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KK. Over the last year, how frequently has your organization participated in the following? At least monthly: National government/ministry/national council meeting 26% National public forum or hearing 14% Legislative hearing 26% Local council (aimag, soum, or bag) 20% Other 4% LL. How effective were these activities in influencing public policy? At least somewhat effective: National government, ministry, or council meeting 30% National public forum or hearing 40% Legislative hearing 50% Local council 26% Other 2% MM. In your organization’s particular field, please indicate the extent to which you feel you have an adequate opportunity to present your views to the government Sufficient opportunity 27% Quite a lot of opportunity 29% Some opportunity 32% No opportunity 5% Don’t know 2% No response 4% VI. INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESPONDENT NN. Your position in the organization: Director 67% Staff member 16% Volunteer 1% Board member 3% Other 10% No response 3% OO. Your gender: Male 49% Female 49% No response 2% PP. Your age: 21-30 12% 31-40 24% 41-50 41% 51-60 15% >60 7% No response 2% 109
Annex 7. Opinion Poll on Government Relations with Mongolian Civil Society The purpose of the opinion poll was to gauge popular views on the relationship between the Government of Mongolia and Mongolian civil society. The study was conducted in May 2005 by Sant Maral, a Mongolian NGO with extensive experience in opinion polling. 114 There were slightly more than 600 randomly selected respondents to the poll; half of them reside in Ulaanbaatar, while the rest reside in three other randomly selected aimags. One of the aimags is Uvorkhangai, where we conducted interviews to confirm our findings from the capital and strengthen the case studies. 115 In evaluating Mongolia’s political economy, the two most important issues identified by respondents were economic issues, although they generally considered the economy to be better than the political situation in Mongolia today (Questions A-C). After unemployment (53 percent) and poverty (38 percent), the third most important issue cited was corruption (24 percent), which nearly all respondents consider to be a serious political obstacle (Question G). One of the most significant findings from the poll was that the overwhelming majority of respondents (92 percent) indicated that they knew little to nothing about civil society organizations (Question Q1). This may explain why the level of confidence in CSOs was extremely low (29 percent), especially when contrasted with the prime minister (60 percent) and the president (69 percent), though not nearly as low as either the judiciary (24 percent), or political parties (14 percent), with which the ordinary citizens presumably have greater familiarity (Question I). The respondents’ assessment of the role and influence of CSOs should be considered in this light. A. What is your opinion of the current economic situation in Mongolia? Very good .3% Good 7% Mixed 54% Bad 33% Very bad 5% Don’t know 1% B. What is your opinion of the current political situation in Mongolia? Very good .2% Good 8% Mixed 39% Bad 42% Very bad 7% Don’t know 4% 114 Recent Politobarometer polls conducted by Sant Maral are available at the Open Society Forum Web site www.sorros.org.mn. 115 Although several NGOs in Uvorkhangai responded to our questionnaire, the overwhelming majority of respondents to the CSO survey are based in Ulaanbaatar (see annex 6).
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Table of Contents Acronyms ........
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Boxes: Box 2.1.1 Proposed Changes t
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Preface This study on “The Enabli
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of civic engagement, namely, the ab
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Part I. Introduction 1.1 DEFINITION
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as resources. 13 The quantitative c
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parliamentary elections demonstrate
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As figure 2.1.2 clearly illustrates
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The Constitution also guarantees th
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preferences of funders. This has le
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Recommendations: 1) The Ministry of
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and operations, or demand elections
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conferences and workshops, to more
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Capacity Building Program,” indep
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Efforts to transform the state broa
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Figure 3.3.1 Frequency of CSO Reque
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Box 3.3.1 Women for Social Progress
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Other ways for CSOs to generate alt
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development initiatives become more
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Box 3.4.1 The Community Scorecard:
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Page 130 and 131: CSO NAME Gandan Monastery Gandantse
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Page 136 and 137: CSO NAME Ongi River Movement (ORM)
Page 138 and 139: CSO NAME Press Institute Red Cross
Page 140 and 141: CSO NAME Women For Social Progress,
Page 142 and 143: AFFILIATION State Great Khural (Par
Page 144 and 145: AFFILIATION Mineral Resource and Pe
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Page 162 and 163: UNDP. 2001. A Strategy for Poverty
Page 164: Zorig Foundation. 2004. “Monitori
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