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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
CSOs Profile in Lebanon
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
CSOs Profile in Lebanon
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$1 million
CSOs Profile in Lebanon
Distribution by Sector
12.90%
2.40%
0.40% 1.20%
2.00%
6.50% 6.50% 5.60% 5.20%
4.40%
5.60%
0.00% 0.40% 1.20% 1.20%
8.90%
3.20%
4.40%
1.60%
5.20%
3.60%
•77.4% have less than 10
employees and 72.1% have
less than 50 volunteers and
75% have a yearly budget less
than 250000$
•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