Civil Society in Zambia: Limits to Growth
There has been an explosive growth in organisations registering as Societies since the creation of the Third Republic in 1991. Many of these are formed by ex-civil servants whose positions have been eliminated in the scaling down of state responsibilities. There is considerable anxiety among long-established CSOs that these new organisations are not value-driven-a fundamental characteristic of civil society organisations - but are merely opportunist attempts to access whatever funding is available in a time of hardship and scarce resources. Many civil practitioners in Zambia worry that the opportunists may be setting the tone for the whole sector -possibly prejudicing the work and the reputation of other CSOs, and limiting their ability to engage in collaborative activities with the government and the business sector.' by: Richard Holloway Pact Zambia P.O. Box 32796, Lusaka, Zambia fax +260 1 254858 e-mail: rjvhpact@zamnet.zm http://www.agricta.org/Spore/spore79
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1999
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/48300 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99636 |
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| Summary: | There has been an explosive growth in organisations registering as Societies since the creation of the Third Republic in 1991. Many of these are formed by ex-civil servants whose positions have been eliminated in the scaling down of state responsibilities. There is considerable anxiety among long-established CSOs that these new organisations are not value-driven-a fundamental characteristic of civil society organisations - but are merely opportunist attempts to access whatever funding is available in a time of hardship and scarce resources. Many civil practitioners in Zambia worry that the opportunists may be setting the tone for the whole sector -possibly prejudicing the work and the reputation of other CSOs, and limiting their ability to engage in collaborative activities with the government and the business sector.'
by: Richard Holloway
Pact Zambia
P.O. Box 32796, Lusaka, Zambia
fax +260 1 254858
e-mail: rjvhpact@zamnet.zm
http://www.agricta.org/Spore/spore79 |
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