOs to obtain EU funding...
10 July 2023
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Freedom of Association Was Sacrificed in the Nationalist Dispute between Bulgaria and North Macedonia
Image: Dessislava Naydenova, Civic Alarm Clock Competition, 2019
Zahari Iankov, Senior Legal Expert, Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Background
After the fall from power of the nationalist government of Nikola...
23 June 2023
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The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act must guarantee fundamental rights with no compromises
In 2021, the European Commission proposed a project for REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL LAYING DOWN HARMONISED RULES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE or shortly, Artificial Intelligence Act.
20 June 2023
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Initial preparation, bravery, and collective action – the three notions we obtained from the Summer School for NGOs 2023
For eleventh year in a row, the Bulgarian center for non-profit law (BCNL) assembles representatives of 20 Bulgarian non-governmental organizations near the seaside.
13 June 2023