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Mozambican Civil Society Within: Evaluation, Challenges, Opportunities and Action
TABLE 3.4.1: Indicators for evaluating influence on public policies
Ref. # Indicators Score
4.1.1 Impact on Human Rights policy 1.0
4.1.2 Impact on Social Policies 2.0
4.1.3 CS impact on National Budget process 0.5
The civil society influence over the main public policies has been a source of growing concern,
at least in some CSOs and among some independent analysts. But the INOSC07 shows that
dynamism and the perception of the successful effectiveness of CSOs depend on the arenas
of action.
3.4.1.1 Civil Society Impact on influencing Human Rights arena
Most of the respondents interviewed for the INOSC07 feel that civil society has been moderately
successful in the field of human rights (41%), or not very active (26%). About 23% think that
there is a lot of active influence and only 10% consider it to be inactive.
As regards civil society’s influence in the human rights field, the chart shows that 38% think
there has been little success, 34% feel it has been satisfactory, 16% high and 12% no impact.
Figure 3.4.2: Perception of CS Activism and Success in Influencing the
Human Rights Arena, Mozambique 2007
50
40.8%
50
40
40
37.8%
34.4%
Percent
30
26.2%
23.2%
30
20
10
9.3%
20
10
12.2%
15.6%
0
Not active
at all
Active to a
limited extent
Quite
active
Very
active
0
No impact
at all
Limited
impact
Moderate
Significant
Civil Society Index, Mozambique 2007
87