Social Partnership and the Civic Society A training package for Russian NGOs A SUCCESS HISTORY IF LESSON LEARNED?

Social Partnership and Civic Society Presentation: 1. Background 2. Objective, implementation 3. Conclusions or lesson to be learned

Social Partnership and Civic Society Why the project was initiated? There was a lack of cooperation between the governmental sector and the NGO- community with regards to: Legislation Regulations practise

Social Partnership and Civic Society The consequences? NGOs inability to fulfil the function of being a mediator between various population strata and the political decision making (social partner and service provider) Remaining poor in financial and organisational performance Heavily dependent on foreign grants and aid

Social Partnership and Civic Society objective To create a model for NGO-licensing based on a training package which could function as quality mark for recognition of NGOs by governmental sector content -Management -Financial transparency -Marketing -Quality assessment models -Legislation and legal issues

Social Partnership and Civic Society Result: Staff from 32 organisation (NGO and municipal bodies) participated in the courses There is discussion in the local parliament in St Petersburg about participation of NGOs in social tenders

Social Partnership and Civic Society LESSON TO BE LEARNED? Perception and approach of the donor organization The perception of the third sector in Russia in comparison to the third sector donor countries

Social Partnership and Civic Society 1.How, and to what degree, does foreign assistance affect domestic civic development? 2.What does aid “purchase”? Is aid able to ensure organizational survival, encourage a set of goals and activities, or inculcate patterns of cooperation and mutual assistance? Perception and approach of the donor organization Swedish Aid Agency (SIDA)

NGO administration NGO members citizens Governmental authorities Social Partnership and Civic Society Institution building or NGO-capacity building? RussiaDonor countries

Social Partnership and Civic Society Ownership Sustainability Perception and approach of the donor organization

Social Partnership and Civic Society Designing Governance: Western Aid and Civic Development in Contemporary Russia Sarah Henderson, Political Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis Foreign Aid Failures in Russia and the Former Soviet Bloc Janine R. Wedel, Policy Analysis, No 338, March 22, 1999 INSTITUTIONS, INCENTIVES, AND AID SUSTAINABILITY A WORKSHOP STUDY FOR SIDA Research studies: