Stated objectives To gauge the strength and continued viability of the region’s NGO sectors Methodology The index analyses seven dimensions of the NGO sector: legal environment; organizational capacity; financial viability; advocacy; public image; service provision; and NGO infrastructure. Data collection NGO practitioners and experts implement based on desk and field research. Reporting format Qualitative report with quantitative ratings Stakeholders involved NGO staff Strengths
Weaknesses
• implementation is led by local NGOs, although • no formal participatory process for method programme is led by a donor design • shows trends over time • full method is not publicly available • allows for comparison among countries • method does not give explicit attention to poverty • some limited consideration of gender
Contact details www.usaid.gov/locations/europe_eurasia/dem_gov/ngoindex/ The Ties that Bind: Social Capital in Bosnia-Herzegovina (National Human Development Report UNDP Bosnia-Herzegovina Year developed implemented in 2009
Applicability civil society sector in BosniaHerzegovina
Category of assessment civil society sector
Dimensions engagement environment
Stated objectives To provide a much greater understanding of the ties that bind members of society together in Bosnia-Herzegovina – informal familial and local neighbourhood relations as well as formal associations, clubs and organizations Methodology Twenty-seven questions for public opinion survey on social capital, plus focus groups Data collection UNDP conducted survey and focus groups with CSOs. Reporting format Qualitative report format with some quantitative figures Stakeholders involved CSO staff
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