CCRDA is undertaking prior arrangements to carry out a rapid assessment on the NGO environment after the enactment of the new Charities and Societies Proclamation No. 621/2009.

Ato Abreham Kumela, Acting Ethics and Membership Affairs Officer with MDN-CT, told CCRDA newsletter that the assessment is aimed at identifying and analyzing the impacts of the Proclamation on the businesses of Charities.

Currently, the necessary feedback gathering tools including questionnaires are being developed to be distributed among members, according to Ato Abreham.

He further noted that during the drafting process and after the enactment of the Proclamation, CCRDA had been organizing a series of consultative meetings with a view to understanding the implications of the Proclamation on members and the CCRDA as an Association.

The consultative meetings discussed the results of the rapid assessment conducted by CCRDA to gauge members’ response on the implications of the Law on their organizational identities and operations as well as on their plan to cope with the prevailing situation.

Based on the inputs obtained from the consultative discussions, CCRDA has developed a guideline with the objective of proposing possible coping mechanisms for its members, the officer said.


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