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;