Area: Finance
Competent authority: MF
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 1154
Initiative accepted and completed: '2021-08-02'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2021-07-16'
Initiative published: '2021-07-16'
Initiative submitted: '2021-07-15'
Response from the competent authority: "Answer from the Ministry of Public Administration:According\
  \ to the NGO Act, an NGO is granted the status of a non-governmental organisation\
  \ in the public interest in a specific field if its activities in that field go\
  \ beyond the interests of its founders or its members and if they are of general\
  \ benefit. The decision to grant the status of a non-governmental organisation in\
  \ the public interest in a specific field shall be taken by the Ministry responsible\
  \ for that field. We would like to clarify that these are very diverse fields, which\
  \ are the responsibility of individual ministries, and it is therefore essential\
  \ that the granting of the status be decided by the ministry which is familiar with\
  \ the field and which plans and implements the development policies in that field.\
  \ With regard to NGOs that are intersectoral and interdisciplinary, we would like\
  \ to clarify that if an NGO is active in the public interest in several fields that\
  \ fall under the competence of several ministries, the granting of the status is\
  \ decided by the ministry responsible for the field in which the NGO is predominantly\
  \ active, after the prior consent of the ministries responsible for the remaining\
  \ fields. As regards the condition of two years of prior activity, we would like\
  \ to clarify that this is a special status at national level, and that it is therefore\
  \ necessary to demonstrate significant achievements and generally useful activity,\
  \ which must go beyond the interests of the founders or members. The two-year period\
  \ is the minimum period within which the required conditions can be verified.Reply\
  \ from the Ministry of Finance:NGOs in the public interest that meet the conditions\
  \ set out in Article 142 of the Income Tax Act are included in the list of beneficiaries\
  \ of donations for a given year in accordance with the procedure set out in the\
  \ Regulation on the Allocation of a Portion of the Income Tax to Donations (the\
  \ \"Regulation\"). The Income Tax Act and the Regulation do not lay down the conditions\
  \ for the use of the donations so collected and the controls in this respect. The\
  \ list of beneficiaries of donations for each year, which is established by the\
  \ Government of the Republic of Slovenia, is prepared by the Ministry of Finance,\
  \ but is subject to information on NGOs with the relevant status, which it obtains\
  \ from the Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia (FURS) or the Agency\
  \ of the Republic of Slovenia for Public Legal Records and Services (AJPES).The\
  \ conditions for obtaining the status of a non-governmental organisation in the\
  \ public interest, the rights and obligations of these NGOs and the register of\
  \ organisations with the status of NGO in the public interest, including supervision,\
  \ are regulated by the Act on NGOs, which falls within the competence of the Ministry\
  \ of Public Administration.\r\n "
Text file: 1154.txt
Title: Simplifying access to the status of public interest NGO
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=1154
