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Table 1. ANRS NSA typologies and size<br />

NSA Typologies<br />

35. NGOs = 90<br />

International NGOs = 34 AAE, SC/UK, FHI, MfM<br />

National NGOs = 41 PADET, ANPPCAN, EDA, AMA<br />

<strong>Regional</strong> NGOs = 15 ORDA, GRRDA,<br />

36. <strong>Regional</strong> Development Associations = 1 Amhara Development Association<br />

37. FBOs (national and international) = 14 WVE, EMWBCDO, EOC/DICAC, EMDA<br />

38. Reg. apex/Networking Organisations =<br />

39. Advocacy and Human rights Organizations =<br />

40. Economic and business interest groups<br />

Cooperatives = 2,609<br />

Chamber of Commerce and Sector Asso. = 1 Bahir Dar CC and Sector Associations<br />

41. Trade and labour union - 1 CETU <strong>Regional</strong> Branch<br />

42. Professional Associations = 1 <strong>Regional</strong> Teachers Association<br />

Age, gender, health-status and o<strong>the</strong>r occupation Amhara Youth & Women Association<br />

43.<br />

related Associations<br />

<strong>Regional</strong>ly registered Youth Association =<br />

� Region-wide basic Youth Asso.<br />

� Region-wide Youth Clubs<br />

Reg. registered Associations of/for Women = 2<br />

Reg. registered Elderly and Disability Asso. =<br />

Registered Asso. of PLWHA = 1<br />

44. Free Press;<br />

45. Community based organisations<br />

The regional NSA mix profile includes organizations that have hierarchical and region-wide<br />

structures. For example, <strong>the</strong> ADA, AWA, AYA and Amhara Teachers Associations claim to have<br />

subscribing members and coordinating structures at all administrative levels (i.e., Zone, Woreda<br />

and Kebele). Never<strong>the</strong>less, because of <strong>the</strong> growing emergence of similar but localized<br />

associations, <strong>the</strong> region-wide Associations are increasingly pressurized to co-exist and cooperate<br />

with o<strong>the</strong>rs. (This will be fur<strong>the</strong>r discussed in subsequent sections).<br />

Table 2. Number of CSOs Registered at Zonal Level (Partial)<br />

Zones Number<br />

Waghemra 15<br />

South Gonder 59<br />

Semen Wolo 64<br />

Bahir Dar (at <strong>the</strong> Bureau of Justice) 68<br />

Oromia Zone 30<br />

Awi Zone 76<br />

312<br />

Source <strong>Regional</strong> Bureau of Justice<br />

The information from <strong>the</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> Cooperative Promotion Agency illustrate that <strong>the</strong> 10,000<br />

cooperatives bring toge<strong>the</strong>r a total of about 6.4 million people as members.<br />

As for <strong>the</strong> cooperatives it can be said that in <strong>the</strong> rural areas of <strong>the</strong> region Cooperatives have<br />

became <strong>the</strong> major institutions to which most of <strong>the</strong> households relate and interact.<br />

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