Over View of Civil Society in Pakistan

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Over View of Civil Society in Pakistan
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Civil Society in Pakistan

• political parties,
• Nongovernmental organizations,
• Trade unions,
• Professional associations,
• Philanthropies,
• Academia,
• Independent and quasi-independent pressure
  groups,
• Think tanks,
• and traditional, informal
• formations such as faith-based organizations,
  shrines, seminaries, neighborhood associations,
• burial societies, jirgas and savings groups.

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Typology

• NGOs (Non-Governmental Organization) Private,
  non-profit citizen organizations, pressure groups
  and support centers. Also referred to as the
  citizen sector.
• Community Based Organizations (CBOs)
  Membership-based, grassroots organizations - a
  subset of NGOs.
• Trade Unions Organized associations of the
  workers in an industry or profession working for
  the protection and furtherance of their rights
  and interests.
• CSOs (Civil Society Organizations) CSO is used
  as an umbrella term to refer to NGOs, CBOs, think
  tanks, trade unions, cultural groups and informal
  citizen organizations

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Structure of Civil society in Pakistan

• According to Aga khan Development network
• There are 10,000 to 12,000 Registered NGO in
  Pakistan.
• If unregistered are considered then the number
  reaches 60,000.
• 59 in Punjab, then in Sindh, then in K-P, Then
  Baluchistan.
• Registered under five different laws.
• The Societies Act (1860), Companies Ordinance
  (1984), the Trust Act (1882), the Charitable
  Endowments Act (1890), the Co-operative Act
  (1925) and the Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies
  (Registration and Control) Ordinance (1961).

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Thematic focus

• Education (including basic, Primary, adult and
  informal) represents 56 percent of the total,
• Health and womens development accounting for 39
  percent.
• Other areas of focus include early childhood
  development (15.2 percent), sports promotion and
  recreation (12.3 percent) and community
  development (12 percent). Intermediary NGOs and
  support organizations are also most actively
  engaged in education (69 percent) and womens
  issues (56 percent).

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Sources of Funding

• International Donations
• CIDA, SDC, USAID, DFID, UN, Embassies of
  Australia, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the
  Netherlands
• International NGOs
• Oxfam, Save the Children, Asia Foundation,
  British Council, Christen Social Services, Action
  Aid etc.
• Internal Fund Generation
• In 1998 Pakistanis gave an estimated Rs.41
  billion in cash and kind, and another estimated
  Rs.29 million in time. As much as 65 percent of
  all monetary giving went to individuals,
  two-thirds of which was zakat

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Membership Base

• one-third had fewer than 50 individual members,
• 17 percent had 50-99 members,
• 20 percent had 100-149 members,
• 5 percent of the total had more than 450 members.

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Umbrella Bodies

• Pakistan NGO Forum PNF
• Advocacy Development Network,
• Co-ordination Council for Child Welfare,
• Women in Development (WID) networks,
• Rural Support Network (RSPN),
• Pakistan Reproductive Health Network (PRHN),
• Pakistan Education Network (PEN),
• Pakistan Microfinance Network
• Environmental NGOs Network.