C 2019

Czech Republic

NAVRÁTIL, Jiří and Jakub PEJCAL

Basic information

Original name

Czech Republic

Name in Czech

Česká republika

Authors

NAVRÁTIL, Jiří (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Jakub PEJCAL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Vienna, Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe: Monitoring 2019, p. 60-69, 10 pp. ERSTE Stiftung Studies, 2019

Publisher

ERSTE Foundation

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

Austria

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14560/19:00110515

Organization unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

ISBN

978-3-902673-14-5

Keywords (in Czech)

občanská společnost; neziskový sektor; občanská angažovanost; Česká republika

Keywords in English

civil society; non-profit sector; civic engagement; Czech Republic

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 3/7/2020 14:58, Ing. Jakub Pejcal, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

In 2018, the Czech civil society went through political turmoil when the new government announced the implementation of a new economic policy for the nonprofit sector. More particularly, the volume of financial transfers of public funds to CSOs has become an issue of public dispute and raised the concern of CSOs, which was also widely echoed by the media. The nonprofit organizations criticized also uncertainties in the allocation of public funds and persisting administrative burdens, most notably related to the taxation policy. Despite their efforts to diversify their financial resources and despite the latest government measures, CSOs remain economically dependent on public budgets. This leads to policy efforts to exert more control over and to centralize these financial flows. On the other hand, there are endeavours by part of the public administration to alleviate the administrative burden and to open access for CSOs to EU funds. The participants of the Civil Society Survey perceived all other types of resources as less accessible to civil society actors. Despite this, they assessed the stability of funding higher in recent years. The reaction to the local governments and the EU is viewed in a more optimistic way. In general, CSOs see themselves as freely operating actors, although with little impact on their social and political environment. Still, the outlook of CSOs is rather gloomy, as they fear a lack of financial resources and mounting political pressures in the future.

Links

MUNI/A/0961/2018, interní kód MU
Name: Zdraví nestátních neziskových organizací (Acronym: ZdrNNO)
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A