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3. High level of mushrooming of CBOs. CBOs are progressively growing in quantity<br />
and streng<strong>the</strong>ning <strong>the</strong>ir constituencies. Although CBO’s leaders and most active<br />
people largely acknowledge <strong>the</strong>ir lack of organisational capacity, it has to be said<br />
that a high level of awareness of <strong>the</strong> needs and an important effort to build capacity<br />
and to improve <strong>the</strong> quality of internal process is being made by different CBOs and<br />
Umbrella organisations is being made, supported by local and national NGOs<br />
(regional chapters) and by Apex Organisations;<br />
4. The ra<strong>the</strong>r recent change of Institutional Characteristics (Dire Dawa has been<br />
established as a Chartered Town in 2004). This important change has produced <strong>the</strong><br />
need for a Local Planning Process for development and poverty reduction. This<br />
process has benefited of <strong>the</strong> contribution of NSA and is currently being streng<strong>the</strong>ned<br />
during <strong>the</strong> new planning process launched in December 2007 (see below).<br />
5. The local government has shown a relative openness to Civil Society participation<br />
and largely recognises <strong>the</strong> contribution of NSA to fill <strong>the</strong> gaps in service delivery,<br />
aid during <strong>the</strong> aftermaths of <strong>the</strong> 2005 flood, and <strong>the</strong> potential for a partnership with<br />
both Civil Society and <strong>the</strong> Private Sector;<br />
6. As found also in o<strong>the</strong>r situations an outstanding trend is <strong>the</strong> gradual transformation<br />
of Iddirs from <strong>the</strong> traditional burial-related role to Social Welfare or Self-Help<br />
CBOs. This situation is starting to qualify <strong>the</strong>se organisations as potential<br />
development partners. The Local Development Agency, a City Administration Body<br />
is often using CBOs as partners for Local development Activities such as microinfrastructure,<br />
water and sanitation schemes construction, and local infrastructure<br />
construction;<br />
12. Profile and distribution of NSA at <strong>Regional</strong> Level.<br />
a. Profile of NSA.<br />
The table below shows <strong>the</strong> profile of NSA typologies in Dire Dawa City. As can be seen, NSAs<br />
representing nearly all of <strong>the</strong> typologies set are found in <strong>the</strong> DD. The NSA mix in <strong>the</strong> region is<br />
not very different from <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r regions.<br />
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