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Mozambican Civil Society Within: Evaluation, Challenges, Opportunities and Action
civil society events. But a substantial percentage (43%) said they had some participation in
international events.
Nevertheless, other sources indicate the existence of some networks and coalitions, such as
for example: LINK (a coalition of non-governmental organizations), the Christian Council, UNAC
(the cooperative union), the Debt Group (also a coalition as a form of group pressure on the
Government to reduce its external debt), the extinct Land Campaign, the Poverty Observatory
(a forum for civil society elements who want to monitor implementation of PARPA II), among
other groups such as the Children’s Network, MONASO etc.
The national coverage of some of these networks is unknown but the NAG found that many are
concentrated in urban areas. In other words, in practice inter-regional cooperation in the sense
of broad involvement of local and district CSOs is relatively weak.
3.1.6 Resources
This sub-dimension analyzes the level of resources that civil society can count on in practice.
The average classification is 0.7, meaning low installed resource capacity. Table 3.1.6 lists the
points and their respective indicators.
TABELA 3.1.6: Indicators of the resources of civil society
Ref. # Indicators Score
1.6.1 Financial Resources 0.5
1.6.2 Human Resources 0.5
1.6.3 Technological and Infrastructural Resources 1
3.1.6.1 Financial resources
Surprisingly, about 50% of respondents felt that the financial resources of CSO were adequate,
while the remaining 50% thought they were inadequate. This obviously involves a value judgement
on the meaning of inadequate or adequate.
For this reason, it is better to try and clarify this important issue by using more factual and
objective data. For example, the CINSFLU2006 gathered data that enabled it to prepare a
statement of revenue and expenditure for non-profit institutions that provided an objective idea
of their resource situation.
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