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CSOSI assesses the enabling environment for and the overall sustainability of civil society organizations.
Seven Dimensions
Legal Environment Organizational Capacity Service Provision Financial Viability Infrastructure Advocacy Public Image
Three Tiers
SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY
IMPEDED 5.1-7
EVOLVING 3.1-5
ENHANCED 1-3
Advocacy interaction with government, lobbying and advocacy with coalitions, reform for CSO legislation
*Average scores for 2011 do not include the four countries added that year in order to maintain comparability over time
Legal Environment difficult environment continues to challenge CSO sectors in a number of countries Service Provision is the strongest of all dimensions - Noted CSO support to government service provision and sometimes in lieu of any government provision
Advocacy
- Steady overall improvement over three years. Kenya postconstitution opportunities to participate in policy-making process; Uganda, working on MOU to institutionalize government/CSO relations and participation in policy-making
Infrastructure one of the weaker dimensions; few ISOs, resource centers, or local grant-makers
Closing of CSO capacity-building projects and services in Gabon, DRC and Senegal