GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY AND NGOs Relationship with Government and private
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY
-refers to the vast assemblage of groups operating
across borders and beyond the reach of governments. 
Characteristics of Non- governmental organization
1. An NGO must be entirely independent from the
control of Government.
2. NGOs are not considered as political party.
3. NGOs perform their task not because of
generating income or profit
Roles of civil society organization
 1. WATCHDOG
-CSOs monitor the behavior of institutions in
the promotion of transparency and
accountability
 2. ADVOCATE
-They initiate programs that could raise public
awareness of issues and challenges and
advocating for change
 3 SERVICE PROVIDER
-Active in delivering services to meet societal
needs including food and security, health and
education.
 4. EXPERT
-They bring unique knowledge and experience
to evaluate policy and strategy, and identify
solutions.
 5. CAPACITY BUILDER
-Providing relevant training, education, and
capacity building to communities
 6. INCUBATOR
-CSOs act as an armory in developing solutions
that requires long payback period.
 7. REPRESENTATIVENESS
-they give power in emphasizing rights of the
marginalized and voices of under-represented
 8. CITIZENSHIP CHAMPION
-known in encouraging citizen engagement and
championing the rights of the minority
 9. SOLIDARITY SUPPORTER
-promote the ethical, just and humane practices
as part of promoting universal values geared
towards sustainability and balanced life of the
many
 10. DEFINER OF STANDARDS
-CSOs create and frame norms that will shape
and make the activities of the people and
societies
sector
 RELATIONSHIP OF NGO TO GOVERNMENT
-NGO need the support because they wanted to
be recognized as a body promoting the interest
of the minority and disadvantaged.
 RELATIONSHIP OF NGO TO PRIVATE SECTOR
-their partnership could be described as love-
hate relationship. The private sector is a major
partner in designing programs and
implementing activities that are important to
the goals of NGO, but they are just using NGO
to hide and deceive the public from the abuses
and unjust practices of the organization.
Transnational non-governmental organization
-international not-for-profit organizations that are
independent and are not controlled by governments
Economic Nongovernmental Organizations
-Multinational Corporations (MNCs) and Transnational
Corporations are the modern version of global
commercial enterprises. Powerful organizations and
firms like Google, Toyota, Exxon Mobil, Walmart, and
Samsung continuously generating profit at a large scale.
Environmental non-governmental organization
-Vanguard against the abuses of capitalists and
organizations that negatively affect the environment.
WAYS AND STYLES ON HOW ENVIRONMENTAL
GROUPS CAN PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
1. Expert advice and analysis
2. Intellectual competition to government
3. Mobilization of public opinion
4. Representation of the voiceless
5. Monitoring and assessments
6. Legitimization of global scale decision-making
THE FUTURE CHALLENGING SCENARIOS OF GLOBAL
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
1. MAD MAX
-this is an era characterized by national and
international conflicts.
2. TRANSPARENCY BLURRED
-Economic globalization will continue to prevail
as the primary face of state relations
3. TURBULENCE AND TRUST DEFICTS
-significant tensions might occur but no serious
physical conflicts will happen among partner
and allies
4. PRIVATIZED WORLD
-neoliberalism norm and the emerging power of
corporation is seen to be more influential.
Inequality
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
- Also called as INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMNENT
- broad concept denoting the idea that societies and
countries have differing levels of "development" on an
international scale
DEVELOPMENT
Oxford defines development as “a process and an event
constituting a new stage in a changing situation.”
DIMENSIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
1. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
-It traditionally viewed as conflated with
economic growth. It is focused on the
qualitative aspect of change that sometimes
people failed to determine like the increased
quality of life, social improvements and
innovations.
2. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
-It is complemented with a number of
underlying frameworks and motivations.
3 DIMENSIONS
 long and healthy life
 knowledge
 decent standard of living
3. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
-It is the development that meet the needs of
the present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs
6 DIMENSIONS
 The maintenance and replacement of
capital assets
 maintaining the environment conditions
for the benefits of the all
 resiliency or the ability to adjust and
cope with the changes and crisis
 the avoidance of internal and external
debts in the future
 fiscal and political sustainability
 the ability to hand over programs and
projects to the decision and control of
the citizens
4. TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
-This dimension of development focuses on the
interrelationship of human activities between
rural and urban areas
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
 Production distribution
 Consumption of goods and services
 the balance and quality features of its
norms and practices that support the
operation of man’s social affairs
CHALLENGES OF RESOURCE SCARCITY
 food security
 space availability
 overcrowding
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG)
-established as part on the success of the MILLENIUM
DEVELOPMENT GOALS of 2015.
Mantra – LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND
17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
1. End poverty in all its form everywhere
2. End hunger, achieve food security and improve
nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for
all at all ages
4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education
and promote
5. Achieve gender equality and empower all
women and girls
6. Ensure availability and sustainable management
of water and sanitation for all
7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable,
sustainable and modern energy for all
8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable
economic growth, full and productive
employment and decent for all
9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive
and sustainable industrialization and foster
innovation
10. Reduce inequality within and among countries
11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive,
safe, resilient and sustainable
12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production
patterns
13. Take urgent action to combat climate change
and its impacts
14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas
and marine resources for sustainable
development
15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of
terrestrial ecosystems, sustainable manage
forests, combat desertification, and halt and
reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity
loss
16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for
sustainable development, provide access to
justice for all and build effective, accountable
and inclusive institutions at all levels
17. Strengthen the means of implementation and
revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable
Development
IMPLEMENTATION
The ADDIS ABABA ACTION AGENDA OF THE
THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT came up with the
following actions on implementation of SDGs:
a) The success of policies and programs of
SDGs rely on the actions and willingness of
members-parties and states in aligning
their plans with the kind of global
commitments.
b) Resource mobilization and financing
strategies are fundamental requirements in
materializing nationally-framed and locally-
led SDG.
 c) The expected contribution of governments,
private sector, civil society groups, and
other stakeholders of the SDG
d) The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development requires partnership
between the efforts of global community
and national government

CRITICISMS ON SDG

1. FAR WIDER SCOPE

-there are only 34 out of 169 targets from the
17 goals are quantifiable

2. GOING FOR ZERO

-reduction efforts should be replaced by total
elimination on the problem of poverty and
unemployment

3. UNIVERSALITY
-since this is a global goal, every nation,
including the richest and developing economies
must make its on targets and agenda

4. LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND

-aside from inequality, attention should be
given to other global concerns

5. High focus on sustainable development on air,

consumption and environmental problems

6. Invest efforts in peace and security and rule of

law

7. A BALANCE OF RESPONSIBILITIES
-intensity domestic policies with the support of
international bodies