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Civil Vision – a comprehensive concept of the civil rights reform and its current initiatives

Civil Vision – a comprehensive concept of the civil rights reform and its current initiatives. Dr. Csaba Latorcai Deputy Secretary of State. Major issues related to the civil sector in Hungary. Results: Inefficient operation of both the public and civil society

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Civil Vision – a comprehensive concept of the civil rights reform and its current initiatives

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  1. Civil Vision – a comprehensive concept of the civil rights reform and its current initiatives Dr. Csaba Latorcai Deputy Secretary of State

  2. Major issues related to thecivil sector in Hungary Results: Inefficient operation of both the public and civil society High costs – parallel financing Non-transparent regulatory environment and organizational operations Lack of reliable data making the sector’s actual performance measurable Administrative • Registration, dissolution, extract • Legal supervision • High number of non-operating organizations • Duplicate information • Different conceptual categories, systems in several laws • Too many separate rules • Fragmented, incoherent records Management, application • Shrinking tax benefits (decline in the scale of offered personal income tax due to tax cuts) • Publicity of reporting (accounting) • Complicatedapplication mechanisms • Time delays • Use of inappropriate procedures • Uncoordinated funding policy • NCF: irregular payments

  3. Desired achievements Results: Transparent regulatory environment and records Efficiency, release of resources (human and financial) Strengthening civil society Realization of a scale, targeted, effective and standardized funding policy Administrative • Simplification of judicial procedures • Elimination of non-operating organizations • Establishment of an effective information system based on cooperation • Clarification of concepts Management, application • Examination of tax benefits • Simplification of the reporting (accounting) system, increasing openness • Simplification of application procedures (especially NCF) • Preparation and employment of skilled labor • Revision, coordination and harmonization of Professional Support Systems (PSS)

  4. Tools • Nonprofit law • Preparation for a unified codex-like (procedural) law related to NGOs. • Development of electronic services for NGOs on the Civil Information Portal(EKOP project – implementation of the winning application in progress) • National Civil Fund Program: • Revision and adjustment of laws • Trainings for the operators of NCF in connection with systems renewed by the legislative changes(ÁROP project – implementation of the winning application in progress) • Creation of unified civil society of the Carpathian Basin • As a network helping the civil society

  5. Organizational transformations in 2010 • Civil society ad a professional field is a central issue, cannot be the part of any sectoral ministries • New ministry: the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice • Management structure, state leaders: • Dr. Tibor Navracsics – Minister liable for social and civil relations • László Szászfalvi – Secretary of State liable for religious, ethnic and civil society relations • Dr. Csaba Latorcai – Deputy Secretary of State liable for civil society and ethnic relations • Organizational structure: • Department of Social and Civic Relations • Deparment of Consultation and Social Network Development • Department of Civil Authorities and Coordination • Department of Civil Support Strategy • Issue of volunteering: NEFMI (except: ÖEÉ2011)

  6. Priority tasks for 2011: European Year of Voluntary Activities Promoting Active Citizenship Rotating EU Presidency – the involvement of NGOs into communication and coordination Revision of laws

  7. Scheduling July 23, 2010 August 31, 2010 September, 20104th quarter of 20101st quarter of 2011 2nd quarter of 2011 2011. July 1, 2011 4th quarter of 2011 1st quarter of 2012 • publication of the notice related the legal environment (civiljog@kim.gov.hu) • deadline of the submitting opinions, comments • preparation of the legislative concept by processing proposals • NCF: new fund manager organization • the law is presented to the Government, forwarded to the Parliament • parliamentary debate and adoption, promulgation • preparation and installation of the electronic system • the law enters into force • the launch of renewingf NCF bodies • the NCF system evolves with new the new bodies

  8. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Csaba.Latorcai@kim.gov.hu www.kim.gov.hu www.civil.info.hu www.nca.hu

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