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Creating Space for Civil Society Participation in Yunnan: An Overview of the Registration Options Available to Community-based Social Organizations

HPI Greater Mekong Region and China (HPI GMR-C)
4/1/2009
English
Full Document (pdf 280.2 kb)

This report was commissioned by the USAID | Health Policy Initiative/Greater Mekong Region-China (HPI/GMR-C) to analyze the potential of new provincial guidance to support the development of the Community-based Social Organization (CBSO) sector and particularly those organizations working with most-at-risk populations (MARPs) in the context of HIV. This report also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of all five options open to CBSOs for registration and/or to be formally constituted. The Guidance was only ratified on September 24, 2008, and consequently, there is little experience with its effectiveness to date. As this report shows, the options for registration remain complex and CBSOs need to carefully weigh the advantages and disadvantages of all options before they proceed. A case-by-case approach is strongly recommended. The report includes specific recommendations, as follows:

• Support operationalization of the Guidance and clarify procedures
• Support the growing partnership between government and CBSOs
• Strengthen CBSO capacity and organizational development
• Document and disseminate models of successful registration
• Facilitate additional technical assistance to further explore commercial registration

Document Type:	TECHNICAL REPORTS/MATERIALS
No. of Pages:	24
Country:	China, ASIA & MIDDLE EAST
Keywords:	Advocacy, PLHIV, GIPA, HIV/AIDS, MARPs (IDU, SW, MSM)

Last Updated 11/6/09

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