Proposal to allow CSOs to change the composition of their founders   06.10.2023   This proposal would allow CSOs the possibility of removing founders from their membership and was discussed on the Telegram channel by Artem Metelev, Chair of the Duma Committee on Youth Policy.   “Founders of CSOs often lose contact with their organisation, …

How to measure the social impact of CSO projects: A new methodology   06.10.2023   The Contribution to the Future Foundation has developed its own methodology for evaluating social projects and initiatives, taking their social significance into account.   Ekaterina Yadova, Project Director of the Foundation, says that 92% of Russian investors believe that measuring …

Published by the Economic Research Institute, Kazakhstan 05.10.2023 Nearly one million people living below the poverty line in Kazakhstan The Office of National Statistics has published figures on population living standards for the second quarter of 2023. In the second quarter of 2023, the number of households with incomes below the subsistence minimum reached 177,800, …

A proposal to create a register of “destructive” foreign CSOs in Russia   05.10.2023   At the end of July, the Federation Council approved amendments to the law “On Non-Profit Organisations” that will allow citizens and companies to participate in the activities of a foreign CSO that does not have a presence in Russia, provided …

Published by the Asian Development Bank 5 October 2023 Kyrgyz Republic: A Stronger Health System After COVID-19 An Asian Development Bank-assisted $20 million COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Project improved the longer-term capacity of the Kyrgyz Republic’s health system. With ADB support, the Kyrgyz Republic has upgraded 18 hospitals nationwide by expanding and equipping their intensive care …

“We have reached a consensus”: What was discussed at a regular meeting of the Ministry of Justice on improving legislation on non-profit organisations   04.10.2023   On 3 October, the third meeting of an inter-departmental working group on improving the regulation of CSO activities was held.   The membership of the working group has been …

“What wheelchair – there’s a war going on”   People with disabilities in Russia have been waiting months, even years, for the rehabilitation equipment they need. Officials are using the war in Ukraine as an excuse but the problems really started much earlier.   06:05, 15 September 2023   Source: Meduza   Owen Mcguigan / Alamy …

Published by Radio Azatyk 29.09.2023   Children poisoned in Uzbekistan: Is corruption in the health care system to blame? Saida Mirziyoyeva visits children in a hospital in Chust District   Dozens of children have been admitted to hospitals in Uzbekistan with symptoms of poisoning amid a Government campaign to combat iodine deficiency. This is the …

Published by WHO 29 September 2023 Kyrgyzstan: strengthening primary health care financing for better health Kyrgyzstan has set out on an ambitious path of health system reforms to improve access to Primary Health Care (PHC) services for its people. A new WHO/Europe study sheds light on the current state of PHC financing in Kyrgyzstan and …

A Bill to exempt recipients of regional grants from income tax has been adopted at first reading.   27.09.2023   On 26 September, the State Duma adopted a Bill at first reading introduced by the Ministry of Economic Development which exempts those in receipt of grants from regional and local budgets from paying personal income …