March 2000

Ten years of funding in Central and Eastern Europe

Volume 5 , Number 1

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Ten years of funding in Central and Eastern Europe

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Special feature

Muslim NGOs

1 March 2000
Affan Cheema

As one might expect, given the absolute centrality of charity to the Muslim way of life,  the last two decades have seen a rapid expansion in the number of Muslim NGOs —  a modern-day articulation of the age-old phenomenon of giving in Islam. These NGOs have been formed in all parts of the world, both Muslim and non-Muslim, and they owe their existence partly to the general rise of the international NGO worldwide. But, more …

 
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Caroline Hartnell

Editorial

Editorial – March 2000

This issue of Alliance contains a number of articles assessing ten years of support to civil society in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. We have attempted to present the picture from all sides. Two of the articles are the product of partnerships between East and West. There is inevitably some overlap between the articles, but this is in itself interesting: the concurrence between Nilda Bullain and Helena Ackerman about what was most valuable in Western aid is striking. In some respects the Eastern writers are less hard on the Western donors than the Western ones, with …

Editorial – Ten years of funding in Central and Eastern Europe

Last November I addressed the World Conference on Religion and Peace in Amman, Jordan. The subject was the importance of secular civil society working together with religious civil society. In Africa faith-based organizations probably provide the best social and physical infrastructure in the poorest communities – a situation mirrored in many parts of the world today as churches, temples, mosques and other places of worship become focal points for the communities they serve. Sadly, many religious and secular civil society leaders have difficulty in acknowledging how much they have in common, and this stands in the way of their working …

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Thomas Carothers

Aiding civil society in postcommunist societies: future challenges

1 March 2000
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Jacek Wojnarowski and Nev Jefferies

Partnerships without borders – softer skills needed

1 March 2000
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Nilda Bullain

Foreign funding in Hungary – what worked and what didn’t

1 March 2000
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Alliance magazine

Ten years’ grantmaking – what have we learned?

1 March 2000
Special feature

Clare Brooks with Juraj Mesik and Beata Hirt

Transplanting the community foundation model

1 March 2000

Opinions, articles and interviews

Analysis

Azim Nanji

Charitable giving in Islam

1 March 2000
Interview

Alliance magazine

Interview – Bill Drayton

1 March 2000
Analysis

Legal reforms for civil society – a reflection after ten years

1 March 2000

Book reviews

The Revival of Civil Society: Global and comparative perspectives – edited by Michael G Schechter
Barry Knight

NGOs and Civil Society: Democracy by proxy? – Ann C Hudock
Miklós Marschall

Book in Brief
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