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� Opportunities for learning on aspects of organizational development; including governance,
constituency strengthening, resource mobilization; accountability are not available for the
majority of NSAs,
Facilities
� Some NSA having their office facilities made available by the City Administration- Iddirs,
Women Association and Youth Association, Youth and Anti-Aids Clubs
� Most of the local organisations are operating from rented facilities
� Some NSA do not have their own office and are hosted in shared facilities with commercial
activities or other CSOs.
21. Capacity Building Needs
The overall capacity is highly limited by the resource gap, so most of the organisations highlight
that to build their capacity they need to be reinforced in terms of materials, financial and technical
resources.
The low level of resource mobilisation from the members and the communities is a constraint,
due to the fact that these constituencies belong to the most disadvantaged layers of the population,
but the issue can be considered also in terms of capacity for income generation (marketable
services, sponsorships, capacity for generating credible project proposal for funding by the
international partners).
The second issue is the lack of skilled manpower for service delivery and technical issues.
The third issue is related to Organisational Development, organisational management and
leadership and also on administration.
The merging process which has involved some CBOs has generated a positive attitude towards
the creation of bigger scale organisations and capacity for networking and resource-sharing is
another important field where capacity has to be built or strengthened.
A very important gap is found in Project Cycle Management because the Organisations complain
about their capacity to access the funding by International Partners due to their low level of
project design, implementation, monitoring and administration.
5. Regional Report Oromia
1. General remarks on NSA at territorial level
1.1. Background about Oromia NRS
Oromia National Regional State (ONRS) is the largest of all the nine regions in terms of both
population and geographic area. The total area of the regions about 30 percent of the entire
country and its total population is estimated to be over 30 million. Geographically, ONRS is
located at the centre of the country engulfing the nation’s capital, Addis Ababa at its heart and
stretches further to the West, East and also extends to the most Southern part of the country where
it shares border with Kenya.
In terms of its agro-ecology, the ONRS combines highland, med-altitude and lowland ecological
zones. The major proportion of the region falls into the first two zones which have enormous
agricultural potential and conductive weather condition suitable for farming and livestock
husbandry. Most of the region’s population also lives in these areas because of the natural
condition and a relatively more developed infrastructure like road network and commercialization
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