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Luben Panov
Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit
Law
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Registered NGOs – more than 35 000
Submitting reports to the statistics – 10 695
Organizations in the Central Registry - 9900
NGOs registered in www.ngobg.info – 5500
Active NGOs?
People working in NGOs – 20 360
Volunteers – 72 527
Areas of activity > 4 %
Other, 25%
Education, 12%
Economic
development, 4%
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Social services
11%
CHART
Philanthropy and
volunteerism, 4%
Culture and Arts,
11%
International and
European policies
and research, 5%
Youth issues,
policies and
research, 8%
Children, 4%
Legislation,
advocacy,
policies, 5%
Human rights, 5%
Environment, 6%
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Donations from corporations – 7,5 mln. EUR
(26 % of all declared donations)
Donations from individuals – 0,5 mln. EUR
(36%)
State subsidies – over 5 mln. EUR without
competition
Social contracting – almost 9 mln. EUR for
social service provision (20 % of all statesupported services)
Civil Society Sustainability Index
 3.4 – worst in the last 10 years
 Decrease in 6 out of 7 areas
 4.6 – financial viability (12th place)
 4.4 – organizational capacity (23rd place)
 World Giving Index - 145th place
 13 % giving money
 5 % giving time
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The Strategy for Support to the Development of
NGOs – adopted on 5 September 2012:
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Creation of a Civil Society Development Council;
3 priorities – working partnership; financial
sustainability and active citizens.
Vision for a new funding mechanism - still no
money from the state budget
Planning for the next EU cycle
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People do not trust NGOs
NGOs can hardly influence decision-making
NGOs face serious financial problems
Follow the mission or follow the money?
People moving to the administration or the
business
Contacts:
[email protected]
www.ngobg.info
www.bcnl.org