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Exploring the role of Western NGOs in creating and strengthening local NGOs in Albania

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  • Fahimul Quadir

    (Faculty of Graduate Studies, York University, Toronto, 4700 Keele Street, 230 York Lanes, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada)

  • Aida Orgocka

    (York University – Center for Refugee Studies, 8th Floor, York Research Tower, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada)

Abstract

This article explores the role of Western Non-Governmental Organizations (WNGOs) in creating and/or strengthening Local Non-Governmental Organizations (LNGOs) that influence the process of social change at the grassroots level. By critically examining the case of Albania, it explores the emergence, meaning and effectiveness of the West’s civil society promotion agenda in Western Balkans. The article revolves around the following two interrelated questions: (i) How effective are the top-down models applied by WNGOs in establishing LNGOs that seek to provide alternative social and political spaces for their constituencies? (ii) To what extent do WNGOs allow LNGOs to define and redefine their role in the development process by giving voice to the fundamental concerns of the local people? It suggests that the practices of WNGOs seldom help LNGOs to present a new development model firmly rooted in the realities of the local community that they represent.

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  • Fahimul Quadir & Aida Orgocka, 2014. "Exploring the role of Western NGOs in creating and strengthening local NGOs in Albania," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 26(5), pages 557-573, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:eurjdr:v:26:y:2014:i:5:p:557-573
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    1. Rajeshwari, B. & Deo, Nandini & van Wessel, Margit, 2020. "Negotiating autonomy in capacity development: Addressing the inherent tension," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 134(C).

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