A recently published analysis by BCSDN member CNVOS offers a detailed, fact-based rebuttal to government proposals to abolish the national Fund for the Development of NGOs, following a minister’s statement that 1% income-tax donations could replace it. The analysis demonstrates that the fund — which has distributed EUR 69 million to 558 organizations and leveraged EUR79 million in EU funds since 2018 — is structurally irreplaceable by market-based donation mechanisms: the Ljubljana Fire Fighters’ Association collected just EUR21,305 in 1% donations in 2024, compared to EUR100,000 from the fund. The case is instructive for CSOs across the region facing arguments that market mechanisms can substitute structural public support for civil society. Read more here.
Source: CNVOS