Legal support

Local Community Development Foundation provides legal support to civil society organizations that face legal problems that hinder their work and actions, as well as realization of a certain activity by which they achieve their goals.

The legal areas that is subject to the counseling and are relevant for the CSOs are:

• Revision and improvement of internal acts of the organization (Statute, regulations, rules of procedure, policies and procedures);
• The procedure of registration of associations and foundations and reporting statuary changes;
• The obligations as an employer and safety and health at workplace;
• Taxation;
• Accounting and annual financial statements;
• Intellectual property rights (copyrights);
• Personal data protection;
• The risks of the CSOs as organizers of events;
• Contractual obligations with vendors and rights as a consumers of goods and services;
• Free access to public information;
• Referendum and other forms of direct participation of citizens in decision-making processes;
• Legal mechanisms of influencing legislation and policy making;