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4.2 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (CONTINUED)<br />
FINDINGS<br />
2.3 Although access<br />
to resources is<br />
critical <strong>for</strong> the<br />
success of social<br />
accountability<br />
<strong>in</strong>itiatives, CSO<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial resources<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> limited and<br />
precarious due to the<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
- GoM offers few<br />
tenders<br />
- Public officials<br />
create CSOs to<br />
capture donor<br />
fund<strong>in</strong>g<br />
- Donor fund<strong>in</strong>g is<br />
short term and<br />
limited to project<br />
costs<br />
- Limited<br />
philanthropic<br />
donations<br />
- CSOs’ lack of<br />
fiscal autonomy<br />
leads to distortion of<br />
mission<br />
2.4 The Structural<br />
limits to CSO<br />
capacity <strong>for</strong> social<br />
accountability as a<br />
result of:<br />
- Concentration of<br />
CSOs <strong>in</strong> UB<br />
- Lack of CSO<br />
umbrellas<br />
- De facto nongovernmental<br />
<strong>in</strong>dividuals<br />
RECOMMENDATIONS<br />
Policy, Legal, & Institutional Re<strong>for</strong>m and Capacity Build<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Regulatory CSOs Public Officials Other: Media, Donors<br />
Re<strong>for</strong>m<br />
* With technical * Despite their * The GoM * Donors should consider<br />
support from the limited resources, should expand f<strong>in</strong>ancial commitments that<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternational CSOs should avoid the number and are long term; <strong>in</strong>clude<br />
community, “mission creep,” amount of <strong>in</strong>stitutional and<br />
public officials which detracts from tenders adm<strong>in</strong>istrative costs; and<br />
and CSOs should their <strong>in</strong>itial mission available to consider the orig<strong>in</strong>s,<br />
consult to re<strong>for</strong>m and can potentially CSOs and other purpose, and susta<strong>in</strong>ability<br />
the tax code underm<strong>in</strong>e their private of the CSOs that they fund.<br />
affect<strong>in</strong>g CSOs, reputation and that enterprises,<br />
particularly the of civil society <strong>in</strong> based on a<br />
absence of tax general. Instead, competitive<br />
breaks <strong>for</strong> their energies would system that<br />
philanthropic be better spent on would <strong>in</strong>crease<br />
donations. lobby<strong>in</strong>g <strong>for</strong> greater the capacity and<br />
access to GoM efficiency of its<br />
tenders and more service delivery.<br />
competitive donor<br />
fund<strong>in</strong>g , and<br />
develop greater<br />
<strong>in</strong>dependent<br />
resources.<br />
Creation and<br />
development of<br />
CBOs and CSO<br />
branches outside of<br />
UB and promote<br />
those CSO umbrella<br />
organizations that<br />
could be more<br />
effective at social<br />
accountability.<br />
Donors should provide<br />
technical and f<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
support to expand current<br />
CSO ef<strong>for</strong>ts at<br />
<strong>in</strong>stitutionalization, while<br />
target<strong>in</strong>g programs that<br />
assist <strong>in</strong> the development of<br />
CBOs, CSOs outside UB<br />
and umbrella organizations<br />
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