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Major legal developments affecting CSOs in 2017

2018. March. 31

March 2018
The year 2017 brought significant changes to CSOs in Hungary again regarding the regulation of their operation and registration. The package of laws adopted in late 2016 aims at the acceleration and simplification of the procedures relating to CSOs and substantively overwrote the rules of the Civil Code.

Frequently Asked Questions

2017. March. 31

March 2017
What is the deadline applicable to CSO to amend their founding deed in light of the entry into force of the new Civil Code?
The new Civil Code established an obligation for associations and foundations to review and respectively amend their founding deeds by 15 March 2016 and later by 15 March 2017.

Read more on this in Hungarian
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Founding deeds and operation of foundations

2016. February. 28

February 2016
Short information on laws amended due to the entry into force of the new Civil Code
The founding deeds of associations and foundations have to be aligned with the provisions of the new Civil Code.

Association by-laws and operation

2016. February. 28

Training materials for the support of CSOs

2014. March. 31

March 2014
NOSZA Association strives to strengthen the advocacy potential of CSOs besides analyzing and developing the legal environmental applicable to CSOs.

Old and new challenges of being a CSO

2014. March. 31

March 2014
NOSZA Association held a training session for CSOs with the title “Old and new challenges of being a CSO” within its program supporting the non-profit sector.

Civil society organizations – social organizations – civic company: new notions introduced by the new Civil Act

2014. February. 28

February 2014
The Civil Act introduced the word civil society organizations instead of social organizations.

Starting a project to support the Hungarian non-profit sector

2013. October. 31

October 2013
NOSZA Association has been active for years in analyzing the developing the legal environmental of the civil sector.

From henceforth NOSZA Association is a proud member of the Freedom of Information Advocates Network (FOIAnet)

2009. August. 19

The Freedom of Information Advocates Network is an international information-sharing network of organizations and individuals working to promote the right of access to information. Members of FOIAnet are civil society organizations with active programmes to promote the right to know. FOIAnet also runs a discussion list for news and debate on the right of access to information; there are currently over 400 people on this list, including CSO representatives and lawyers, academics, information commissioners and others with a specialised interest in the right to information.