This eBook reviews different roles, experiences, and lessons learned from working with civil society in development cooperation. It compares and analyses common themes and good practices from numerous aid-providing countries.
The biggest news for the NGO sector in the last few months came in the form of the Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Some Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening the Reform adopted by the Third Plenum of the 18th Central Committee on November 12, 2013
On the 10th of July, China’s State Council Information Office released the information that from 2010 to 2012, China’s monetary foreign aid amounted to 89.34 billion RMB.
Zhang Xudong’s study on the reproductive health of young sex workers in Kunming received the “Women, Girls and HIV Investigator” prize. This is the first time a Chinese researcher has received this award.
Tucker Van Aken discusses transparency in China and the way Open Government Information (OGI) regulations have brought new opportunities for civil society groups.
NGOCN reports on an event which brought media, lawyers, NGOs, and government representatives together to discuss the "Working Rules on Banning Illegal Social Organizations (draft)" published by the Guangzhou city government at the end of last month.
Ex-ADVN program officer Dong Yige analyzes the history of the influential Anti-Domestic Violence Network and the reason for its closing down in May 2014.
The legal working group of the Guangdong's People Congress Standing Committee asked the National People's Congress if the"Guangdong Province Firm Collective Contract Regulations"could include workers' "right to stop work" and received a negative answer.
Yang Tuan, Deputy Director of the Center for Policy Studies at CASS, discusses problems emerging from the recent, rapid evolution of China's public interest sector and calls for a new, more sustainable development.
An Interview with Oliver Radtke, China Program Officer for the Robert Bosch Foundation, as part of the "Thinking Strategically about Civil Society Assistance in China" project.