NGOs to be listed in registry as of 2019

As of next year NGOs will be listed in their own registry, set to be created under the NGO Registry Act passed with 144 MP votes in Parliament on Tuesday. According to Interior Minister Denisa Saková (Smer-SD), the legislation will introduce order and transparency into the NGO sector. The registry is supposed to serve as a "unified and data-consistent source of information on civil associations, labour organisations, employer organisations, organisations with an international element, non-profit organisations that provide public services, foundations and non-investment funds". Sponsored by the Interior Ministry, the bill was drafted in response to the fact that there is currently no legal requirement to record data on statutory bodies and members of the statutory bodies of these organisations. "Neither public administration bodies nor third parties have relevant information about the organisational units of civil associations at their disposal at the moment," said the ministry.