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10:00 Welcome
Gerhard TIMM, Board Member DZI
Martina ZIEGERER, President ICFO
Moderation: Burkhard WILKE, Executive Director DZI

Part 1: Changing Spaces for Charities: External and Internal Challenges and Possibilities

10:15 A Changing Space for Civil Society – Scientific Perspectives Impulse Statements
prepared by Members of the Tocqueville Forum, Berlin
1. Charities and Democracy, Rupert, Graf STRACHWITZ Maecenata Stiftung
2. Internal Changes, Mareike ALSCHER, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
3. Changes Through the Logic of Civil Society and Citizin, Susanne RATKA, Community Research Project

11:15 Questions and Answers concerning the Introductory Statements

11.30 Shrinking Spaces for NGOs? Practical Experiences and Political Statements
Christine MEISSLER, VENRO / Brot für die Welt, Berlin

11.50 Charities, Monitoring, Regulation in India
Harish VASHISTHA, Credibility Alliance, New Delhi

12:15 Lunchtime

13:15 The New Charity Law in China Transparency and Accountability
Youping Liu, China Charity Alliance, Beijing

13:40 The Chinese NPO Sector Challenges and Potentials
Kristin SHI-KUPFER, MERICS – Mercator Institute for China Studies, Berlin

14:00 Panel Discussion „Changing Spaces“
Christine MEISSLER
Rupert Graf STRACHWITZ
Harish VASHISTHA
Kristin SHI-KUPFER

14:30 Coffee Break

Part 2: OECD /FATF Policy against Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing – The Impact on Charities and Monitoring Agencies

15:00 FATF Recommendations and NPO Results of Recent Peer Reviews and Outlook on Evaluating the German Sector
Hanna SURMATZ European Foundation Centre (EFC), Brussels
(Relevant information can be found here: www.fatfplatform.org)

15:20 Preventing Terrorist Financing AND Supporting Humanitarian Aid
Bodo von BORRIES, VENRO, Berlin

15:40 Panel „Charities and Terrorist Financing“
Hanna SURMATZ
Bodo von BORRIES

16:00 Collaboration between Charities as a Potential to develop Spaces for Charities
Art H. TAYLOR, BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Washington D.C.

16:20 Wrap-up and Closing Remarks
Martina ZIEGERER, President ICFO

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