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2009 NGO SUSTAINABILITY INDEX for Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia 13th Edition – June 2010 Cover Photo: Volunteers work to preserve the Lietava castle in Slovakia during the project Naša Žilina (Our Žilina), an effort to which nearly 200 corporate volunteers contributed. Photo Credit: Pontis Foundation The 2009 NGO Sustainability Index for Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia Developed by: United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Europe and Eurasia Office of Democracy, Governance and Social Transition 2009 NGO SUSTAINABILITY INDEX SCORES COUNTRY Legal Service Viability Capacity Financial Financial Provision Advocacy Environment Public Image Overall Score Infrastructure Organizational Organizational NORTHERN TIER Czech Republic 3.0 3.0 3.1 2.3 2.3 2.8 2.5 2.7 Estonia 1.7 2.3 2.4 1.8 2.3 1.6 1.9 2.0 Hungary 1.7 3.0 3.6 3.1 2.6 2.2 3.3 2.8 Latvia 2.4 3.0 3.3 2.2 2.5 2.4 3.3 2.7 Lithuania 2.2 2.9 3.0 2.1 3.5 3.0 2.9 2.8 Poland 2.2 2.6 2.7 1.8 2.2 1.7 2.2 2.2 Slovakia 2.8 3.0 3.3 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.7 Slovenia 3.5 3.9 4.4 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.8 Average 2.4 3.0 3.2 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.7 SOUTHERN TIER Albania 3.8 3.9 4.6 3.4 3.7 4 3.8 3.9 Bosnia 3.4 3.4 4.8 3.1 4 3.9 3.3 3.7 Bulgaria 2.0 4.3 4.4 2.6 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.2 Croatia 2.8 3 4.1 3.2 3.1 2.7 2.9 3.1 Kosovo 3.5 3.7 4.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.9 Macedonia 3.2 3.7 4.5 3.2 3.8 3.2 3.9 3.6 Montenegro 3.6 4.4 4.9 3.5 4.0 3.9 4.4 4.1 Romania 3.5 3.5 4.2 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.7 3.5 Serbia 4.4 4.2 5.3 3.8 4.3 3.7 4.6 4.3 Average 3.4 3.8 4.6 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.7 EURASIA: Russia, West NIS, and Caucasus Armenia 3.9 3.9 5.2 3.4 3.9 3.5 3.9 4.0 Azerbaijan 4.7 4.5 5.5 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.8 4.7 Belarus 6.9 5.1 6.6 6.0 5.5 5.4 6.0 5.9 Georgia 3.3 4.1 5.3 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.2 Moldova 4.4 4.1 5.2 3.7 4.5 3.7 4.2 4.3 Russia 4.8 4.3 4.7 4.1 4.2 3.9 4.7 4.4 Ukraine 3.6 3.6 4.2 2.8 3.3 3.5 3.8 3.5 Average 4.5 4.2 5.2 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.5 4.4 CENTRAL ASIA Kazakhstan 3.8 4.1 4.6 3.8 4.0 3.7 4.1 4.0 Kyrgyzstan 3.9 4.3 5.1 3.5 4.0 3.7 4.2 4.1 Tajikistan 4.9 4.6 5.6 5.1 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.8 Turkmenistan 6.3 5.3 6.0 6.1 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.7 Uzbekistan 6.0 5.4 6.1 5.9 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.7 Average 5.0 4.7 5.5 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.8 4.9 Eurasia Average 4.7 4.4 5.3 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.6 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................. iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...................................................................................... 1 SECTION 1: DIMENSIONS OF NGO SUSTAINABILITY ............................. 12 Legal Environment .............................................................................................................. 12 Organizational Capacity ....................................................................................................12 Financial Viability ................................................................................................................. 13 Advocacy ............................................................................................................................... 13 Service Provision .................................................................................................................13 Infrastructure ....................................................................................................................... 14 Public Image.......................................................................................................................... 14 SECTION 2: RATINGS – GENERAL DEFINITIONS ...................................... 15 SECTION 3: RATINGS – A CLOSER LOOK ................................................... 16 Legal Environment .............................................................................................................. 16 Organizational Capacity ....................................................................................................16 Financial Viability ................................................................................................................. 17 Advocacy ............................................................................................................................... 17 Service Provision .................................................................................................................18 Infrastructure ....................................................................................................................... 18 Public Image.......................................................................................................................... 19 SECTION 4: ARTICLES ..................................................................................... 20 “Never Waste a Good Crisis”: The 2008 Economic Downturn and Post- Communist Civil Society – Joerg Forbrig ..............................................................20 The Quiet Revolution: How Technology is Changing the Civil Society Landscape in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia – Ari Katz ......................................36 SECTION 5: COUNTRY REPORTS ................................................................. 47 Albania................................................................................................................................... 47 Armenia ................................................................................................................................. 54 Azerbaijan ............................................................................................................................. 60 Belarus................................................................................................................................... 67 Bosnia and Herzegovina ....................................................................................................74 Bulgaria .................................................................................................................................. 81 Croatia .................................................................................................................................. 87 Czech Republic .................................................................................................................... 93 Estonia ................................................................................................................................... 99 Georgia ............................................................................................................................... 105 Hungary .............................................................................................................................. 111 Kazakhstan ......................................................................................................................... 117 Kosovo ............................................................................................................................... 123 Kyrgyzstan ......................................................................................................................... 129 THE 2009 NGO SUSTAINABILITY INDEX i Latvia ................................................................................................................................... 136 Lithuania............................................................................................................................. 142 Macedonia .......................................................................................................................... 148 Moldova.............................................................................................................................. 155 Montenegro....................................................................................................................... 162 Poland................................................................................................................................. 169 Romania ............................................................................................................................. 175 Russia .................................................................................................................................. 182 Serbia .................................................................................................................................. 188 Slovakia ............................................................................................................................... 194 Slovenia .............................................................................................................................. 200 Tajikistan ............................................................................................................................ 205 Turkmenistan .................................................................................................................... 211 Ukraine............................................................................................................................... 218 Uzbekistan ......................................................................................................................... 225 ANNEX A: STATISTICAL DATA .................................................................. 231 ii THE 2009 NGO SUSTAINABILITY INDEX INTRODUCTION USAID is proud to present the thirteenth edition of the NGO Sustainability Index for Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, covering developments