National conference  ‘Legal support for civil society and
charity: legislation and legal practice

 

This
event is being organised by chair of the federal council’s co-ordinating body
for reciprocal working with the institutions of civil society, the public
chamber’s  committee for the development
of charity and volunteering, and the not-for-profit partnership, Lawyers for
Civil Society’ (LCS) together with the International Centre for Not-for-Profit
Law.

 

Issues
to be looked at during the conference are:-

 

How
may the tax burden borne by the non-commercial sector be lightened and the tax
system made to assist the development of charitable activities?

 

What
legal measures would help to support and develop the voluntary sector in
Russia?

 

Which
state agencies currently monitor the activities of NGOs and in what way would
that activity be affected by new laws?

 

What
are the hindrances to the creation of a safety cushion consisting of restricted
capital sums in order to vouchsafe NGOs a stable existence?

 

Prospective
programme:

 

*10:00-11:00
– Registration.

 

*11:00-12:30
– Plenary session led by Darya Miloslavskaya, member of the Federal Public
Chamber

 

Addresses:

 

‘Development
of Legislation affecting the Voluntary Sector in Russia and Legal Practice’, to
be delivered by a representative from the department of the Federal Ministry of
Justice dealing with the affairs of NGOs.

 

‘State
Support for Socially Oriented Organisations – Situational Summary, Problems and
Prospects’ , to be delivered by a representative of the Federal Ministry of
Economic Development.

 

Message
of Appreciation from the President.

 

13:00-14:30
– Specialist sessions:

 

‘Taxation
of NGOs – What further amendments are needed?’ – (Moderator – Dmitry Sheiko LCS
Lawyer, Omsk).

 

‘Volunteering/charitable
work in the context of the development of civil society’ (Moderator – Olga
Sviridenkova, Head of LCS Legal Service.

 

‘State
monitoring of NGOs’ operations’ (Moderator – Elena Isaeva, LCS Lawyer and
Deputy Chair of the Public Chamber for the Yaroslav Region).

 

‘Restricted
capital: growth points’ (Moderator – Natalya Kaminarskaya, Executive Secretary
of the Donors’ Forum).

 

15:00
– 17:00 -Restricted Capital – meeting of the NGO Lawyers Club

Exchange
of experiences between the winners of the socially-oriented NGOs’ competitions.

 

Detailed
information may be found at www.lawcs.ru

 

Address:  Public Chamber of the Russian Federation,
Building No1, 7 Miusskaya Square. From 15 August to  1 September Information about attendance may be obtained on
application to Irina Emshanova Tel: 00 7 (495) 984-88-01or 00 7 (495) 984-88-02
or by emailing her at iemshanova@icnlalliance.org

 

 

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