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Launched in 2005 by the International Center or Civil Society Law (ICCSL), the Asia-Pacific Centre for Civil Society Law (APCCSL) seeks to protect human freedoms, by improving the laws that affect the freedoms of belief, expression, association, assembly, information, and participation throughout Asia Pacific Region. APCCSL pursues its mission through three separate but inter-related programs: Research and publications; technical assistance; and education and professional development.
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Prof. Lester Salamon of the Center on Civil Society of Johns Hopkins University joined Prof. Karla Simon of the Columbus School of Law of the Catholic University of America and Dr. Leon Irish, President of ICCSL, in a visit to China in early June. The principal purpose was to have a seminar at the World Bank's Beijing office to discuss the draft report "Outsourcing Social Services to CSOs: Lessons from Abroad," which was prepared for the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Prof. Karla Simon participated in the "International Symposium on Legal Issues for NPOs" held in Beijing, China.
The seminar was sponsored by GTZ, the German international development agency, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MoCA).
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For more information on news items, click on APCCSL News. August 2010 China ICCSL posts new Update on Civil Society, Charity and Giving in China on its website July 2010 China China Foundation Center Launched The Wall Street Journal’s Realtime China Blog reported that some of China’s most recognized philanthropic leaders have gathered in Beijing for the launch of the China Foundation Center, a new organization that aims to help increase the transparency of Chinese charitable groups, which have sometimes struggled with public suspicion of mismanagement and even corruption. Vietnam New Association Regulations Effective July 1, 2010 The revised Decree 45 (2010) on the Organization, Activities, and Management of Associations, was promulgated on April 21, 2010, and took effect on July 1, 2010. The new Decree governs the registration, operations, and activities of associations at national, provincial, municipal, and sub-provincial levels. June 2010 China New Regulations Analyzed Prof. Karla Simon has published a short, non-academic paper on the recent developments (SAFE regulations on foreign grants and Yunnan regulations on INGOs) regarding CSOs in China, which is now available on the ICCSL website .India New Revisions to Direct Tax Code Proposed Under the latest proposal from the Finance Ministry, a Revised Discussion Paper suggests the following changes affecting charities and NPOs will be made in the Direct Tax Code (DTC). Vietnam New Article Provides Interesting Comparisons with China Mark Sidel has published an interesting article on the development of the laws and regulations affecting civil society organizations in Vietnam, a country that ICCSL has been following for several years. May 2010 China NGO "Clamp-down" story on NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126821399 This story from NPR’s Morning Edition on May 14, 2010 (by Anthony Kuhn) is the best analysis we have read or heard about the "clamp-down" on NGOs. It quotes extensively from Deng Guosheng, who heads the NGO Center at Tsinghua. April 2010 China Report on Support for Charities in China Released by MCA China received more than 33 billion yuan ($ 4.83 billion U.S.) in donations in 2009, according to a government charity report released April 8, 2010. The report, jointly released by the Department of Social Welfare and Promotion of Charities under the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) and the China Charity and Donation Information Center, said donations included more than 22.7 billion yuan in funds and goods worth more than 10.5 billion yuan. Tibet Yushu Earthquake-Related Developments Times Online reports that the leading Tibetan intellectual, a writer, publisher and philosopher long seen as close to China’s ruling Communist Party, has been arrested after organizing private donations for this month’s earthquake in Yushu. Tra Gyal, better known by his penname of Zhogs Dung, was detained in Xining, capital of the western province of Qinghai, where the April 14, 2010 tremor killed more than 2,000 people, Tibetan sources said. March 2010 China New Regulation of Foreign Donations Now Effective The Notice (No. 63 [2009]) of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on "Issues concerning the Administration of Foreign Exchange Donated to or by Domestic Institutions" became effective March 1, 2010. Although the regulation states that it was promulgated "to improve the administration of donated foreign exchange and facilitate the donated foreign exchange receipts and payments," many CSOs and academic leaders are concerned about the tenor of the regulation, according to the South China Morning Post. September 2009 China Study on Outsourcing Released on World Bank Website The World Bank has released the study conducted by ICCSL entitled "Outsourcing Social Services to CSOs: Lessons from Abroad." It is available here. The study involved a collaboration between Dr. Irish and Prof. Simon of ICCSL and Dr. Lester Salamon of Johns Hopkins University. The report was completed in June, 2009. January 2009 China
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