Nonprofit Law Prof Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-6156982009-11-27T14:00:00-05:00A Member of the Law Professor Blogs NetworkTypePadNonprofitLawProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.comDraft co-operation agreement between the Conference of INGOs and the North-South Centretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875dfb37c970c2009-11-27T14:00:00-05:002009-11-27T14:00:00-05:00The Executive Council of the European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity [North-South Centre] recently approved a draft cooperation agreement with the Conference of INGOs. Both groups are part of the Council of Europe. The agreement reinforces the existing close...Nonprofit BloggerDC – Catholic Church Threatens to Pull Social Services Over Gay Rightstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6d4aa0a970b2009-11-27T07:00:00-05:002009-11-27T07:00:00-05:00The Washington Post reports that the Catholic Church is threatening to end a wide range of service programs in the District of Columbia pending the passage of a same-sex marriage bill by the DC Council next month. The bill has...Nonprofit BloggerCanada – Scholars Propose New Charities Council to Replace CRAtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875dfb462970c2009-11-27T07:00:00-05:002009-11-27T07:00:00-05:00The C.D. Howe Institute recently released a new paper by Adam Aptowitzer, Bringing the Provinces Back In: Creating a Federated Canadian Charities Council. The paper proposes replacing the Canadian Revenue Agency [CRA] with a “Charities Council” as the primary regulator...Nonprofit BloggerCANADA – CRA ISSUES ADVICE ON COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES AND PROFITS OF NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONStag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6e0cb13970b2009-11-27T06:29:36-05:002009-11-27T06:29:36-05:00On November 5, 2009, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) released a technical interpretation (which is not publicly available) clarifying its position on various issues involving non-profit organizations (NPOs) defined under paragraph 149(1)(l) of the Income Tax Act, including whether NPOs...Nonprofit BloggerCANADA—BILL WILL BRING CHANGES IN ONTARIO LEGISLATION AFFECTING CHARITIES tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6e08b93970b2009-11-27T05:22:51-05:002009-11-27T05:22:51-05:00On Wednesday, October 27, 2009, the Attorney General for Ontario introduced Bill 212, the Good Government Act, 2009, (“Bill 212”) in the Ontario Legislature, which passed second reading on November 18, 2009. Bill 212 is currently before the Standing Committee...Nonprofit BloggerEurope – The Infrastructure of Participationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875dfb243970c2009-11-26T14:00:00-05:002009-11-26T14:00:00-05:00The CEV [European Volunteer Centre] recently held a conference in Malmö, Sweden on “An Enabling Volunteering Infrastructure in Europe.” The purpose of the conference was to discuss the development of a stronger volunteering infrastructure, allowing more individuals to take part...Nonprofit BloggerPublic Benefit Assessments – The Government’s Perspectivetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875d69064970c2009-11-26T07:00:00-05:002009-11-26T07:00:00-05:00Third Sector reports that the Charity Commission of England and Wales has given charities a five year deadline to improve performance under the Commission’s public benefit assessment structure. The Charity Commission’s website states that “the Charities Act 2006 requires all...Nonprofit BloggerPublic Benefit Assessments – The Lawyers’ Perspectivetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6d4a589970b2009-11-26T07:00:00-05:002009-11-26T07:00:00-05:00The Charity Commission of England and Wales performs assessments of the public benefit provided by charitable organizations. Where the Commission finds the benefit provided wanting it may require further action by the charity to increase or diversify the public benefits...Nonprofit BloggerTimor-Leste Decree Law on NPOs Posted to Webtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875debb22970c2009-11-26T06:57:39-05:002009-11-26T06:57:39-05:00The Decree Law for not-for-profit associations and foundations in Timor-Leste has been added to the ICCSL Documentation Center and is available at http://www.iccsl.org/pubs/Timor-Leste_Decree_Law.pdf. kwsNonprofit BloggerASIA—REPORT RELEASED DESCRIBING PROBLEMS FACING AIDS NGOStag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6d8607b970b2009-11-25T14:26:11-05:002009-11-25T14:27:06-05:00Asia Catalyst has released a reportdetailing restrictions on NGO registration, censorship, harassment and imprisonment of AIDS activists in Cambodia, China, Myanmar and Vietnam. In its press release accompanying the report, Asia Catalyst said that despite pledges by world leaders and...Nonprofit BloggerUK – Constitution for Small Charitiestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875d15f7c970c2009-11-25T07:00:00-05:002009-11-25T07:00:00-05:00Third Sector reports that the Charity Commission of England and Wales recently published a model constitution for small charities. The Commission created the constitution as boilerplate for charities that are so small that they are not required to register with...Nonprofit BloggerChoice of Entity in Scotland – The SCIOtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6d4a1b5970b2009-11-25T07:00:00-05:002009-11-25T07:00:00-05:00The Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organization [SCIO] is a new legal form aimed at charities with incomes between £25,000 and £1m that want to acquire a legal personality and relieve their trustees of personal liability, but do not want to become...Nonprofit BloggerICNL Releases Paper about Civil Society in Mexicotag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875d0de8b970c2009-11-24T10:52:22-05:002009-11-24T10:52:22-05:00ICNL announced the release of an informative study authored by a USAID-sponsored ICNL senior research fellow from Mexico, Ireri Ablanedo Terrazas. The paper was written during this past summer and provides an in-depth overview of the legal framework impacting CSOs...Nonprofit BloggerRussia: Incentives for Charities Promised by Medvedevtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6cef47b970b2009-11-24T09:11:13-05:002009-11-24T09:11:13-05:00The New York Times reports that President Dmitri A. Medvedev has called for tax incentives and other measures to assist Russia’s beleaguered nonprofit groups, which have come under government pressure in recent years. Mr. Medvedev, promoting policies that he hopes...Nonprofit BloggerCouncil of Europe’s Code for Civil Participationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6c814c2970b2009-11-24T07:00:00-05:002009-11-24T07:00:00-05:00The Ministers’ Deputies of the Council of Europe recently adopted a Code of Good Practice for Civil Participation in the Decision-Making Process. The Conference of INGOs [International Non-Governmental Organizations] of the Council of Europe created the Code pursuant to a...Nonprofit BloggerScottish Government Issues Statement on Interaction with the Third Sectortag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6c816d2970b2009-11-24T07:00:00-05:002009-11-24T07:00:00-05:00Vertical and cross sector cooperation are constant themes in the promotion of non-profit initiatives. To that end, national and local Scottish authorities issued a detailed statement for future interaction with the third sector under the government’s revised administrative arrangements. The...Nonprofit BloggerHelge: Policing the Good Guys: Regulation of the Charitable Sector Through a Federal Charity Oversight Board tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875cb7273970c2009-11-23T14:04:27-05:002009-11-23T14:04:51-05:00Terri Lynn Helge (Texas Wesleyan) has posted Policing the Good Guys: Regulation of the Charitable Sector Through a Federal Charity Oversight Board (Cornell Journal of Law & Public Policy, forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Recently, public confidence in...Nonprofit BloggerNew World Bank Transparency Policytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6c81383970b2009-11-23T07:42:30-05:002009-11-26T11:53:46-05:00According to a recent World Bank Press Release, the Bank is shifting its policies regarding access to information. The Bank’s current rules for document disclosure permitdisclosure only of specific documents. The new model provides for disclosure of all World Bank...Nonprofit BloggerNew Transparency and Accountability Study of Non-Profit Organizations s in the European Uniontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6c81135970b2009-11-23T07:39:47-05:002009-11-23T07:40:11-05:00The European Commission last month published a new study on "Recent Public and Self-Regulatory Initiatives Improving Transparency and Accountability of Non-profit Organizations (NPOs) in the European Union.” The study is the workof the European Center for Non-Profit Law. The study...Nonprofit BloggerINDIA—GREATER SCRUTINY OF NPO FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES ANNOUNCEDtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875c236f7970c2009-11-21T11:26:15-05:002009-11-21T11:26:15-05:00Non-profit organizations (NPOs), whether registered as charitable trusts, temples, churches or mosques, NGOs, educational institutions or societies, etc. will not only have to disclose the sources of their funds, but also will be scrutinized for large monetary transactions. This change...Nonprofit Blogger