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The year 2018 has been very difficult for most Civil Society Organizations in the country and beyond. Donor funding has been shrinking hence organisations have been operating on shoestring budgets, amid an increase in the demand for social economic, and human rights services by the general populace. NANGO was not spared from this challenge, as Zimbabwe is going through a myriad of socio-economic and political challenges with very few opportunities for an average man and woman on the streets. The much-awaited hope that was brought in by the adoption of the new constitution in 2013 which was regarded as progressive in terms of promotion and protection of human rights is fast fading due to continued abuse of human rights and non-adherence to the constitution.
The 2018 elections ushered in a new government administration that committed to providing good governance based on the rule of law, opening up democratic spaces, fighting against corruption and impunity, and effective economic recovery measures, tenets that are at the heart of all Zimbabweans. However, the lived experiences in just one year portray a completely different picture. Instead, the opposite has been true.
Members continued facing both regulation and registration challenges, posed by the selective application of the law, especially at district levels by local authorities. Reports throughout the year indicate that establishing MoUs with a local authority, particularly by CBOs has not eased in the last year as well. With local authorities tightening requirements, thus frustrating the smooth implementation of programs and projects on the ground.
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Best Practices Paper on Combating the Abuse of NonProfit Organisations was first written in 2002 at a time when the FATF had just introduced standards to address specific terrorist financing (TF) vulnerabilities and threats in the wake of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. Since then, the threat environment has evolved, government experience implementing Recommendation 8 has advanced, and the non-profit organisation (NPO) sector and self-regulatory mechanisms have also continued to evolve. A limited update of the best practices paper was conducted in 2013 with specific input from the NPO sector to reflect the revised FATF Recommendations and the need to protect the legitimate activities of NPOs. The FATF published a typologies report on the Risk of Terrorist Abuse in Non-Profit Organisations (the typologies report) in June 2014, and the best practices paper has now been further revised to reflect some of the findings of that report along with additional input and examples of good practice from governments and the private sector.
The FATF recognises the vital importance of the NPO community in providing charitable services around the world, as well as the difficulty of providing assistance to those in need, often in remote regions, and applauds the efforts of the NPO community to meet such needs. One of the main objectives of this best practices paper is to facilitate NPO efforts and protect the integrity of the NPO sector by providing examples of additional ways that governments and the NPO sector can work towards protecting the global NPO sector from terrorist abuse. These good practices are not mandatory elements of the FATF Standards1, and are included as examples only.
The FATF is committed to maintaining a close and constructive dialogue with the private sector, including the NPO sector, as important partners in ensuring the integrity of the financial system.
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2018-Annual-Report.pdf