{"id":3266,"date":"2011-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T15:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heakodanik.ee\/en\/2011\/11\/10\/working-group-to-overhaul-ngo-financing-system__trashed\/"},"modified":"2016-09-27T21:30:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T18:30:44","slug":"working-group-to-overhaul-ngo-financing-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heakodanik.ee\/en\/news\/working-group-to-overhaul-ngo-financing-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Group to Overhaul NGO Financing System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<strong>Public servants and NGO representatives have met to reach consensus on how civil society organizations should be funded.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;Currently the main problem is that ministries and local governments have separate funding practices, which often do not comply and lack transparency,&quot; said Minister of Regional Affairs Siim Kiisler after the working group&#039;s first meeting on November 9.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;Although the state support of grassroots organizations has increased over the years, the [distribution of finances] does not always consider the nation&#039;s priorities,&quot; he added.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tStructured financing, however, would help the public sector and NGOs better understand each other&#039;s expectations, Kiisler said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe main principles of the financing overhaul program were already approved by the Cabinet in 2009. 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