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Saturday 21 January 2017 | 02:53 am

Ihab Kasib

After the House of Representatives approved the law regulating private work, the conversation returned to frequency again about the return of a number of international donor organizations during the coming period. However, Dr. Walaa Jad al-Karim, head of the Partners for Transparency Foundation, denied this, stressing that the international donor organizations did not change their position. From working in Egypt, due to differences between it and the Egyptian government against the background of not adopting a law to organize civil work in Egypt that is in line with international charters and standards, which is the matter that the Egyptian government had committed to before the International Council for Human Rights during its review of its file before the comprehensive periodic review mechanism , To which countries are subject every 4 years.
Gad Al-Karim added that the German Friedrich Naumann and Kanraw Dinauer foundations did not return to work in Egypt after they closed their offices in Cairo, pointing out that the latter is mainly accused in the famous foreign funding case, and its former president in Cairo was issued a judgment in absentia, adding that this led To a restriction of international donor organizations, pointing out that there are a number of foreign organizations in Egypt, other than those that have problems related to reconciling the situation or are accused in the famous foreign funding case, stressing that most of the existing organizations have completely shrunk their activities and reduced the amount of funding, and the activities Its own has declined sharply in recent years.
In the same context, informed sources revealed that the issue of international donor organizations, especially German, will be on the agenda of the upcoming meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi during their meeting in Cairo.
The sources confirmed that freezing the NGO law and placing it in the "Parliament Freezer" after obtaining the approval of Parliament members on it is due to statements about the necessity of developing a law that conforms to international standards and the needs of workers in this field, pointing out that this indicates the possibility of introducing many amendments to The draft law, in order to contribute to the opening of the public domain, and to set standards and rules that facilitate and facilitate the work of local human rights and service organizations and their cooperation with international organizations, in a framework that does not threaten the security, stability and safety of society, and ensures that civil society plays the role assigned to it, and enhances its ability to contribute to building alongside Various state agencies and institutions.