Tracking External Donor Funding.pdf - NDC

Enhancing Democracy
Funding to Enhancing Democracy remained relatively
low until a dramatic increase beginning in 2003 and
peaking in 2005 at 8.9% of total external aid. The
decline in funding between 2006 and 2008, presumably
in response to the elections of Hamas, is nearly as
dramatic as the rise in funding preceding the elections. In
2008, the percentage of funding was only 3.58 %, down
dramatically from the high in 2005. The funding from
INGO and Governmental donors closely follows the
overall trends, but with INGO donor funding fluctuating
much less dramatically. Government donors apportion a
higher percentage of their aid to this sector in general,
but it has fluctuated severely leading up to and since the
2006 elections. Despite the decrease in support following
the electoral victory of Hamas, 83.2% of the funding to
PNGOs engaged in the sector of Enhancing Democracy
still came from external aid in 2006.
Figure 25: External Donor Funding to PNGOs
Working in Economic-Based Development (1999-2008)
20%
18%
16%
14%
12%
10%
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Human Rights
Good Governance
Enhancing Democracy
Women Affairs
Source: MAS, 2009 – Donor Survey
Good Governance
Much like Enhancing Democracy, Good Governance
funding begins relatively low and steady until a dramatic
rise in 2003 to the start of 2006. Unlike Enhancing
Democracy projects though, external Good Governance
funding remains relatively steady after the elections,
fluctuating between 8 and 10% of total aid to PNGOs. So
while the perceived need for Enhancing Democracy was
‘eased’ by the 2006 elections, the need for Good
Governance was not – presumably spurred locally with
the advent of the PRDP.
Like the overall trend, Governmental donor funding to
the sector remains low until rising dramatically from
2003 – 2005. Government funding drops more rapidly,
by half, than over all aid following the 2006 elections,
and then increases more rapidly following the creation of
the Emergency 12 th Government in 2007. The percentage
apportioned the sector then decreases again by half into
2008 to 5.7%. INGO donor funding to the sector
fluctuates in the opposite manner as Governmental
donors – slightly higher in 2006, lower in 2007 and
higher again in 2008.
Much like Enhancing Democracy, Good Governance
PNGOs rely heavily on external aid to cover 83% of
their budgets. The sector does receive less local funding
than democracy, but far more assistance from
Palestinians living in the Diaspora who make up another
15% of their support with individual contributions
(MAS, 2007:80).
Women’s Affairs
Funding to Women’s Affairs appears to have declined
rapidly since its peak in 2001, and only began rising
again steadily from 2003 to 2008 – more reflective of
other long-term development oriented sectors. There was
a slight decrease into 2008.
Governmental donors account for the dramatic decrease
between 2001 and 2002 as they disbursed 14% and 1.2%
of their aid to the sector respectively. INGO donors on
the other hand, continued to support Women’s Affairs
throughout, only decreasing slightly between 2001 and
2002. In terms of percentage of disbursements, INGO
donors apportion more of their funding to the sector.
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