The existing domestic legislation and policies on the financing of CSOs reflecting all the international and regional standards
Domestic legislation and policies on the financing of CSOs need improvement, including with regards to fragmented regulation and lack of long-term sustainable financing schemes for CSOs that are not project-based or short-term.
According to the European Commission’s Rule of Report 2023 concerning Slovakia, stakeholders continue to raise concerns over fragmented regulation and a lack of systemic funding of civil society by the state, creating obstacles for CSOs to access financing. Strategy of Civil Society Development in Slovakia for 2022–2030 underlines that up to 80 % of CSOs identified the lack of finance as an obstacle to the achievement of their objectives. CSOs report that project financing, as the predominant form of funding, does not allow to achieve financial stability and entails a high administrative burden.