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27 July 2016

Framework for effective use of the law by voluntary sector organisations (1st edition)

Lisa Vanhala
A framework of typologies for the use of the law and for types of voluntary sector organisation using the law.
Strengthening Civil Society

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A revised Framework in a second edition of this report (2024) is available here.

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