GG Forum 2020 — SPEAKERS
Program Director
European Center for Not-for-Profit Law Stichting (ECNL)
Eszter Hartay is a Program Director at the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) with 14 years of experience in creating an enabling legal environment for civil society. She has worked in at least 16 countries across the EU, Western Balkans, Eastern Partnership and MENA regions, Central Asia and Latin America, leading and supporting efforts in the areas of CSO framework legislation, CSO-government cooperation, participation in policy-making, financial sustainability, climate justice and anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing, among others. She is leading ECNL’s work on identifying emerging models for public participation and empowering CSOs and members of society to actively participate in policy processes both at the EU and national levels. She has been supporting the team of the CSO Meter program that systematically monitors the CSO environment in the Eastern Partnership region. She has been supporting efforts to strengthen financial sustainability in Georgia and contributed to the development of the Assessment on this topic. She graduated at the Hungarian Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Law and passed the Bar Exam in Hungary. Before joining ECNL Eszter gained 5 years of professional experience as a corporate lawyer and ran her own law office.