Foreign funding of NGOs – Donors: keep out

September 12, 2014

The Economist writes about the Community's efforts and initiatives to protect access to resources and the right to freedom of assembly and of association.

The Economist's article reports on the current situation of civil society around the world, and its difficulties to access resources. Mentioning initiatives to support civil society organizations, the article brings the examples of the Community's Working Group on Enabling and Protecting Civil Society, and of the Community's project "Protecting Civic Space and the Right to Access Resources", in cooperation with UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association. Read the article here