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THE
KNOT C.I.S.
The creation of a civil society in the countries of the
CIS and, as a matter of fact of all the countries of the
former Warsaw pact, is a unique and unprecedented process
in history.
An enormous region
of states decided to completely draw up a new architecture
of politics, society and economics. But were the creation
of a democratic society in the so-called ‘Western
Countries’ was the result of active groups in
society itself, in these new democracies it is going
the other way around.It is there where problems arose
and still arise. Recreating a society is not something
that can be done overnight as it should come from
the people themselves and that takes time. |
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The Knot experiences that there are many blanks in
this process to be filled in and that new challenges
are arising. These are, for example:
- Overall weakness of NGO sector
- Lack of clear democratic and participatory policies
- NGO’s facing organisational difficulties
- Underdeveloped democratic leadership
- Lack of a clear concept of voluntary work
- NGO’s as seen as small business
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