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Defining CIs and their regional differences : what’s in and what’s out? Lau Schulpen - CIDIN.
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DefiningCIs and theirregionaldifferences: what’s in and what’s out?Lau Schulpen - CIDIN
CI = small-scaleinitiativesorprojects, set up by private persons in the North, aiming at the improvement of the living standards of people in the globalSouth, and notsortingunder the official developmentcooperationorcooperationthroughestablishedNGDOs, corporationsorsocietalinstitutions
Two central questions • Do weneed to distinguishCIsfromotheractors? • What are ‘dividinglines’ of CIs?
Dividinglines(akacharacteristics) • Small scale: budget, staff, countries, number of activities • Volunteers • Type of activities • Legalstatus • Dependence on official funding • Goal – developmentcooperation or broader • ???
Two central questions • Do weneed to distinguishCIsfromotheractors? • What are ‘dividinglines’ of CIs?
Philanteral channel IC is not main purpose IC is main purpose 1. (Semi) government 1. Political lobby groups 2. Fund raisers 2. Social institutions 3. Volunteers 3. Companies 4. Foundations 5. Individual supporters 6. Private Initiatives (= CI)