The work of non-profit organizations will be improved by law

Today, the first meeting of the Working Group on Improving Legislation on legal regulation of the activities of non-profit Organizations was held under the chairmanship of Vice-Minister of Information and Public Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bolat Tlepov.

The Working Group included heads of public organizations, representatives of international NGOs, experts, scientists, lawyers, including Banu Nurgazieva, Yevgeny Zhovtis, Gulmira Kuzhukeeva, Gulnar Kurbanbayeva, Marat Shibutov, Aigul Solovyova and others.

As part of the implementation of the Decree of the Head of State "On further measures of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of human rights" and in order to improve the effectiveness of interaction with NGOs, the Working Group will develop the concept of the draft law "On non-profit organizations".

It is assumed that the new draft law will combine the provisions of the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On non-profit organizations" and"On Public Associations".

During the discussion, the participants noted the need to improve the conceptual apparatus of the organizational and legal forms of non-profit organizations (NPOs); improve and simplify the procedures for registering NPOs; tax preferences for NPOs, improve the norms of the Tax Code on reporting on foreign financing.