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Mozambican Civil Society Within: Evaluation, Challenges, Opportunities and Action
Structure of the Document
The document has four main sections:
Section I “The CSI Research Project: Approach and Methodology”, provides an overview of the
background to the CSI, the conceptual framework and the research methodology.
Section II “Civil Society in Mozambique” describes the historical background and the current
state of Mozambican civil society, highlighting perceptions of the civil society concept, both
current perception among Mozambicans and the operational definition suggested by CIVICUS.
Section III, “Analysis of Mozambican Civil Society” is divided into four sections, each
corresponding to a dimension of the CSI Diamond: Structure, Environment, Values and Impact.
This chapter contains most of the secondary and primary research results covering the 80
indicators that make up the CSI.
Section IV “Strengths and Weaknesses of Mozambican Civil Society” summarizes the
conclusions, ideas and arguments arising from the analysis, in particular those of the NAG that
throughout the process validated the final CSI scores of the CSI indicators. These were
subsequently analyzed and discussed in a national workshop from 4 to 6 December 2007,
after which the technical team made some final corrections.
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Civil Society Index, Mozambique 2007