NGO Forum

PR Newswire published an article titled, “Report Reveals How NGOs Around the World Use Online Technology and Social Media.” The article reads in part as follows;

“Public Interest Registry, the not-for-profit operator of the .org, .ngo and .ong domains and Nonprofit Tech for Good today revealed the results of the “2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report.” The second annual report uncovers how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) worldwide use web, email and mobile communications, online fundraising tools, and social media.

World Economic Forum published an article titled, “#WEF2017: Davos place for NGOs.” The article reads in part as follows;

“Davos – The Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland is a platform for leaders in politics and business to debate and chart the way forward on global matters, but it also offers a crucial window for the NGO sector to interact and get buy-in for their initiatives.

The Geneva-based International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) is one of a number of organisations that can be found in Davos-Klosters during the week of the WEF, and the forum plays a key role in the portrayal of its core messaging and obtaining support for various programmes.

Bloomberg posted an article online titled, “Hungary Plans to Crack Down on All Soros-Funded NGOs.” The article reads in part as follows;

“Hungary plans to crack down on non-governmental organizations linked to billionaire George Soros now that Donald Trump will occupy the White House, according to the deputy head of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s party.

The European Union member will use ‘all the tools at its disposal’ to ‘sweep out’ NGOs funded by the Hungarian-born financier, which ‘serve global capitalists and back political correctness over national governments’, Szilard Nemeth, a vice president of the ruling Fidesz party, told reporters on Tuesday. No one answered the phone at the Open Society Institute in Budapest when Bloomberg News called outside business hours.

The Indian Express published an article titled, “Since 2014, 20,000 NGOs lost FCRA licence.” The article reads in part as follows;

“Nearly 20,000 NGOs lost their FCRA licence since May 2014, when the BJP-led NDA government came to power at the Centre, Home Minister Rajnath Singh was informed on Tuesday. Of these 20,000 NGOs, FCRA licences of over 9,500 NGOs were cancelled in 2015 and the rest did not apply for renewal after their licence lapsed in November this year.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) received nearly 3,000 applications from NGOs for fresh Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licences this year, Singh was told during a review meeting, officials said.

Al Jazeera posted an article titled, “New Chinese law tightens control over NGOs.” The article reads in part as follows;

“A new law has come into force in China, tightening control over foreign not-for-profit organisations operating inside the country.

The law, which was announced last April, provides what the government says are long overdue reforms to regulate the activities of the thousands of NGOs operating in China.

The new regulation bans political or religious activities at odds with the Chinese government. It also states that NGOs must not undermine or damage China’s national interests.