Enhancing the Effectiveness of Selected African CSOs Including NGOs
Capacity Building, Challenges and Opportunities


Table of Contents

Executive Summary

Introduction

  1. Rationale and purpose
  2. Organization of document
  3. Target audience
  4. Conceptual definition

Chapter

I. CSOs: Their Evolution and Functions

A. The historic context

B. The emergence of new CSO concerns and roles

II. CSOs and Participatory Development: A Review

A. CSOs: Making a difference in development

B. Comparative advantages of the various actors

C. Promoting strong cooperation among key development players.

III. Enhancing CSO Effectiveness: Capacity Building Challenges and Opportunities

A. Capacity: A key factor in CSO effectiveness

B. Capacity development: For whom

C. Capacity development: For what

D. Performance assessment criteria

E. Lessons and challenges

IV. CSO Capacity Building: A Common Agenda

A. What to do: Prerequisites, principles and priorities

B. Processes and instruments for CSO capacity building

C. Conclusions and the way forward

List of annexes

  1. African Charter for Popular Participation in Development  and Transformation (Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania 1990)
  2. Application of the CSO capacity-building programme: An illustrative guide

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