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Number of registered organizations (per type) (+ how many have registered in 2019) | Registered: 541 Associations: 508 Foundations: 32 | Registered: 569 Associations: 513 Foundations: 32 |
Main civil society laws | Laws on: · Protection of informants · Establishing social enterprises By-laws on: ·Minimum Standards on Public Consultation in municipalities | Laws on: ·Freedom of association in CSOs ·Access to public documents Strategy on: ·Government – CSOs cooperation 2019 – 2023 |
Relevant changes in legal framework | Draft laws on: ·Freedom of association in CSOs ·Labor ·Maternity leave ·Access to public documents Concept documents on: ·Public gatherings ·Volunteering | Draft laws on: ·Labor ·Maternity leave Concept documents on: ·Public gatherings ·Volunteering ·Family and social services |
State funding (for the previous year) (key bodies and amounts) | Public funds distributed to CSOs v. after beneficiaries’ lists sorted out: Total: EUR 24 million v. EUR 9 million Central level: EUR 13 million v EUR 7 million Local level: EUR 8 million v EUR 2 million | The Government’s report on public funding distributed to CSOs 2019 it is not published yet. |
Human resources (employees and volunteers) | Employees that have continuously payed contributions in the past 12 months: 3, 729 Employees with more than one occupation, whereas one of them is employed in the sector: 6, 762 Volunteers: 5,104 | Employees that have continuously payed contribution in the past 12 months: 4, 009 Employees with more than one occupation, whereas one of them is employed in the sector: 9, 533 Volunteers: 10,000 |
CSO-Government Cooperation (relevant and new body: consultation mechanism) | ·The online Platform for Public Consultation ·The Office of Good Governance ·Kosovo’s Assembly Media and Mass Communication Department ·Kosovo’s National Council for European Integration | ·The online Platform for Public Consultation ·Kosovo’s Assembly Media and Mass Communication Department ·The Council for Implementation of the Government Strategy for Civil Society Development ·The Office of Good Governance ·Kosovo’s National Council for European Integration |
Other key challenges (e.g. lack of official data related to CS) | ·Lack of official data especially related to the economic value of the sector | ·Lack of official data especially related to the economic value of the sector |