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Mapping Civil Society

Organizations

in Lebanon

Outline • Introduction and Methodology • CSOs Typology and Definition • CSOs Profile in Lebanon • CSOs Capacity Development Needs • CSOs Engagement in Policy Development • Perception of International Agencies • Recommendations

Introduction and Methodology • A comprehensive mapping with a database of 1200 CSOs.

• A focus on capacity development needs and policy dialogue.

• The Context:

– The political order – A rise in security incidents – The Syrian refugee crisis – The socio-economic conditions – A good association law

Introduction and Methodology

Heading here

Comprehensive Desk research

Quantitative

Online survey sent to 991

CSOs

261 Complete answers

Qualitative

13 Focus Groups with 91

participants

12 In-depth interviews

CSOs Profile in Lebanon

Geographic Distribution

10%

17%

6%

6%

8%

53%

South Lebanon

North Lebanon

Beirut

Beqaa

Mount Lebanon

All Over lebanon

CBO 38%

National CSO 62%

Distribution by Scope


Distribution by Type of Beneficiaries Distribution by Function

40.30%

33.50%

19.00%

25.00% 30.60%

39.50%

12.90% 7.30% 8.10% 6.90%

18.10% 22.20%

5.20%

23.80%

6.50%

8.50%

31%

3.60%

3.60%

41.10%

59.30%

18.10%

Representation

Lobbbying and Advocacy

Monitoring andObservation

Protecting MarginalziedGroups

Building capacity

Raising Awareness

Service provision


Distribution by Number of Staff Distribution by Budget Size

0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

40.00%

0 1 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 20 20 to 50 Morethan 50

Full-time Staff Part-time Staff

17.50%

27.40%

29.10%

11.20%

8.50% 6.30% Less than US$10,000

between US$10,000 andUS$50,000

between US$50,000 andUS$250,000

between US$250,000and US$500,000

between US$500,000and US$1 million

more than US$1 million


Distribution by Sector

12.90%

2.40%

0.40% 1.20%

2.00%

6.50% 6.50% 5.60% 5.20%

4.40%

5.60%

0.00% 0.40% 1.20% 1.20%

8.90%

3.20%

4.40%

1.60%

5.20%

3.60%

•77.4% have less than 10

employees and 72.1% have

less than 50 volunteers and

75% have a yearly budget less

than 250000$

•54% of CSOs have financial

systems and 54.4% have an

annual budget

•48.73% have their activities

totally compliant with their

mission statement only

•CSOs reported that capacity

building programs are often

redundant, not based on their

needs

CSOs Capacity Development Needs

34.10%

53.30%

30.80%

44.90%

14.50%

20.60%

19.60%

51.90%

43.50%

4.70%

55.90%

70.60%

44.10%

64.70%

35.30%

23.50%

23.50%

70.60%

50.00%

0.00%

Monitoring and evaluation system

Financial and accounting system

Human resources policy

Organizational structure and job…

Governance policy

Communication policy

Fundraising policy

Annual budget

Annual work plan

None

Large CSOs Small CSOs

Existing Institutional Systems and Policies

CSOs Capacity Development Needs

Internal Challenges as Cited by CSOs

External Challenges as Cited by CSOs

41.20%

52.90%

11.80%

17.60%

Human resources

Financial resources

Sector expertise andskills

Internal Governance

23.40%

18.70%

22.00%

29.90%

28.00%

26.50%

14.70%

29.40%

38.20%

32.40%

Unfavorable legalframeworks

Access to media

Access to funding

The political system

Security threats

Large CSOs Small CSOs

•8.5% work on policy

development

•49.7% have lobbied for policy

change

•54% did not participate in any

dialogue with national or local

authorities

•54.7% are members of

National, regional or

international networks

CSOs Engagement in Policy Development

Relationship with Stakeholders

5.00%

7.50%

9.50%

3.50%

9.50%

2.50%

5.00%

6.50%

2.00%

0.50%

3.00%

3.00%

2.00%

0.50%

28.40%

16.40%

22.40%

17.90%

12.00%

23.50%

19.00%

National government

Local authorities

Private sector

Media

National CSOs

International Organizations

Academic institutions

No relationship Adversarial Competitive

•Unclear Institutional Framework for Policy Making

•Easier CSO Engagement in Local Policy Development

•Government’s Weak Response to CSO Role in Policy Development

•CSOs Frail Constituency, Capacity and Cooperation to Create

Pressure

•CSOs Disillusionment Due to Repetitive Challenges in Influencing

Policy

CSOs Engagement in Policy Development

Perception of International Agencies

Heading here

INGOs Perception of INGOs

• Duplication of efforts

• Weak coordination

mechanisms

• Reliance on a handful of

CSOs

• One-sided consultations

• Short-sightedness in

programming

Local CSOs Perception of INGOs

• Lack of transparency

related to strategies, funds

and mechanisms

• Weak follow up and intent

to sustain support until

results are achieved

• Growing resentment due

to not making use of local

human resources and

supplies

•Ministry of Interior to digitize the CSOs registry and make it available to the public

•Ministry of Social Affairs to adopt more inclusive funding criteria for CSOs

•Parliament to implement access to information, whistle-blower protection and illicit

wealth laws

•Enacting an administrative decentralization law driven by social cohesion and local

development

•Reforming the electoral law to increase voter’s engagement

•Reform the justice sector, the public audit, the civil service commission and courts

•Encourage Ministries to mainstream a youth component in their projects, support the

Youth Forum and implement the youth policies

•Encourage Ministries to mainstream a gender component in their projects and support

the National Commission for Lebanese Women

Recommendations

General Recommendations

Recommendations

Developing Capacity

• Improve responsiveness

and quality of existing

capacity building

programs

• Provide capacity

building programs that

suit context and needs

of CSOs

• Support social enterprise

creation and

sustainability

• Provide technical and

interpersonal coaching

for CSOs

Influencing Policy

• Enhance access of

the CSOs to the policy

making process

• Improve

communication and

interface between

CSOs and policy

makers

• Inform CSOs of

mechanisms to

influence policy

development

• Leverage CSO policy

engagement at the

municipal level

Leveraging donor programs

• Ensure CSO

consultations are

mandatory for

international donors

• Promote transparency

in aid and funding

procedures

• Assure sustainability of

CSOs beyond donor

programs

Thank You Full report and Database available on

www.csf-south.org

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