21. The Uribe Government And NGOs The Uribe government and ngos. September 8, 2003. Eighty Colombian nongovernmental September 10 Links to press coverage, Essays and analysis http://www.ciponline.org/colombia/ngos.htm

CIP Home About Us Publications Press Room ... Staff Last Updated: Current News Featured Issues The Uribe government and NGOs September 8, 2003 Eighty Colombian non-governmental organizations release a document, El Embrujo Autoritario ("The Authoritarian Curse") criticizing the performance of President Álvaro Uribe and his thirteen-month-old government. Link the text of El Embrujo Autoritario Uribe calls human rights groups, among other things, "spokesmen for terrorism" and "politickers of terrorism." He challenges them to "take off their masks ... and drop this cowardice of hiding their ideas behind human rights." Uribe's speech distinguishes between serious human rights groups and "politickers," but fails to explain how he makes this distinction. Text of Uribe's speech ( While some of Uribe's advisors and supporters had faced criticism for making similar unsubstantiated and dangerous statements, Uribe himself had avoided using such language during his campaign and during his first year in office. In fact, his government's "Democratic Security" document, released in June 2003, emphasizes the need to "protect opposition political leaders and dissidents, thereby securing the democratic framework and possibilities for citizen participation." A July 2003 Defense Ministry directive instructs members of the security forces "to abstain from making unfounded declarations that could threaten the safety of union leaders or human rights defenders."

22. AWID - Analysis By AWID The government is against the presence of ngos because they want Another challenge is that the NGO salaries are higher than government ones and this http://www.awid.org/go.php?list=analysis&prefix=msg&item=00151

23. Armenia Tree Project -ATP News And Analysis The Armenian government’s plan to build a highway through the Shikahogh nature He added that the analysis was done later by ngos, when legally it should http://www.armeniatree.org/atpnews/news_press_062005.htm

HOME CONTACT FAQ ATP News ARMENIA TREE PROJECT 65 Main Street Watertown, MA 02472 Tel: (617) 926-8733 Email: info@armeniatree.org ISSUE UPDATE June 20, 2005 Public Forum in Armenia Reveals Step in the Right Direction Government Appoints Commission to Study Alternate Route For Strategic Road Overflow audience at the public forum held at American University of Armenia, where NGOs expressed their opposition to a proposed roadway through the Shikahogh Nature Reserve in southern Armenia A coalition of organizations and individuals, including Armenia Tree Project (ATP), Armenian Forests NGO, and World Wildlife Fund, worked together to identify viable alternatives to the proposed route, and ATP founder Carolyn Mugar sent a letter asking the government to put a stop to the plan until public hearings are held. On June 10, Ms. Mugar visited the Shikahogh reserve in southern Armenia with a delegation of ATP staff, journalists, and other environmentalists, to observe the endangered reserve first-hand. On June 17, a public forum was held at American University of Armenia (AUA) in Yerevan, to allow the public and NGOs to have an opportunity to discuss the plan with government officials.

24. About BOND Civil society and ngos BOND specialises in its work with government on the for collaborative EU policy analysis, facilitates a shared analysis of http://www.bond.org.uk/aboutus/

What is BOND? What does BOND do? How is BOND organised? BOND's Equal Opportunities Statement ... BOND is a member of... What is BOND? BOND (British Overseas NGOs for Development) is the United Kingdom's broadest network of voluntary organisations working in international development (often called non-governmental organisations, or NGOs). BOND was founded in June 1993, on the initiative of 61 NGOs, and now has over 290 members . It is officially recognised by the UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID). BOND aims to improve the UK's contribution to international development by promoting the exchange of experience, ideas and information amongst BOND members between networks of NGOs in the UK and internationally, with the UK Government , and between BOND members and other UK bodies with an interest in international development. To support this work, BOND manages training, advocacy and information services top What does BOND do? BOND works to promote the exchange of experience, ideas and information; By acting as a broker for a variety of relationships By collating and distributing information

25. NGOs And Democracy: Building For The New Millennium - Graeme Simpson The institutionally complex relationship between government and NG0s (in which NG0s In particular, this approach and analysis lies at the heart of the http://www.csvr.org.za/articles/artdir97.htm

NGOs and Democracy: Building for the new millennium Graeme Simpson In 1998, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) is entering its tenth year of operation. Throughout the past nine years the organisation has expanded its vision, its areas of operation and its social and philanthropic contribution. The CSVP has developed an excellent reputation both nationally and internationally and has played a key role in building reconciliation, engaging with the root causes of violence in transition and consolidating South Africa's embryonic democracy. As such, tbe CSVR has become one of the key organs of civil society in post-apartheid South Africa. To a great extent, the success of the CSVR - its professionalism, its accountability, its strategic vision, its role in public education, its far reaching policy research, as well as its extensive advocacy work - is directly attributable to the dedicated donor contributions which have sustained the organisation's various functions over the past nine years. During this period, much has changed in the new South Africa - and the CSVR has been unique in its ability to adapt to these changes. Yet much has also stayed the same. In particular, South Africa remains one of the most violent countries in the world and many of the historically marginalised constituencies targeted by the CSVR (particularly women, children and victims of violence) remain fundamentally disadvantaged and disempowered. In this environment of continuity and change, it is our evaluation that there is a clear ongoing role for this unique multi-disciplinary and multi-faceted organisation. Yet there are some vital new challenges to NG0s and organs of civil society - particularly in their relations to government and their role in consolidating democracy - which present themselves as we face the new millennium.

26. Indonesia WWW VL: Government & NGOs government, ngos, and Institutional Sites The portal aims to be a major source of information and analysis on the situation in Indonesia http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/IndonPages/Information.html

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library Alphabetical Category Subtree Asian/Pacific Studies Search Engines Indonesia WWW Virtual Library Government, NGOs, and Institutional Sites Development Issues, Health and Environment Government Political Human Rights, Independence and Legal Issues ... Research and Publications, Scientific forums Development Issues, Health and Environment National Development Information Office "The role of the NDIO is to assist in communicating Indonesia's economic messages through informational and promotional programmes..." WALHI (Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia) Indonesia's Forum for the Environment CIDES - Centre for Information and Development Studies An updated informative site featuring an editorial, interviews, and archives from the Islamic think-tank associated with ICMI (Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals' Association) . Indonesia: Environment and Develoment, a Country Study "This World Bank Country Study examines the environmental issues facing Indonesia, including sustainable natural resource use and urban and industrial pollution, and their implications for the successful achievement of development goals." Indonesian Development Studies Network Syracuse University, USA.

27. CICE - 1(1) Steiner-Khamsi A microlevel analysis helps us to explain why individuals in ngos rely on ngos but, at the same time, establish alliances with national government http://www.tc.columbia.edu/cice/articles/gsk111.htm

About the Authors How to Cite this Article View/Print Article from PDF Format Volume 1, Number 1 / November 15, 1998 Are NGOs Overrated? Too Far From Home? 'Modulitis' and NGOs Role in Transferring Prepackaged Reform Gita Steiner-Khamsi Teachers College, Columbia University In "Too Close For Comfort? The Impact of Official Aid on Nongovernmental Organizations," Michael Edwards and David Hulme (1996) poignantly elaborate on the pitfalls of a success story. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and grassroots organizations (GROs) start constituting themselves in the 1970s. They struggle through a period of scarce resources, political exclusion, and skepticism from state bureaucrats. They survive. Then, their destiny takes a sudden turn in the 1980s. Whatever NGOs and GROs stood and struggled for over the last two decades-efficiency, cost-effectiveness, closer-to-the-people-is high in demand. They gain momentum. The "New Policy Agenda" (Edwards & Hulme, 1996) awards them further prominence and paves the way for increased government funding. They increase in number and size. Today, BRAC in Bangladesh, for example, has more than 10,000 staff, covers 15,000 villages, and plans to serve three million people and children in over 100,000 schools (Edwards & Hulme, 1996). The success story is based on a trend to use NGOs increasingly as channels for bilateral aid or "official aid." They become institutionalized, mainstreamed, and dependent on external funding. In Bangladesh, for example, there was a fivefold increase of external funding within five years (Hashemi, 1996). In 1988-89, only 162 NGOs were internationally funded, whereas in 1991-92 the number of NGOs in Bangladesh receiving external funds rose to 986. The impact of NGOs' upward accountability to external donors deserves attention. NGO activities have become skewed toward donor-driven agendas for development rather than indigenous priorities.

28. Global Finland Nongovernment organisations (ngos) are a varied group from large Finnish and The evaluation report includes an analysis of gaps in information about http://global.finland.fi/julkaisut/hae_evaluointi.php?id=52

29. Digital Dividend : Publications & Analysis : Other Lessons from the Field ICTs in NGO Capacity Building consolidated national networks throughout the developing world that enable the government, ngos, http://www.digitaldividend.org/pubs/pubs_06_overview_ngos.htm

Lessons from the Field: ICTs in NGO Capacity Building When the World Summit on the Information Society Connectivity A connection to the Internet allows NGOs to access and disseminate information, and to communicate and collaborate with one another, making a significant difference in the ability of these NGOs to carry out their activities. Several initiatives work to provide this connection, both locally and internationally. A project by Ecuanex , for example, seeks to enhance the organizational initiatives of indigenous grassroots organizations, together with NGOs and other regional organizations, by establishing a telecenter for the rainforest population of the Ecuadorian Amazon. In India, the Foundation of Occupational Development is establishing electronic networks in remote areas that will enable community-based organizations (CBOs), NGOs, and development organizations working in remote, rural, and tribal areas to network with like-minded organizations, both within the region and with national and international NGOs and partner organizations abroad.

30. REC: New Regional Environmental Centers: Government Needs: Background government Needs analysis. 3.1 Background. Supporting ngos is a priority goal of RECBudapest. This support, however, would be ineffective without http://www.rec.org/REC/Publications/NREC/govneeds1.html

Government Needs Analysis 3.1 Background Supporting NGOs is a priority goal of REC-Budapest. This support, however, would be ineffective without constructive and cooperative relationships with national governments in CEE. We assume that REC-Budapest represents a good model of how to facilitate a participatory approach in environmental decision-making and to stimulate a bottom-up approach in environmental initiatives. These considerations are taken as key assumptions in assessing the needs of central governments and regional and local authorities. The needs of governmental agencies that have jurisdictional responsibility for formulating and executing environmental policy at different levels are by and large similar in all countries of the CIS. However, the balance of power between different levels and branches of government can vary. One must differentiate clearly between the needs of environmental authorities as they represent the public interest, and the institutional needs of governmental bodies as they represent the political and administrative interests of the institutions themselves. In summarizing the needs, this analytical report discusses several types of needs. First, it details a country's priority needs. Second, it reviews the needs a NREC could address effectively. For example, while a country may have a critical need to undertake a costly environmental remediation project or build a waste water treatment facility, a NREC would not undertake such expensive projects. This report pays particular attention to government needs entailing public participation and government-NGO relations. Finally, the needs that the countries have in common are discussed. These shared needs prove important for this report since the probability exists that other countries in the CIS face similar needs. The reader should bear this in mind when reading the country discussions.

31. REC: New Regional Environmental Centers: Government Needs: Central Governments A government Needs analysis. 3.2 Needs of Central governments and Local The government believes ngos could play an important role in this project. http://www.rec.org/REC/Publications/NREC/govneeds2.html

Government Needs Analysis 3.2 Needs of Central Governments and Local Authorities and Views of a NREC 3.2.1 Overview It became clear that the universally expressed governmental view that a NREC could organize the NGO community to cooperate with government and implement projects is not feasible. That should not be the role of an independent NREC. A NREC could assume a role as a facilitator to bring the different groups together, but that is a fundamentally different task than acting as an informal organizing agent for the governments. Also, a NREC could not take on governmental responsibilities in dealing with the public. The idea that a NREC may have to make payments to government officials is a non-starter. A NREC would not be a consulting firm. Several of the governments express interest in education and training programs. Preparing and implementing curriculums for kindergarten through the university level far exceeds the capability of any NREC. Seminars, workshops and training seminars pose more realistic options and even they would prove expensive. Common areas for training needs include: environmental impact assessment

32. WomenWatch - New Zealand Report: National Achievements In Implementing The Beiji To assist the discussion the ngos prepared a summary of the Beijing Platform how to carry out gender analysis has been distributed widely to government http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/country/national/nzealand.htm

************************************************************* The material posted here was provided to the Division for the Advancement of Women by the Government in response to a note verbale. It has been made available in electronic format from the form received. ************************************************************* New Zealand Report: National Achievements In Implementing The Beijing Declaration and Platform For Action (February 1997) Translation of Beijing Platform for Action into National Language(s) Although English is the language used nationally, New Zealand has two official languages - English and Maori. The Platform has not been translated into Maori. Adaptation of Beijing Platform for Action into information kits, simplified versions etc (a) Ministry of Women's Affairs Prior to the Beijing Conference the Ministry of Women's Affairs distributed draft copies of the Platform widely for discussion amongst NGOs. Copies were also supplied to other government departments. After the Conference, the agreed Platform was supplied to all key women's organisations. In December 1995 the Ministry published an issue of its newsletter, Panui, which described the achievements of the Beijing conference. Ten thousand copies were distributed. A copy is attached.

33. WomenWatch government staff with knowledge and skills to carry out gender analysis. In 1997, ngos and the government jointly established a pilot center for http://www.un.org/womenwatch/forums/beijing5/natmach/cswrep.htm

i View the Discussion i About the Discussion i Working Group Summaries i Background Documents i CEDAW-in-action - UNIFEM i Gender and Law - World Bank i World Bank Development Forum i Non-Governmental Organizations Mid-term Report of the Online Working Group on National Machineries for Gender Equality "Examples" and "Lessons Learned" Voices from Activists, Researchers and Government Officials Prepared for the 43rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women 1-19 March 1999 Contents I. A Virtual Community: What is going on? II. Three Weeks of Online Discussion -a Summary: A. New Strategies to Mainstream Gender in all Government Policies B. Cooperation with NGOs - Some Examples II. Make YOUR Voices Heard: Issues for Future Discussion I. A Virtual Community: What is going on? This is a unique opportunity for the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) to gain from the experience of NGO activists, researchers and government officials. On 8 February 1999, Women Watch launched the Online Working Group on National Machineries for Gender Equality, as part of a series of online dialogues . Approx. 350 individuals from all parts of the world are exchanging experiences via e-mail and learning from each other. The number of participants is steadily growing. People from all regions are making their voices heard. The goal of this working group is to compile "best practices" and "good examples" for strengthening national machineries for gender equality. This summary is being provided as input to the 43rd session of the CSW. Further information on the goals and structure of the working group is attached.

34. Oxfam - Gender Equality - Gender Budgets: What's In It For NGOs? Gender budget work focuses on the impact of government budgets on women and ngos can also incorporate gender budget analysis and advocacy as a tool in http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/issues/gender/gad/gender_budgets.htm

choose_stylesheet("/stylesheets/css_whatwedo") Other sites Oxfam International Generation Why Big Noise Music Control Arms Cool Planet for teachers Make Trade Fair Oxfam Publishing Oxfam Unwrapped UK Poverty Programme what we do Emergencies Where we work Issues we work on Trade ... Fair Trade Gender budgets: Debbie Budlender, co-ordinator of the South African Women's Budget Initiative Originally published in Gender and Development , Vol 10 No3 Over the last seven years, there has been increasing interest in gender budget work worldwide. Over 50 countries have had gender budget initiatives of one sort or another. There are, however, big differences between the initiatives in different countries. In particular, in some cases the initiatives have been located inside government; in other cases in Parliament; and in yet others within civil society. This article discusses what gender budgets entail, and why non-governmental organisations (NGOs) might be interested in engaging in them. What is gender budget work?

35. US Dept Of State - U.S. Government To Fund NGOs Providing Assistance To Afghanis US government To Fund ngos Providing Assistance To Afghanistan B. analysis Provide a synthesis of assessments or other descriptive and analytical http://usinfo.state.gov/sa/Archive/2004/Jan/29-167641.html

Advanced Search/Archive You Are In: USINFO Regions South Asia Rebuilding Afghanistan ... Partnership for Afghan Recovery U.S. Government To Fund NGOs Providing Assistance To Afghanistan NGO project guidelines listed in PRM fact sheet The State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) will begin reviewing proposals from non-government organizations (NGOs) to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, according to a PRM fact sheet released February 11. PRM's funding for NGOs in Afghanistan will focus on reintegration assistance for Afghan returnees; emergency relief for Afghan refugees who arrived within the last 2 years; and assistance to old-caseload refugees, according to the fact sheet. The PRM guidelines, intended to help NGOs prepare proposals, are listed in "FY2003 PRM Guidelines for NGO Projects: Emergency Relief for Afghan Refugees and Returnees." Although PRM relies on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other international organizations to provide humanitarian assistance to refugees and returnees, it also provides direct funding to a number of NGO programs "to fill critical gaps," said the fact sheet. "The U.S. Government," said the fact sheet, "has consistently been the leading donor of humanitarian assistance to Afghans and provided over $530 million in fiscal year 2002 alone." PRM, which has the lead role within the State Department for responding to humanitarian emergencies, "contributed over $145 million for programs benefiting Afghan refugees, returnees, internally displace persons (IDPs), and conflict victims," the fact sheet added.

36. A Study Of NGOs Health Development In India:Executive Summary In the partnership framework, the government envisages ngos as one of the several The sample survey analysis revealed that ngos and Trusts that were http://w3.whosea.org/en/Section1257/Section1259_5062.htm

Home About WHO in SEAR SEAR Countries Health Topics ... Sustainable Health Policy NGOs A Study of NGOs in Partnership for Health Development in India Executive Summary 1.0 The Study The WHO-India Office supported the present study of NGOs in Partnership for Health Development in India as part of its mission of bringing together various stakeholders, including government, NGOs and other Civil Society groups. The purpose of this study was to examine the current role and activities of health NGOs in collaboration with public and private sectors as well as with international agencies in order to determine the scope and potential for broader partnership processes in future. This study relies mainly on three tools review of literature on the subject, quantitative and qualitative responses sought through a survey of a small sample of 110 NGOs drawn from 360, and, the pressing concerns of 50 national and international NGOs who actively participated in the three regional brainstorming workshops held in three parts of India 1.1 The Chief Partnership Concerns

37. Non Government Organisations (NGOs) - Accreditation 3.1 Gender analysis. All NGO projects must accord with the principles and able to access Australian government funding for family planning activities. http://www.ausaid.gov.au/ngos/display.cfm?sectionref=3403855171

38. Non Government Organisations (NGOs) - Accreditation 3.1 Gender analysis. All NGO projects must be in accord with the principles What other related activities, if any, are being conducted by government, http://www.ausaid.gov.au/ngos/display.cfm?sectionref=4429454482

39. Participation And (PRSP) Poverty Reduction Strategy Formulation The government is pushing forward with a ‘home grown action plan’, and Civil society is Oxfam identifies a need for more analysis within PRSPs by ngos. http://www.worldbank.org/participation/ngo10apr.htm

(PRSP) Poverty Reduction Strategy Formulation Who We Are Key Concepts Key Documents NGO PRSP MEETING 10 APRIL 2000 Present: Tony Burdon OXFAM, Henry Northover CAFOD, Rachel Marcus Save the Children, Jessica Woodroff World Development Movement, Paul Spray DFID, Barbara Hendrie DFID, Susan Pieri DFID The purpose of the meeting was to exchange information on how the PRS process is advancing, and what efforts we are each making to support the process. DFID Expectations paper has been informally distributed and is expected to be updated quarterly. It gives DFID’s central PRS group’s views on how the PRS process ought to proceed. Concerns from OXFAM and the World Development Movement on need for more detailed analysis within the macro/structural areas of the paper. Barbara Hendrie and Paul Spray presented some of DFID’s experience to date. They mentioned the upcoming DFID studies on macro policy (David Bevan) and on civil society input to government policy making (Tim Sheehy, Steve Godfrey, Liz Muggeridge). PRS Country Examples from NGOs Zambia (CAFOD) It appears that the WB have been open toward Zambia’s interim PRSP and are to use it as a template, while the IMF are more sceptical. The Government is pushing forward with a ‘home grown action plan’, and Civil society is coming together and attempting to constitute themselves. There is a problem with government capacity. The number of government staff has been substantially decreased and professionalism has been reduced. Government officials from the Ministry of Finance do not have the time to think resourcefully and are predominantly thinking of debt relief rather than how to advance the PRS process. The lack of government capacity seems to be a problem across the board.

40. SARPN - HIV/AIDS bilateral aid to government departments and direct funding to ngos from UNAIDS/OECD. analysis of Aid in Support of HIV/AIDS Control. July 2004. http://www.sarpn.org.za/documents/d0001241/index.php

Home Contact SARPN Site map Site search ... Document search Regional themes > HIV/AIDS Last update: 2005-09-21 An exploratory analysis of HIV and AIDS donor funding in South Africa Budget Brief No. 155 Nhlanhla Ndlovu Contact: nhlanhla@idasact.org.za IDASA SARPN acknowledges permission from IDASA's Budget Information Service to post this report. IDASA website: www.idasa.org.za Download complete version - 260Kb ~ 1 min (16 pages) Share with a friend Executive summary Funding of HIV and AIDS interventions has been increasing over the years, both in the public sector and in donor assistance. Donor funding for HIV and AIDS in South Africa is channelled through bilateral aid to government departments and direct funding to NGOs from international aid agencies. However, funding to NGOs is particularly difficult to track because there is no centralised reporting mechanism in place for all international aid to the NGO sector. To monitor donor financial commitments for HIV and AIDS in South Africa, the national Department of Health (DOH), through funding from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Theme Group on HIV and AIDS (UNTG), has developed a database referred to as a ‘Donor Matrix’. The Donor Matrix is aimed at monitoring donor funding for health services by listing donor funds in a form of commitments, disbursements, objectives, activities and implementing bodies. However it is difficult to compare donor efforts against government initiatives since donor information is based on financial commitments, not actual allocations or disbursements, and is often reported over multiple years.

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