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Mozambican Civil Society Within: Evaluation, Challenges, Opportunities and Action
TABLE 3.1.4: Indicators of the level of organisation
Ref. # Indicators Score
1.4.1 Existence of CSO umbrella bodies
0
1.4.2 Effectiveness of CSO umbrella bodies
2
1.4.3 Self-regulation
1
1.4.4 Support infrastructure
0
1.4.5 International linkages
0
3.1.4.1 Existence of CSO umbrella bodies
Figure 3.1.4, presented previously,shows that no more than 10% of the organizations have
nation-wide coverage or are present in various provinces. The ISCO07 corroborated this result
for umbrella organisations, networks and broad federation coverage. Many respondents felt
that only a small minority (22%) belongs to networks or federations and broad umbrella
organizations.
3.1.4.2 Effectiveness of CSO umbrella bodies
Despite the weak national coverage of organizational networks, INC07 respondents felt that
they play an effective or reasonably effective role in pursuing the goals and targets of CSOs.
Roughly 43% of respondents felt that the role of networks and federations was somewhat
effective compared to 18% who felt they were not very effective.
In meetings with stakeholders and in some secondary sources, the issue of the institutional
potential of networks was discussed. The opinions of the main actors differ.
On the one hand, some analysts feel that certain networks and coalitions have achieved positive
objectives; for example, the case of the Land Campaign, the Debt Group’s mobilisation for debt
forgiveness for Mozambique, or participation in the Poverty Observatory and in the commission
to elect the president of the NEC (Negrão 2003).
Civil Society Index, Mozambique 2007
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