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Women’s Affairs received 54.9% of their funding from
external donors in 2006. They also record a higher
percentage of self-financing (32.5%) than most other
sectors (MAS, 2007:80).
3.6.4.4 External Funding to Education-Based PNGOs
Scientific Education
Throughout the period studied, donor funding to
Scientific Education remained relatively small in scale
and consistent – between 2 and 4% of total external aid
to PNGOs. This small number reflects the fact that
external aid flows to this sector primarily through public
bodies, such as the Ministry of Education and Higher
Education (MoEHE), or semi-public bodies, such as Bir
Zeit University.
INGO donors apportioned a slightly higher percentage of
their funds to this sector than Governmental donors, the
most significant year in terms of differences being 2007,
where INGO donors apportioned 6.79% of their funding
to PNGOs in this sector versus 0.27% from
Governmental sources. According to MAS’s 2007
mapping of PNGOs, organizations working in this sector
received 45% of their funding from international aid,
with the remainder split between self-financing, local aid
and aid from the Diaspora (MAS, 2007:80).
Figure 26: External Donor Funding to PNGOs
Working in Education-Based Development (1999-2008)
10%
9%
8%
7%
6%
5%
4%
3%
2%
1%
0%
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Liberal Arts Education
Scientific Education
Religious Activities
Research
Source: MAS, 2009 – Donor Survey
Research
External funding for PNGOs engaged in Research
remained steady between 2 and 3%. Governmental
donors apportioned a higher percentage in the early
years, but the pattern was reversed in 2006 and 2007
with INGO donors contributing more. In 2008,
Governmental donors contributed significantly more than
their INGO counterparts (5.13% and 1.64%
respectively). In 2006, PNGO research institutes
received 71.8% of their funding from external donors
(MAS, 2007:80).
Liberal Arts Education
Aid to PNGOs working in the Liberal Arts sector began
to rise in 2001 with the onset of the Intifada and the
corresponding increase in funding toward peace building.
There is a slight decline between 2002 and 2003, after
which funding stabilized around 8% of total external aid
to PNGOs before beginning to recover again between
2006 and 2008 to nearly 8%.
INGO and Governmental donors followed similar trends,
with the latter apportioning a higher percentage of aid.
According to MAS’s PNGO mapping (2007), this sector
received 60.1% of its funding from international aid. The
Liberal Arts sector also received by far the highest
percentage of of their funding from ‘Palestinians within
the Green Line’ or ‘1948’ers.’(24.3%).
Religious Activities
External funding to PNGOs engaged in religious
activities is not captured well in this survey. We do know
from previous studies that religious PNGOs receive
nearly 90% of their funding from abroad, one would
have to assume from regional sources – which are also
the least represented in our study.
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